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Terrence Malick's The New World doesn't have fans, just fanatics a ' John Patterson among them.

Rated: PG. Caution, contains poetic meditations. Playing at: AMC, Empire 7, SilverCity, South Keys Terrence Malick's movie about John Smith and Pocahontas, The New World, is a poetic meditation about the clash of cultures and the nature of love, and as if that wasn't enough, it's also an impressionistic portrait and a reflective visual feast.

Steve Savage, Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema director, announced an exciting lineup of edgy and provocative indie films designed to establish IFC as the preferred festival for up-and-coming breakout directors.

Jim Caviezel, left, says working with co-star Ian McKellan is like a fencing match.

Ian McKellen had already read the script of a new version of the late-1960s cult television series "The Prisoner" when he met the author, Bill Gallagher, last year at a London restaurant to discuss the project.

The Messenger doesn't mark the first time that Woody Harrelson - an anti-war activist in real life - has portrayed a soldier.

Folklorist Ernest Gagnon, who alerted the musical world to the dignity and beauty of QuA©bec's oral song tradition, was born FrA©dA©ric-Ernest-AmA©dA©e at RiviA re-du-Loup [Louiseville], QuA©. November 7, 1873 Alexander Mackenzie became Canada's first Liberal prime minister.

In The Messenger, Woody Harrelson plays Captain Tony Stone, a veteran of the Iraq war who handles casualty notifications back home - a job he both relishes and despises.

AWARD winning actor Miranda Otto is in Portland ready to film a movie with her father, Barry Otto, at the Cape Nelson lighthouse.

When press releases and news articles first appeared with details of new distributor Apparition, one thing stood out: Tree of Life , the upcoming and as yet very mysterious new film from lone wolf director Terrence Malick , was planned for release on Christmas Day.

In news that is as shocking as finding out that the sun rose in the east once again, reports have emerged that the new Terence Malick film starring Sean Penn and Brad Pitt -- shot partly in Houston -- won't be released as expected this year.

It's every actor's dream, isn't it? Start a career, get your foot in the door , get a big break only to have Terence Malick edit you out of The Thin Red Line, have Roman Polanski give you another break before he's sent to prison, with the Oscar, give the most moving Oscar acceptance speech in living memory, get that King Kong payday, do The Jacket ...

He's had his ups, his downs, his ins and outs. But it's all coming back, now. Seriously, is there a cooler guy in the movies this minute than Woody Harrelson ? "Hang on.

In certain films the audience can gage the trajectory, style, and even quality of the entire movie within the first few frames.

Two-and-a-quarter-hour history lesson, trimmed down from two and a half after its initial release, on John Smith and Pocahontas, and the latter's marriage to another, John Rolfe, and her intended sojourn in England which became instead her eternal rest.

Full of surprises ... Miranda Otto. Back in an Aussie role, Miranda Otto proves she's more than a 'light and fluffy' glamour girl, writes Kristie Lau.

We're off to see the 'Wizard' in high-definition Sure you've probably seen it 150 times, but have you ever seen The Wizard of Oz on the big screen in high-definition? Didn't think so.

Veteran comedian Ge You plays a miserable investor in first-time director Zheng Zhong's movie Gasp.

Blond and baby-faced, John Savage made a name for himself as a sensitive, vulnerable screen presence during the 1970s.

With his tousled dark hair, sweet eyes, charming smile and plummy British accent, Ben Chaplin emerged as an unlikely sex symbol after co-starring with Janeane Garofalo and Uma Thurman in the comedy "The Truth About Cats.... With his tousled dark hair, sweet eyes, charming smile and plummy British accent, Ben Chaplin emerged as an unlikely sex ...