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Ted Tops Magic Mike With $54M Debut
 Ted Tops Magic Mike 
 With $54M Debut 
box office
Jul 1, 2012 3:48 PM CDT

Ted Tops Magic Mike With $54M Debut

Mark Wahlberg's comedy beats stripper film at the box office

(Newser) - What do you prefer, a potty-mouthed teddy bear or Channing Tatum shaking his half-naked tushy? You guessed it, Ted won the weekend box office with a $54.1 million opening, the third-biggest ever for an original R-rated comedy, Entertainment Weekly reports. The much-hyped stripper film Magic Mike took second with...

Tom Cruise Can&#39;t Make It Rock
 Tom Cruise 
 Can't Make It Rock 
box office
Jun 17, 2012 1:27 PM CDT

Tom Cruise Can't Make It Rock

'Rock of Ages,' Adam Sandler's 'That's My Boy' open weak

(Newser) - Veteran stars Tom Cruise and Adam Sandler aren't breaking any box office records this weekend, Huffington Post reports. Cruise's much-hyped Rock of Ages banked just $15 million, behind Madagascar 3's $35.5 million and Prometheus' $20.2 million. Snow White and the Huntsman took fourth with $13....

Snow White Pulls In $56.3M
 Snow White 
 Pulls In $56.3M 
BOX OFFICE
Jun 3, 2012 2:03 PM CDT

Snow White Pulls In $56.3M

Charlize Theron fairy tale knocks out 'Men in Black 3'

(Newser) - Snow White and the Huntsman was fairest in the land this weekend, banking a hearty $56.3 million and knocking Men in Black 3 to second place with $29.3 million, says the Hollywood Reporter . Overseas, however, MIB3 trumped Snow White, $79.1 million to $39.3 million, and in...

Amour Wins Palme d'Or at Cannes

Michael Haneke love story left audiences in tears

(Newser) - And the Palme d'Or goes to ... director Michael Haneke for his heartbreaking film, Love (Amour). The tragic story of an elderly couple facing the inevitability of death left Cannes Film Festival audiences in tears, Reuters reports. "A very, very big thanks to my actors who have made this...

10 Best Movies Since 2000
 10 Best Movies Since 2000 
May 19, 2012 3:17 PM CDT

10 Best Movies Since 2000

The Artist, Hurt Locker, and Lord of the Rings make the list

(Newser) - What are the 10 best movies since the year 2000? Richard Corliss at Time rounds up the greatest film achievements of the millennium so far. Here's a sampling:

Midnight Shows Make Movies Worth Attending Again

Alexander Huls: Sick of talkers, texters? Try the midnight experience

(Newser) - Movie theater etiquette is dying , but there is still one tradition that makes for “a near-ideal cinematic experience,” writes Alexander Huls in the New York Times : “the midnight show.” It’s the first opportunity for passionate fans to see a new film, which means the...

Cannes Ripped for Shutting Out Women Directors

Men like 'deep cleavage,' not deep women, complains protest letter

(Newser) - The Cannes Film Festival is battling charges of sexism after officials failed to chose a single female-directed movie among its 22 competition films. In a scathing open letter printed in the French media , a group of prominent female directors accuse organizers of failing to recognize the achievement of women in...

21 Jump Street Collars Box Office

Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum flick snags top spot from 'The Lorax'

(Newser) - 21 Jump Street busted the weekend box office with a healthy $35 million take, appealing to both genders and drawing in viewers of all ages, the LA Times reports. No other film debuted nationwide, but in smaller markets Will Ferrell's Casa de Mi Padre banked a solid $2.2...

Top 20 Films From Sundance
 Top 20 Films 
 From Sundance 
Feb 4, 2012 5:05 PM CST

Top 20 Films From Sundance

'The Surrogate,' 'Room 237,' 'For a Good Time, Call...' top New York's list

(Newser) - Film critics from New York braved the hobnobby world of Sundance and returned home with a list of their favorites. Many of these films, they note, have already secured distribution and will be coming to a theater near you:
  • The Surrogate. A handicapped writer (John Hawkes) employs a sex surrogate
...

10 Christmas Movies You Absolutely Shouldn't Watch

'60s B-movie 'Santa Claus Conquers the Martians' ranks worst: poll

(Newser) - What are the top 10 most cringe-inducing, holiday-ruining, Santa-offending Christmas movies of all time? Online ticket seller Fandango set out to find out, and polled its customers. Among the films that you probably shouldn't watch tonight:
  1. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians : a 1964 ultra-low budget fantasy flick; good luck
...

