The Open Road News

Look what I can do! Since we're on a roll with frighteningly large companies getting larger this week, I thought this next gadget might lighten the mood.

Have you ever noticed how many straight-to-DVD flicks seem to have big-name casts? How do these movies afford them, and still manage to recoup their budgets one DVD at a time? I'm thinking foreign tax shelters.

The following motion pictures are now available on home video: "Bruno" The title character is a flamboyantly gay, deliberately provocative man who ambushes innocent bystanders in his desperate bid for celebrity.

The road movie is a well-worn genre with unique plusses and pitfalls. Its usual variety of locations affords flexibility in molding a story, but the focal setting can be limiting.

They've got a long way to go. Unless your name is "Wahlberg," the movies aren't a top career option for aging boy banders.

Both critics and audiences loved J.J. Abrams' reboot of 'Star Trek.' With the Oscar race wide open, is there any chance that one of those 10 Best Picture slots will go to a popcorn flick? Well, both critics and audiences loved J.J. Abrams ' reboot of " Star Trek " when it came out last spring, so now's the time to cast your own vote.

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In The Men Who Stare at Goats , Jeff Bridges plays Bill Django, a military man who returns from Vietnam to embrace the '60s counterculture headlong - the whole Aquarian Age, flower power, altered states of consciousness thing.

Justin Timberlake was granted a temporary restraining order on Friday against a woman his attorney described as an obsessed stalker, court records show.

Hollywood film composers say word is spreading that New Orleans is an ideal place to score music for film, television and even video games.

Criterion will release A Christmas Tale on Blu-ray Disc on 1 December. This acclaimed drama starring Catherine Deneuve will arrive with a 1080p transfer, DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio sound mix, a documentary, some featurettes and a handful of trailers.

If "every relationship has a soundtrack," as Marc Webb says, then he must have been the right guy to direct " Days of Summer," a small indie film that's had a big response at the box office this season.

Hey folks, Harry here - Films like this tend to resonate with you, or they don't - and if it doesn't ring true, you'll sit there wishing you were elsewhere.

"The Open Road" is no Grand Prix winner, but it's no six-car pileup either. It's a low-key road movie that doesn't stray far from the very, very beaten path.

Published: Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 10:54 a.m. Despite growing up in a sports-minded family atmosphere and choosing a career in filmmaking, it would seem that the two men writer-director Michael Meredith admires most would know each other.

Summary from ComingSoon.net : In this heartwarming comedy, minor leaguer Carlton Garret takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father, legendary baseball player Kyle Garret when Carltona s mother becomes sick.

An Anchor Bay release of an Odd Lot Entertainment presentation in association with Heavy Lifting of a Perfect Weekend/Aquafoxx Prods./Maximon Pictures production.

"The Open Road" will be shown at 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30 and 9:55 p.m. Friday at Portland's Northshore 8 theater, according to a news release from the Corpus Christi Hooks.

Jeff Bridges stars in 'The Open Road.' Anchor Bay Films Independent films that don't have an obvious hook, like a superhero wearing full body armor, are often subjected to what is called 'platform release.' They open in major metropolitan areas first and then gradually make their way into smaller markets.

"Final Destination: Death Trip 3D" High attrition-rate horror flick about a teenager whose premonition saves his friends from certain death in the collapse of the stands at an auto racetrack only to have them start dying anyway in a series of freak accidents.