Terminator, Deliverance Join US Film History

Saturday Night Fever also chosen for preservation collection

(NEWSER) - The Empire Strikes Back and Saturday Night Fever are among 25 films bound for a special Library of Congress archive this year. Some 2,100 films picked by the National Film Preservation Board and the public were nominated for preservation in the National Film Registry, the AP reports. The films aren’t necessarily considered the best in history; rather, they’re selected for their historical or cultural importance. More»

10,000 BC , Gladiator, and 300 top Yahoo's list of historical misfires

(NEWSER) - Most historical films forgo a few facts for dramatic flair, but these flicks leave truth to the cutting room floor. Yahoo lists the most inaccurate movies ever:

1. 10,000 BC: Woolly mammoths weren't around to help build the pyramids.
2. Gladiator: Emperor Commodus didn't kill his dad... chickenpox did.
3. 300: Spartan warriors wore bronze armor, not leather Speedos.
4. The Last Samurai: 19th-century Japan did have war advisers, but they weren't American.
5. Apocalypto: Mel's Mayan saviors actually killed off 90% of the indigenous people.

Back to the Future , Bullitt , Days of Heaven ascend to American film-buff heaven

(NEWSER) - The Librarian of Congress showed off his eclectic film taste this week, selecting 25 "culturally, historically or aesthetically" notable movies that will be preserved forever in the National Film Registry. The widely varied picks, which bring the total list to 475, include:

1. Back to the Future (1985)
2. Days of Heaven (1978)
3. Dances with Wolves (1990)
4. Oklahoma! (1955)
5. Bullitt (1968)

But Nicolas Cage seems to get it: critics

(NEWSER) - Critics agree: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is ridiculous. But they're divided over whether the silliness of the sequel, once again starring Nicolas Cage as the devilish superhero, is funny or just bad.

• In the Merced Sun-Star , Roger Moore calls the movie "a profoundly silly mash-up of comic book and quasi-religious 'prophecy' about a motorcyclist who sold his soul to the devil." It beats the original: "This time around, Cage and everybody else on board are in on the joke," and that makes it "almost a great bad movie."

Movie reviews: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum can't save amnesia romance

(NEWSER) - In The Vow, Rachel McAdams plays a woman who must learn to love her husband again after amnesia wipes her memory. It's no surprise it was released ahead of Valentine's Day: It's pure mushiness, critics say.

• In the New York Daily News , Elizabeth Weitzman calls the film a "down-the-middle, by-the-numbers fantasy, in which no one is too quirky or interesting or challenging in any way." Still, "there’s no shortage of viewers ready to embrace an old-fashioned, guilty-pleasure romance."