Tim Burton's screen adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical thriller Sweeney Todd will be available on DVD from Paramount Home Entertainment April 1.
In his adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's dark musical Sweeney Todd, Tim Burton has sweetened up the macabre tale of an innocent barber-turned-serial killer by matching his favourite actor, Johnny Depp, with his (Burton's) partner, the extraordinary looking Helena Bonham-Carter, better known for her more traditional, Ivory-Merchant Victorian roles of pretty corset-clad characters.
Capsule reviews of recently reviewed films Opening Friday BONNEVILLE (PG) See review. CITY OF MEN 3 stars (R) Fernando Meirelles, director of the scorching Brazilian crime drama City of God, serves as producer of Paulo Morelli's film, based on his TV series "City of Men." Where God evoked Goodfellas, Men tamps down the violence to focus on the relationship between two mild-mannered friends
Capsule reviews for recently released movies Opening Friday 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS 5 stars (Not Rated) See review. BE KIND REWIND (PG-13) A lovable loser (Jack Black) accidentally erases all the videos at the rental store where his best friend (Mos Def) works. The duo decides to recreate any movie that the loyal customers ask for, filming their own versions of classic films. Michel
Emmy Award winner Jon Stewart hosts the 80th Academy Awards telecast, which will be broadcast live Feb. 24 from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center on ABC-TV.
The Oscars will be back thanks to a resolution in the Hollywood writers' strike -- but can we expect anything but more of the same when it comes to the winners? Our @ The Movies writer Tim Lammers makes his predictions.
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