Roberts, Johansson films added to Berlin lineup
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Julia Roberts, Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman were added to a star-filled Berlin Film Festival lineup on Friday that already includes the Rolling Stones, Martin Scorsese and Madonna.
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Both films are hitting the marquee at the same time, on June 1.
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On a visa run to Berlin last week I saw the movie that had all of Germany talking this fall.
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(InfoWorld) - Supporters of the Blu-ray Disc format came to Berlin armed with key announcements to underscore their commitment to the next-generation movie disc. The announcements included a flood of new Blu-ray Disc releases, a decision by Acer and China Huala GroupÂ to join as hardware partners, and the establishment of a Blu-ray Disc authoring center in China. They were made Thursday at a news conference organized by the Blu-ray Disc Association at the IFA consumer electronics show. Among some of the big-name movies to appear in the Blu-ray Disc format in the coming weeks are Spider Man from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 300 from Warner Home Video, and a special edition of Sleeping Beauty from Walt Disney. "We've been involved with Blu-ray Disc from the very beginning," said Stephen Foulser, vice president of marketing and business development for Disney in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. "We will be launching 30 new titles in the format." More than 300 movie titles are currently available in the Blu-ray Disc format, a number that studios plan to nearly double by the end of the year, according to David Walstra, vice chairman of the Blu-ray Disc Association. Eight manufacturers of consumer electronic products are now on board, he said. The number of studios supplying content and manufacturers building players are key to the take-up of any new disc format, according to Danny Kay, executive vice president of research and development at 20th Century Fox. Based on the numbers of both of these groups, "the market for Blu-ray Disc is very compelling" he said. "We believe Blu-ray Disc is really the only way to go." Kay declined to comment on the decision of Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation to throw their support behind rival HD DVD, saying only that both studios had access to the same market data as Fox and the other studios. On the device front, Acer will join Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and LenovoÂ as contributing members to the Blu-ray Disc Association, said Walstra, a Sony executive who is also deputy chairman of the association. Huala, a major manufacturer of consumer electronic products in China and supplier of content, has also agreed to become a contributing member, according to Walstra. In addition, the company will team with the China Film Group to establish a Blu-ray Disc authoring center in China, he said. None of the industry executives associated with the Blu-ray Disc Association were prepared to answer a question on whether the expansion into China could lead to greater concerns about software piracy
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Movies about the war in Iraq take pride of place in this year's London Film Festival line-up.
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The musical Cabaret is being performed in Berlin this weekend in a new German-language version.
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PARIS  - As the Berlin International Film Festival winds down, attention is beginning to focus on the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off May 16.
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Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
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The latest movies from Paul  Verhoeven, Ridley Scott, Anthony Minghella, Douglas McGrath and  Patrice Leconte will get the red carpet treatment at the  Toronto International Film Festival next month, organizers said  Tuesday as they released the full 352-film lineup.
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A German movie about an anti-Nazi resistance heroine draws loud applause at the Berlin Film Festival.
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The Beatles, Jesse James, Bob Dylan and an âAmerican Gangsterâ will all be hitting theaters this fall.
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Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johansson are among the stars expected at the 61st Venice Film Festival this week.
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Actress Scarlett Johansson is set to make her directorial debut with New York, I Love You.
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Pornography has been elevated to an art  form as never before at the Berlin Film Festival, which has  spotlighted the industry and its commercial success.
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"Shine a Light," Martin Scorsese's documentary on the Rolling Stones, will open the Berlin film festival next month.
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Martin Scorsese teamed up with the Rolling Stones to produce an intimate concert film, "Shine a Light," which opened the annual Berlin film festival Thursday.
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Photo: www.berlinale.de Cesky Sen, a documentary film made by two Czech film students last year, is just one of several Czech films being promoted at the Berlinale this week - Berlin's International Film ...