Daily entertainment news covering 2001 - A Space Odyssey en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/12/best_space_movies Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:53:31 EST Entertainment News 126226@http://www.starpulse.com/news The subject of space is a difficult one in terms of selecting films. Qualifying elements are somewhat subjective. Does the film have to take place in space? Must it include aliens?

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/29/david_bowie_s_son_gets_a_critical_boost__1 Fri, 29 May 2009 21:52:00 EST Entertainment News 124505@http://www.starpulse.com/news David Bowie's son Duncan Jones is wowing film critics with his directorial debut - a tense space drama called Moon. The film, starring Sam Rockwell as a lonely astronaut mining helium on the far side

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/08/stephen_colbert_to_have_his_dna_sent_int Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:57:56 EST Entertainment News 97474@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Should this world ever cease to exist, Stephen Colbert will live on. The comedian's DNA will be digitized and sent to the International Space Station,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/05/biggest_box_office_flops Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:26:01 EST Entertainment News 94699@http://www.starpulse.com/news Movies tank all of the time. Just last weekend the new X-Files movie only managed to make a few dozen live chickens at the box office. Still that's not too bad

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/18/oz_2001_vertigo_among_afi_top_genre_flic Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:16:35 EST Entertainment News 90374@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Snow White, Dorothy Gale, the HAL 9000 computer, Charles Chaplin's Little Tramp and Marlon Brando's Godfather share top billing

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/25/three_mel_gibson_films_make_historically Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:38:48 EST Entertainment News 82088@http://www.starpulse.com/news Mel Gibson movies Braveheart, Apocalypto and The Patriot have all been named and shamed among the most historically inaccurate films ever made.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/20/movie_review_be_kind_rewind_has_a_clever Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:39:42 EST Entertainment News 78528@http://www.starpulse.com/news ''Be Kind Rewind,'' the latest fantasy from the exceedingly fertile imagination of writer-director Michel Gondry, contains a wonderful nugget of an idea that will appeal to both regular moviegoers and hardcore film geeks alike.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/08/frank_rosenfelt_former_mgm_chief_and_cha_85 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST Entertainment News 54976@http://www.starpulse.com/news Network'' and ''Doctor Zhivago,'' has died. He was 85.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/17/film_review_sunshine_dims_flames_out_aft Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:48:05 EST Entertainment News 51826@http://www.starpulse.com/news High gas prices, the need for alternate-energy sources, even global warming are tiny blips next to the problem encountered in the intriguing but ultimately unsatisfying sci-fi tale ''Sunshine,'' in which our friend Mr. Sun runs out of fuel.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/29/kool_aamp_the_gang_to_release_first_new_ Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:55:29 EST Entertainment News 49567@http://www.starpulse.com/news Soul supergroup Kool & the Gang are aiming for the pop charts again with their first album for 10 years. The Joanna hitmakers will release Still Kool next month - their long-awaited follow-up to 1996's State of Affairs.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/13/fascinating_facts_42 Sun, 13 May 2007 16:30:00 EST Entertainment News 42304@http://www.starpulse.com/news Sci-fi legend George Lucas' 1977 movie Star Wars has been named the most influential special effects film of all time. The poll, taken by experts at the Visual Effects Society, named 1982's Blade Runner as second, while The Matrix (1999) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) tied for third place.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/26/avatar_will_only_be_shown_in_3_d_says_ja Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:32:52 EST Entertainment News 35375@http://www.starpulse.com/news Filmmaker James Cameron's forthcoming movie will be released only in 3-D. Avatar, which stars Sigourney Weaver, is the director's first film since 1997's Oscar-winning blockbuster Titanic and Cameron is determined to make the sci-fi epic an event.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/09/james_cameron_to_direct_first_movie_in_1 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:10:16 EST Entertainment News 25538@http://www.starpulse.com/news James Cameron is to make new movie "Avatar," his first film since 1997's Oscar-winning blockbuster Titanic. Fox Filmed Entertainment has confirmed Cameron is to start virtual photography on the sci-fi epic in April, followed by live-action work in August, ahead of a summer 2009 release.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/24/top_films_you_must_see_before_you_die Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:57:48 EST Entertainment News 11117@http://www.starpulse.com/news Vietnam epic Apocalypse Now has topped a list of the "top 50 films to see before you die." The war drama, starring Robert Duvall, was selected ahead of Jack Nicholson classic Chinatown, which came in fourth place, and cult favorite Donnie Darko in ninth.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/06/12/composer_from_2001_a_space_odyssey_dies Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:07:05 EST Entertainment News 8124@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti died today. He was 83. Ligeti passed away in Vienna, Austria, after battling a long illness and spending the last three weeks confined to a wheelchair. Best known for his work on the soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick's cult classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ligeti was regarded as one of the world's leading 20th-century musical pioneers.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/04/13/tom_hanks_talks_about_his_favorite_films Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:00:00 EST Entertainment News 5634@http://www.starpulse.com/news Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks has hailed sci-fi adventure 2001: A Space Odyssey as his favorite film of all time. The star insists he "can't see enough" of the 1968 Stanley Kubrick-directed movie because it involves the audience in a unique way.

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