More Articles By Cheryl Cheng

• First Amendment scholar to chair Media Coalition
  JAN. 7 | Finan to head trade association More
  
• EMA opens college scholarship registration
  JAN. 6 | Organization has granted more than $1 million to students More
  
• EMA recaps its 2008 activities
  JAN. 6 | Entertainment Merchants Assn. legislative update for December More
  
• Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm
  REVIEW: FIRST RUN Street: Dec. 9 Prebook: now > Dry, educational film about vibrators. More
  
• Study: Videogame ratings enforcement improved
  DEC. 3 | Entertainment Merchants Assn. legislative update for November More
  
• Ping Pong Playa
  IMAGE Street: Jan. 6 Prebook: Dec. 9 > Predictable but enjoyable Chinese-American comedy. In this good-natured comedy, unemployed Christopher “C-dub” Wang (co-writer Jimmy Tsai) dreams of becoming a basketball superstar, wearing jerseys and using street slang. However, when his responsible brother Michael (Roger Fan) becomes injured, C-dub must take Michael’s place in the ... More
  
• American Shopper
  CINEMA LIBRE Street: Nov. 18 Prebook: now > Doc about fake sport slows in second half. In this hybrid documentary of fiction and reality, actor Jonathan Gotsick portrays the inventor of “aisling”—the fake sport of shopping with self-expression and creativity. Aislers participate in the 1st National Aisling Championship, held in Columbia, Mo. More
  
• Universal promotes three marketing execs
  NOV. 12 | Read joins USHE as VP of HD marketing More
  
• Orne promoted at SPHE
  NOV. 12 | Overall oversees Australia, New Zealand More
  
• EMA-supported Intellectual Property Rights Act passed
  NOV. 4 | Entertainment Merchants Assn. legislative update for October More
  
• EMA-supported anti-piracy bill passed by Congress
  OCT. 1 | Entertainment Merchants Assn. legislative update for August More
  
• Woman on the Beach
  NEW YORKER Street: Oct. 28 Prebook: Oct. 1 > Romantic drama explores love in modern-day Korea. Though marketed as a romantic comedy, Woman on the Beach from Korea is serious in tone and elicits few laughs, which could have been lost in translation. The film follows a director (Seung-Woo Kim) who takes a trip with his friend (Tae-Woo Kim) and a beautiful musician (Hyun-Jung Go) to a seaside ... More
  
• Dark Knight to land on Dec. 9
  SEPT. 26 | Batman film available on DVD, Blu-ray More
  
• Standard Operating Procedure
  SONY Street: Oct. 14 Prebook: now > Fascinating in-depth analysis of the infamous Abu Ghraib photos. In this award-winning documentary, filmmaker Errol Morris closely examines the infamous Abu Ghraib prison photos that depicted extreme accounts of abuse and torture, which came to public attention in 2004. More
  
• Before the Rains
  LIONSGATE Street: Sept. 16 Prebook: now > Indian drama about the cultural battle between East and West. In the latest film from Santosh Sivan ( Bride and Prejudice ), British businessman Henry Moores (Linus Roache) attempts to build a spice plantation in ’30s India. More
  
• EMA opposes Videogame Ratings Enforcement Act
  SEPT. 4 | Entertainment Merchants Assn. legislative update for July More
  
• Taxi to the Dark Side
  IMAGE Street: Sept. 30 Prebook: Sept. 2 > Emotional and informative look at the controversial issue of torture. Winner of the 2007 Best Documentary Oscar, Taxi to the Dark Side is a profoundly disturbing look at the unsavory methods the U.S. practices overseas in its fight against terrorism. To narrow its scope, the film focuses on an innocent Afghan taxi driver who was taken into custody b... More
  
• Jellyfish
  ZEITGEIST Street: Sept. 30 Prebook: now > Dreamy Israeli drama about three dissimilar women who connect. Winner of the Cannes Camera d’Or, this dream-like film follows three women in Israel whose lives intersect in unexpected ways. There is Keren (Noa Knoller), a new bride; Batia (Sarah Adler), a waitress at Keren’s wedding; and Joy (Ma-nenita De Latorre), a Filipino caretaker a... More
  
• Arts Alliance secures promo partners for Planet B-Boy
  AUG. 20 | South Pole Clothing, YouTube event part of campaign More
  
• How to Rob a Bank
  IFC/GENIUS Street: Sept. 2 Prebook: now > Visually slick comedic thriller lacks suspense. How to Rob a Bank follows a slacker (Nick Stahl) upset by his ATM surcharge fees who goes to a bank to complain while a robbery is underway. He winds up locked in a vault with a cyber thief (Erika Christensen), and much of the film is spent with the pair as they bicker and predictably fall in love. More