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Home Alone Director Debunks an Urban Legend
Home Alone Director
Debunks a Myth
Dec 26, 2024 1:05 PM CST

Home Alone Director Debunks a Myth

No, Kevin's father wasn't in organized crime, says Chris Columbus

(Newser) - The director of Home Alone has shot down a long-running urban legend about the source of the McCallister family's money. "Not organized crime," Chris Columbus said on the Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast. The question has been batted about for years because the McCallisters live in...

Trump Has Beef With Cameo on Home Alone 2

Former president says he didn't bully his way into the 1992 sequel, was responsible for its success

(Newser) - The only Home Alone 2 actor to ever become president of the United States is now defending how he nabbed his secondslong cameo in the 1992 film. In 2020, director Chris Columbus told Business Insider that Donald Trump had more or less forced his way into the movie, which was...

You've Only Seen the Clean Cut of Mrs. Doubtfire

Chris Columbus confirms R-rated version, toys with releasing some scenes

(Newser) - Somebody start a petition—because director Chris Columbus has confirmed there is an R-rated version of Mrs. Doubtfire somewhere out there. And—cue the horror—he doesn't plan to release it. Last week, the Twitter account @factsonfilm tweeted that Robin Williams, who played a divorcee who posed as a...

We're Getting a Mrs. Doubtfire Sequel

Robin Williams, Chris Columbus will be back

(Newser) - More than two decades later, we'll finally find out whether Robin Williams' character kept on dressing up as Euphegenia Doubtfire even after reuniting with his family. Yep, 1993's Mrs. Doubtfire is getting a sequel, and Williams will be back, according to the Hollywood Reporter . So will original director...

11 Possible Hobbit Directors
 11 Possible Hobbit Directors 
Jun 2, 2010 10:48 AM CDT

11 Possible Hobbit Directors

The movie is cursed, so surely the choice will be terrible

(Newser) - Now that Guillermo del Toro has quit The Hobbit, who will take over as director? Considering the movie is in jeopardy, since doomed MGM holds the rights, del Toro's replacement "has to be somebody who doesn't have much to lose in taking on a project with a 50% probability...

Percy Jackson Lacks Spark
 Percy Jackson Lacks Spark 
movie review
Feb 12, 2010 5:25 PM CST

Percy Jackson Lacks Spark

Harry Potter clone falls short of Olympian ambitions

(Newser) - Critics are pretty disappointed with Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. The Harry Potter-esque romp, directed by Chris Columbus, follows a boy who discovers not just that he has powers, but that the Greek gods are alive in America.
  • The film "has no real pep to it
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