Yeah, Baby, Yeah: The Top 15 Movie Catchphrases

Measuring a film's success in dollars is misleading

(NEWSER) - Not a year seems to go by without a film breaking a box-office records: Dark Knight a contender for biggest all-time earner! Bourne Ultimatum the top August opener! But that’s not because the films actually draw more viewers than the previous record-holders; it's because the figures are in dollars, which are subject to inflation, writes Zachary Pincus-Roth for Slate. More»

The House Bunny hops to second place

(NEWSER) - Tropic Thunder banked $16.1 million to become the third flick this summer to win two straight weekend box office crowns, Variety reports. Sorority laffer The House Bunny earned $15.1 million to debut in second, followed by Universal’s remake of Death Race ($12.3 million), The Dark Knight ($10.3 million), and the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars ($5.6 million). More»

(NEWSER) - Hollywood spoof Tropic Thunder bombarded the box office this weekend by banking $26 million in top spot, Variety reports. Batman flick The Dark Knight fell to second but raked in $16.8 million and became the second-highest grossing domestic pic ever. Filling out the top five were Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Mirrors, and Pineapple Express, Bloomberg reports. Woody Allen's Vicky Cristinia Barcelona debuted on 692 screens and came in tenth. More»

From Casablanca to Lost in Translation , let your inner Romeo (or Juliet) out to watch

(NEWSER) - There's nothing like these classic scenes of on-screen romance. CNN's Screening Room lists cinema's top 10 romantic moments:

1. Casablanca: Humphrey Bogart's "We'll always have Paris" monologue.
2. City Lights: When Virginia Cherrill recognizes Chaplin's tramp as her lover.
3. Roman Holiday: Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck's scene at the Mouth of Truth sculpture.
4. From Here to Eternity: Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr kissing in the surf.
5. Amélie: The young couple's breathtaking bike ride through Paris.

From 'Star Wars' to 'Arrested Development,' something's not quite right

(NEWSER) - It's taboo and generally creepy, but sometimes—under the right cinematic circumstances and with the knowledge that nobody's actually related—incest can be, well, hot. Willa Paskin of New York rounds up fictional couples who have real chemistry:

• Cathy and Chris Dollanganger, Flowers in the Attic: "Nothing can stop the teenage sex drive, not even arsenic poisoning."