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A Danish police officer, Asger Holm (Jakob Cedergren), is taken off the streets of Copenhagen and is assigned to be an emergency dispatcher. The reason for his demotion is a key point in the film which takes place at the police station and follows Holm as he receives calls from citizens in trouble.

Christmas came in mid-November for Universal with their animated reboot of Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch taking $66 million and first place in its domestic debut.

Movies are born to entertain. But cinema, especially in Spain, also has a long tradition of films that try to teach, to change the world or at least to shine a light on social or political issues.

At first sight, La noche de 12 años (A Twelve-Year Night) could pass as a story of survival. The real story of three political prisoners in Uruguay who, in 1972, were taken from their prison cells in a secret military operation that lasted twelve years.

The River represents the third chapter in director's Emir Baigazin’s “Aslan trilogy”, following Uroki Garmonii and Ranenyy Angel (Aslan being their main character's name). It's the story of a family of five boys, aged approximately 6 to 16, who live in the middle of a remote desert landscape in Kazakhstan.

For over 40 years the HFPA has recorded famous and celebrated actors, actresses and filmmakers. The world's largest collection of its kind - over 10,000  items- is now in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Margaret Herrick Library.

Outlander leading lady Claire is a strong character but Caitriona Balfe has learned softness and sweetness from her. “I can be very cynical but I've learned to appreciate romantic side of life a bit better,” she tells HFPA journalist Margaret Gardiner.

The feature film debut from Israeli director Ofir Raul Graizer should come with a warning. “Do not enter this theater when hungry.

Million Loves in Me, directed by Sampson Yuen Yun Hong, is inspired by a headline case in Hong Kong: a 45-year-old woman, Katy, was charged with animal cruelty when the police discovered she was hoarding more than a hundred dogs and cats in her apartment. In the film, a Malaysian production in Cantonese and Mandarin shot in Hong Kong, Katy's mother (played by Hong Kong actress Lo Koon-Lan) is suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, an illness she developed after being abandoned by her husband and son, who spends her time splurging on fancy restaurants, jewelry, and puppies.

Kirk Douglas arrives at the 33rd Golden Globes with his German-born wife Anne, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Saturday, January 24, 1976. They met in Paris, married in 1954 and are still together, at age 101 and 99.