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By James Mottram THE first time Benicio Del Toro ever heard the name Che Guevara, he was 12.

The Tokyo International Film Festival closed today with a screening of "Cranky Grandfather 's Flying House." After the Japanese premiere of Pixar's "Up" was over it was time for the awards.

Filmmaker Guillermo Arriaga said he always knows when he's finished with a screenplay.

The Hollywood actress Naomi Watts admits that becoming a mother has made her life 'really boring' and she is usually asleep by 9.30pm. However the star is still happy to use her celebrity status to get a table at exclusive restaurants.

October 17, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. - Movie reviewer Roger Ebert notes that in the new film, Law Abiding Citizen , Annie Corley "works well... as the judge who experiences some surprises in her courtroom." A 1982 graduate of DePauw University, Corley portrays Judge Laura Burch in the motion picture, which stars Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler.

'Forbes' magazine has just named her cinema's most bankable actress, and she's the mother of two young boys.

Naomi Watts has topped a list of Hollywood actresses with the best earning power.

Carrick Film Society continues the Autumn/Winter season with Frozen River on Thursday next, October 1st.

Although she had been acting for more than 15 years, Naomi Watts finally had her big breakthrough role when she was tapped by David Lynch to portray an aspiring starlet in "Mulholland Drive" - " the director's.... Although she had been acting for more than 15 years, Naomi Watts finally had her big breakthrough role when she was tapped by David ...

Since her debut in the little seen "Little Witches", prolific actress Clea DuVall has racked up an impressive number of film credits in a short time.

The Burning Plain , the directorial debut of screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, transitions so fluidly from an unremarkable multi-narrative to abhorrently over-sentimentalized trash that, after the film is done with you, your brain may feel as if it has been twisted into a knot.

Gunning for glory ... Benicio Del Toro with Catalina Sandino Moreno in Che. Shelia Johnston September 18, 2009 - 3:23PM HE was a usual suspect in The Usual Suspects and looked right at home in the police line-up. He was a Bond villain - the youngest ever, at 21 - in Licence to Kill .

All hail the king! Move over Queen Sophie-Anne, there's another royalt presence next season.

DENVER a ' It has all the hallmarks of the beloved telenovela: Heart-wrenching dialogue.

Freakish new images from The Wolfman flick indicate Oscar-winning actor Benicio Del Toro got put through the wringer in Universal Pictures' remake of the horror classic.

"Babel" director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu will head the competition jury at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October.

Stone Bros. Thanks to The Australian Film Syndicate IF readers have the opportunity to win one of 25 double passes to see Stone Bros.

In any place frequented by film enthusiasts, Guillermo Arriaga's name is spoken of with respect even reverence.

July 19, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. - Annie Corley, an actress and 1982 graduate of DePauw University, can be seen in The Answer Man , which opens in movie theaters nationwide Friday.

Sub-anti-hero - Courtney Hunt's fine debut, set in an icy, recession-hit northern US, is an unvarnished portrait of one luckless mother and the desperate decisions she's forced to make Film Critic, Paul Lynch "Melissa Leo looks like she spent a year living rough: her face seems like it has been chipped away by frost and her eyes are stirred both ...