A former Tamil Tiger fighter fleeing the mayhem of his native Sri Lanka must do battle on the mean streets of a French housing estate in a movie shown Thursday at Cannes spotlighting Europe’s refugee crisis. “Dheepan” by one of France’s most acclaimed film directors, Jacques Audiard, tells the story of the war-scarred title character meeting a young woman and a nine-year-old girl in a refugee camp. In order to
NEW YORK (AP) — There are those who will argue that the world of television hasn’t suffered such a loss in nearly a generation, and they’re right.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s infrequent and particularly satisfying when the remake of an especially memorable film equals or exceeds the experience of the original. In 1982, “Poltergeist” saw the brilliant pairing of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s” low-budget horror director Tobe Hooper with far more mainstream screenwriter and producer Steven Spielberg for an effects-laden event movie that earned its place as a contemporary benchmark among supernatural thrillers.
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s High Court has awarded actress Sadie Frost, sports star Paul Gascoigne and a group of other claimants some 1.2 million pounds ($1.8 million) in damages after their phones were hacked by journalists seeking scoops for the Mirror Group Newspapers.
[Marketwired] – Gilla Inc. , a designer, marketer and distributor of electronic cigarettes, vaporizers, e-liquids and related accessories, is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a three month contract …
[Accesswire] – DENVER, CO / ACCESSWIRE / May 21, 2015 / Midway Gold Corp. (TSX:MDW) (NYSE-MKT:MDW) (the “Company” or “Midway”) provides a corporate update today with regard to its current capital …
Canada’s Manulife Financial Corp is seeking to list some of its U.S. property assets in Singapore in the second half of the year in an initial public offering worth $450 million, two people familiar with the deal said. The listing would use the real estate investment trust (REIT) structure, they said, declining to be identified as the deal has not been formally announced. The IPO may help lift a drought