Alec Guinness News

I n its efforts at encouraging a societal ethos of a voyeuristic primeval appreciation of 'pure cinema', the Bangalore Film Society , has had, as one of its primary motives, to screen a variety of obscure - but well appreciated - films from around the world to a public audience in Bangalore.

WE'VE had a foretaste of the season's goodwill and jollifications with the magnificent White Christmas, but where would we be without a visit from the old curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge? And here he comes, in the person of Tommy Steele.

The Ghosts of Christmas will be paying a visit to the Lantern Arts Centre this December to take part in its latest production, Scrooge The Musical.

Lionsgate will release The Ladykillers on Blu-ray Disc on 16 February. This black comedy starring Alec Guinness will arrive with a 1080p transfer, a DTS-HD Master Audio sound mix, a Terry Gilliam intro, some featurettes, and BD-Live capability.

Plant Walk - Learn about and identify the many native plants of the Adriana Hess Wetland Park, noon-1 p.m. Nov.

Eight's enough characters for Carrey in 'Christmas Carol' W ho does Jim Carrey think he is - Eddie Murphy? In the 2000 "The Nutty Professor" sequel, Murphy played eight roles .

It's just as well that the couch I'm sitting on is plump and hospitable or I might have fallen off it: Martin Scorsese tells me that the real inspiration for the tone and voice of Goodfellas was not Scarface or Public Enemy , but Kind Hearts and Coronets .

8 ** ** Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto: doc series I Prophesy ponders the marriage of man and machine, Oct.

James Bond's arsenal of missile-firing Aston Martins, exploding attache cases, and other spyware might not have included a vacuum cleaner, but this utilitarian tool has played a prominent role in the undercover adventures of some real-life covert agents.

Two people from radically different backgrounds forge a romantic connection aboard a ship in "A Majority of One" at James Downing Theatre in Edison Park through Oct.

Twenty-five films that made it from the book shelf to the box office with credibility intact.

THOMASTON : Continuing their Friday night film series, the Friends of the Thomaston Public Library is presenting films in Room 208 of the Thomaston Academy Building, 60 Main St./Route 1. This month's Friday night movies are British comedies.

THOMASTON : Continuing their Friday night film series, Friends of the Thomaston Public Library is presenting a new series of films in Room 208 of the Thomaston Academy Building, 60 Main St./Route 1. The August Friday night movies offer a selection of British comedies.

Northwestern University's Block Cinema has recently offered up some pretty mainstream hits from last year: Iron Man , WALL-E , and Kung-Fu Panda included.

In the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai , the main character, Colonel Nicholson, is a prisoner of war in Burma who leads his men to build a bridge for his Japanese captors.

A word to the even wiser: Make sure you take Queen Latifah along with you. "Last Holiday," Wayne Wang 's energetic remake of the 1950 comedy starring Sir Alec Guinness , gets new life breathed into it by a wonderful, slightly toned down performance from Latifah.

You know I don't do geek. So here's Luke Y Thompson to cover the 2009 Con for DHD with an emphasis on all things Hollywood: Dear Comic-Con folks - " please consider having the Twilight panel first thing in the morning next time.

Carolina Theatre - If you haven't seen a David Lean film on the big screen, then you haven't seen a David Lean film.

Richard Attenborough was not inclined to cast Indians in Gandhi. He says Nehru persuaded him that Indians were not ready for such roles.

Beginning Sunday, the Carolina Theatre will spend a week showing David Lean's 1957 war classic "The Bridge on the River Kwai," starring William Holden and Sir Alec Guinness.