Studios should stay away from certain titles. Back in 1946 Cary Grant starred in a widely-disdained, watered down version of Cole Porter's life titled Night and Day. Half a century later, with only the slightest variation, Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz star in the action flick Knight and Day. It's obviously geared for audiences dumb enough to consider The A-Team too Bergmanesque - and New York Times critic A.O. Scott lets loose, blasting the film as a brainless, incoherent excuse to waste money on CGI effects. To read click here

Film historian and author Scott Eyman reports in the Palm Beach Post that a very rare silent film titled A Thief Catcher has been discovered at a Michigan antiques fair by collector and preservationist Paul Gierucki, who initially did not realize the importance of the 16mm reel he had purchased. Gierucki finally viewed the movie and discovered it to be a long-lost silent film from 1914 that featured a cameo by Chaplin. Click here for the fascinating details.

Sir Sean Connery was in an unusually sentimental and jovial mood when he introduced a screening of John Huston's 1975 classic The Man Who Would Be King at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Adding to the delight was his reunion with actor Saeed Jaffrey, who gave such a wonderful portrayal of Billy Fish in the film. Click here to watch

In a long-awaited ruling, a judge has sided with YouTube in a landmark case that pitted the popular web site against Viacom. The latter company sought a fortune in damages from YouTube, claiming that the site had knowingly built its profits on copyrighted video materials used without consent. However, the judge ruled that YouTube had always acted in good faith and promptly removed specific videos when alerted that they violated copyrights. Viacom promises to appeal, so the case will drag on through the years with more astronomical sums being spent on both sides. However, for the moment, free speech advocates are celebrating YouTube's victory. For more click here