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Sydney Pollack's career as a director blossomed in the 1960s and '70s, but in many ways he was a throwback to an earlier era in American movies.

Mr. Pollack defined an era with star-laden movies like 'The Way We Were,' 'Tootsie' and 'Out of Africa.'

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In the grand tradition of movies about movies such as 8 1/2, this satire arrives from Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio (GOOD MORNING, NIGHT). Sergio Castellitto (MOSTLY MARTHA) stars an unsuccessful filmmaker who resorts to filming a fan's daughter's wedding in Sicily while he tries to avoid a scandal on the Italian mainland.

International News: Actress suggests earthquake was karmic -- Thesp Sharon Stone's suggestion that the Chinese earthquake which killed at least 70,000 people was the result of bad karma has prompted outrage in China, where relief efforts are still ongoing for the millions made homeless by the quake, and is facing a boycott of her movies.

Anyone unfamiliar with The Chronicles of Narnia, either as movies or as part of C.S. Lewis' classic literary series, should not start their experience with Prince Caspian.

Filmmaker Brett Ratner is planning to make a string of video-game-inspired movies, after signing a deal with developer Activision.

If I had to rank the Indiana Jones movies, I?d say Raiders was best followed by Last Crusade, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in a very close third, and Temple of Doom rounding out the top four. That?s not to say that Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a bad movie. I really, really enjoyed it and highly recommend it to everyone. Just temper your expectations, turn off your analytical brain, sit back, and enjoy the ride. Don?t be like Star Wars fans that expected The Phantom Menace to be the best movie evar, then were disappointed.

Mr. Pollack's star-laden movies like 'The Way We Were,' 'Tootsie' and 'Out of Africa' were among the most successful of the 1970s and '80s.