By Steven ZeitchikWe get that it can be useful to promote the appearance of stars in specialized movies, even if it means sowing some confusion with filmgoers unaccustomed to that type of movie. (Random tidbit overheard outside a Michael Clayton screening last year: "I usually like George Clooney, but why was he so serious the whole time?")But Par Vantage's ad for "Revolutionary Road," which ran in the New York Times Thursday, takes the play-up-the-star-but-play-down-the-content theme ...

By Steven Zeitchik Big Christmas Eve surprise -- a bow-topped gift for Fox, lump of coal for Warners, wound on its smiley face, etc.A judge has ruled that Fox has a copyright stake in "Watchmen" for their years developing the project. The preliminary ruling doesn't issue binding oders, but it will embolden Fox to press on with its case -- and could stir Warners to start thinking settlement. The case is scheduled for trial in ...