Screening Room – THE WOMAN IN BLACK

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Set in early twentieth century northen England, Lawyer Arthur loses his wife in labor…

Screening Room – MISS BALA

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A young woman who dreams of becoming a beauty queen get entangled in the Mexican drug war…

Screening Room – THE VIRAL FACTOR

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A scientist has developed a mutant smallpox virus…

Screening Room – THE IRON LADY

Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep) was born a grocer’s daughter. Her humble beginnings…

THE KARATE KID actor Wang Zhenwei visits the Bay Area

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In the climax scene of THE KARATE KID, Jaden Smith fights Wang Zhenwei…

Screening Room – IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY

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In April 1992, on the eve of the Bosnian war…

‘Potter,’ ‘X-Men,’ ‘Apes’ vie for visual Oscar

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The Academy Award for visual effects is shaping up into a showdown among such heroes as Harry Potter, the X-Men, the Transformers and Captain America…

Screening Room picks 2011′s Top 10 Films

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Especially noteworthy is the performance of the last film in the Harry Potter franchise…

Movie crowds dip to 16-year low as apathy lingers

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An “Avatar” hangover accounted for Hollywood’s dismal showing early this year, when revenues lagged far behind 2010 receipts that had been inflated by the huge success…

Screening Room – THE FLOWERS OF WAR

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A group of convent girls, a bevy of famous prostitutes of the city and an American mortician, seek refuge in a Catholic cathedral…