Shane Acker Articles

Sasha Grey in The Girlfriend Experience (top); 9 by Shane Acker (middle); Mads Mikkelsen, Anna Mouglalis in Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (bottom) The 2009 edition Stockholm International Film Festival attracted the two-decade-old festival's biggest audience ever: 130,000 moviegoers. The Stockholm festival's 20th anniversary was celebrated with screenings on ice, and the presence of international celebrities such as Lifetime Achievement Award winner Susan Sarandon, Luc [...]

Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs stormed the North American box office this weekend with a solid $30.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Playing in both 3D and standard format, Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s animated adventure scored an average of $9,651 per theater at 3,119 locations. The film follows an inventor who faces the consequences of his [...]

Taraji P. Henson, Mary J. Blige, Adam Rodriguez in Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself. Photo: Quantrell Colbert. Tyler Perry’s latest family comedy-drama, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, found its way to the top of the North American box office this weekend with $24 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates. I Can Do Bad All By Myself got [...]