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Hanna Unique take on the coming of age tale. Not quite the action film I was expecting, but I enjoyed it for the most part. The action sequences work well and the set design in the last act is fantastic. There is something a little off about the pacing that irked me. However, I doubt it will be noticeable upon repeat viewings. For her part, Saoirse Ronan does a nice job blending both Hanna's naivety and her killer instinct. Cate Blanchett is the weak link in the film. She just never reaches the [...]

As we reported yesterday , Myspace 's parent company News Corp. was in the final stages of closing a deal to sell the once popular social network. This morning News Corp. announced that it had signed a deal to sell Myspace to Specific Media , an Irvine, California based company. The selling price was $35 million, far less than the $580 million News Corp. paid for the site in 2005. As part of the deal, singer/actor Justin Timberlake will also take [...]

The success of the Twilight franchise and programmes such as True Blood have spawned an ever growing number of vampire-based films. Throughout this period the idea of post-apocolyptic worlds has also seen a rejuvenation in films such as The Road and even on the small screen with The Walking Dead . With Stake Land these two sub-genres come crashing together in a film that attempts to explore how people would react when faced with their extinction and their own humanity. Directed and co-penned by relative newbie to the director's chair, Jim Mickle, Stake Land is [...]

Rotana announced that News Corp. increased its stake in Rotana Group, from 9.1 % to 14.5 %. News Corp. spent $35 million on the new stake in Rotana Group, the Arabic music producer and broadcaster owned by the Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. In this photo_sent out by Rotana_the negotiation between Rupert Murdoch's son James Murdoch and Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal.

By a stretch! Time for a celebration! Posted in blog, Clip, Somethin' Diff Tagged: 2009, ep, first, lahaleeb, place, stakes, taylor, won