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FilmWeek

FilmWeek for Sep 19, 2008

Larry Mantle talks with FilmWeek critic Wade Major about the news that Universal Pictures has decided to say "no" to Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's animated, 3-D film, "Tintin." Sign of the economic times?

Larry Mantle talks with FilmWeek critic Wade Major about the news that Universal Pictures has decided to say "no" to Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's animated, 3-D film, "Tintin." Sign of the economic times?

Plus: The new documentary, "The Brothers Warner," is an intimate portrait of the four Hollywood pioneers and brothers. Filmmaker Cass Warner Sperling, the granddaughter of Harry Warner, joins Larry to talk about her immigrant family's rise from poverty to their creation of a major film studio with a social conscience. Also, Larry and critics Lael Loewenstein, of Variety, Henry Sheehan, of henrysheehan.com, and Charles Solomon, of amazon.com, review some of the week's new films including "Ghost Town," "Lakeview Terrace," "The Duchess," "Appaloosa," and "Igor."