Indonesians bemoan Hollywood blockbuster blackout

Indonesians bemoan Hollywood blockbuster blackout
MICHAEL HOLTZ Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia Indonesian moviegoers are facing a bleak year of second-rate foreign releases and lowbrow local productions as Hollywood studios, the government and movie importers remain locked in a protracted standoff. It’s been four months since major Hollywood studios withdrew films from Indonesia, a nation of 237 million people, in opposition to a new levy …
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LOL: Michael Bay’s Symphony of Mayhem – ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’
Say what you want about Michael Bay but there’s one thing that’s pretty undeniable. No one else in Hollywood can make a movie quite like him. Bay’s latest film, Transformers: Dark of the Moon opens this week, and after all the reviews and box office analysis is over, the conversation will predictably turn towards director himself. Bay is a polarizing presence in Hollywood. His movies are huge …
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Yet again, Amitav Ghosh sails on opium
Amitav Ghosh discusses his new book River Of Smoke, the art of writing a trilogy, his dramatic characters, the nuanced language they speak, and the Imperial intrigues that culminated in the Opium Wars.
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