5 Classic Films Funded in Nutty Ways

The Quaker Oats Co. funded 'Willy Wonka'

(Newser) - Producers have long writhed in agony seeking ways to fund feature films. Cracked lists five of their weirdest schemes:
  • El Mariachi. Robert Rodriguez, the future director of Machete and Sin City, paid for this low-budge action flick by submitting himself to medical experiments that included removing chunks of flesh from
...

Sundance Preview: 14 Hottest Films

From Kevin Spacey to Kevin Smith, something for everyone

(Newser) - The Sundance Film Festival opens Thursday: What films should you anticipate the most? The Daily Beast highlights 14 that are getting the most buzz:
  • Margin Call: Set at the beginning of 2008’s financial meltdown, an entry-level analyst discovers a glitch in the system of the investment firm he works
...

John Waters Picks the Best Films of 2010

And, yes, Jackass 3D makes the list

(Newser) - Cult filmmaker John Waters offers up his 10 favorite movies of 2010, and the list is as interesting as you'd expect:
  • Domain: He describes his favorite movie of the year thusly: "A 40-year-old alcoholic aunt (played by Béatrice Dalle—'Betty Blue' herself!) and her gayish teenage nephew
...

Movie Quotes: Where Have Classic One-Liner Film Quotations Gone?

 What Happened 
 to the Movie 
 One-Liner? 
'luke ... i am your father'
Oct 20, 2010 12:03 PM CDT

What Happened to the Movie One-Liner?

The great, repeatable lines have fallen off since the '90s

(Newser) - Think about it: When was the last time you, and everyone you know, went around quoting an unforgettable line from a movie? We all remember the classics—“Go ahead, make my day”; “You talking to me?”; “Hasta la vista, baby”—but such one-liners have fizzled out...

Lost Hollywood Films Found in New Zealand

Silent-era gems will be shipped back home

(Newser) - Films Hollywood thought had been lost forever have been discovered buried deep in New Zealand's national archives. The 75 rare silent films are like a "time capsule of American film production from the 1910s and 1920s," said a statement from the US National Film Preservation Foundation. The finds...

10 More Movies Critics Detested

Did you love 'Showgirls'? The critics didn't.

(Newser) - Admit it: You’re having a ball reading the absolutely scathing Sex and the City 2 reviews . So is Andrew O'Hehir, and to celebrate, he recalls 10 of the worst-reviewed recent films, on Salon :
  1. Battlefield Earth: One critic predicted this L. Ron Hubbard sci-fi adaptation would be “hailed as
...

Paris Wants James Bond to Brawl in Versailles

French dream up grand canal duel, helicopter rescue

(Newser) - A rowing duel in a canal and rooftop escape by helicopter—sounds like James Bond, but does it sound like Louis XIV? A team of French civil servants is pushing to bring Britain's most famous spy to Paris, and have written a storyline that puts .007 inside the Palace of...

6 Totally Unnecessary Movie Remakes

 6 Totally Unnecessary 
 Movie Remakes 
not another 'karate kid'
Apr 5, 2010 12:02 PM CDT

6 Totally Unnecessary Movie Remakes

Clash of the Titans was bad enough, but it gets worse

(Newser) - Sometimes you don’t even have to sit through a movie remake to wonder, Was this really necessary? Cary McNeal lists six do-overs that we definitely don’t need, on Café Mom :
  1. The Karate Kid: “They're remaking the 1984 classic. Which probably leaves you with the same question I
...

10 Best Movies You Didn't See
 10 Best Movies You Didn't See 
NO 'BASTERDS' HERE
Dec 30, 2009 8:00 PM CST

10 Best Movies You Didn't See

Other than 'World's Greatest Dad,' these are pretty obscure

(Newser) - Sick of reading “Best of 2009” movie lists that contain endless references to Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air? Then check out the picks Grady Hendrix made for Slate : The top 10 films of the year that you probably didn’t see.

Nine Has 7 or 8 Too Many Stars
 Nine Has 7 or 8 Too Many Stars 
OVERSTUFFED FILMS
Dec 30, 2009 12:40 PM CST

Nine Has 7 or 8 Too Many Stars

Please, Hollywood, stop cramming A-listers into movies

(Newser) - In addition to its lack of critical love, Nine is “gargantuanally over-cast, the latest in a long tradition of jam-packed ensemble films”—and it’s not a good trend. The upcoming Valentine’s Day is even worse, looking to be “only slightly less crowded than a SAG...

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