All Screen articles in 5 January 2003 – Page 2

  • Reviews

    Equilibrium

    2003-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Kurt Wimmer. US. 2002. 107 mins.You could call Equilibrium a poor man's Minority Report. Or, for that matter, a poor man's Fahrenheit 451, 1984 or The Matrix. Unimaginatively derivative and silly without being fun, this sci-fi thriller from Miramax's Dimension label comes equipped with a mid-level Anglo-American cast but ...

  • Reviews

    Hard Goodbyes: My Father (Diskoli Aporcheretismi: Babas Mou)

    2003-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Dir. Penny Panayotopoulou. Greece/Germany, 2002. 108 min.A coming-of-age story that is richer and more original than most, Penny Panayotopoulou's first feature film effort is the most accomplished Greek film offering of this year. First unveiled in Locarno, where 10 years-old Giorgos Karayannis walked away with an acting award, it also ...

  • News

    The Two Towers continues record-breaking int'l run

    2003-01-02T00:00:00Z

    The records continued to fall to The Lord Of The Rings as the second week of The Two Towers theatrical run came to a close.The fantasy sequel has already passed the $200m box office mark both from international territories and separately in North American. With $414m recorded by year's end, ...

  • News

    Soft Money - Canada

    2003-01-02T00:00:00Z

    CanadaCanada's surfeit of tax and subsidy financing has helped to make it one of the most attractive international destinations for foreign productions. But the country's soft money is not as soft as it once was. Denis Seguin reportsIt is not by accident that Canada is the world's leading film production ...

  • News

    Bomb threat escalates for Korea's CJ Entertainment

    2003-01-02T00:00:00Z

    Police in Seoul are searching for a man who sent a mail bomb to the head offices of CJ Entertainment as part of an extortion scheme. The small explosive, concealed inside a book addressed to CEO Lee Kang-bok, caused minor burns to Lee's hands and forehead.A note pasted on ...

  • News

    Grill Point leads German critics' award nominations

    2003-01-02T00:00:00Z

    Andreas Dresen's Grill Point (Halbe Treppe) has picked up nominations in three of the four categories for this year's German Film Critics Award.Grill Point, which received the jury's Grand Prix at the last Berlinale and a Silver Lola at the German Film Awards, has been nominated in the Best Feature ...

  • News

    London film critics opt for All Or Nothing

    2003-01-02T00:00:00Z

    The nominees have been announced for the 23rd Awards of the London Film Critics' Circle to be held at London's Dorchester Hotel on Wednesday 12th February 2003, in aid of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).The Dilys Powell Award for outstanding contribution to cinema ...

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    Czech cinema admissions continue gradual increase

    2003-01-02T00:00:00Z

    The Czech Republic registered an estimated 10.7 million cinema visits during 2002, compared to 10.4 million in 2001 and 8.3 million in 2000, according to preliminary results of the Czech Union of Film Distributors (UFD).The biggest increases in cinemagoing were seen in Ceske Budejovice, Hradec Kralove and Ostrava where ...

  • News

    Hong Kong box office slumps 17% in 2002

    2003-01-02T00:00:00Z

    Hong Kong's box office slumped by 17% in 2002, despite a year-end boost from hits such as Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets and locally-produced crime thriller Infernal Affairs.Total box office receipts were $110.6m (HK$862.6m) compared to $133.4m (HK$1.04bn) the previous year, according to figures from industry body, the ...

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    European Pitch Point jury selects 12 best scripts

    2003-01-02T00:00:00Z

    Twelve screenwriters and their projects have been chosen from 160 submitted to participate in next month's European Pitch Point.Screenwriters from the UK, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Sweden are among the final 12 whose projects were selected from 160 submitted from all over Europe to participate in next year's European Pitch Point ...