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NEWS ABOUT: Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson stories: 8 news summaries


 Hardest-Working 
 Film Actors 

Morgan Freeman tops list with 9 films in 5 years

Dec 28, 08 3:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Who's the hardest-working actor in show biz? Many would lay claim to the title, but Forbes actually tallied which troupers took on the most meaty roles in big-budget films over the past 3 years:
  • Morgan Freeman: Hollywood's top worker, he's played in nine films since 2005, including The Bucket
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Morgan Freeman • Steve Carell • Samuel L. Jackson • actor • Queen Latifah • Seth Rogen

 Scarlett's Used Tissue 
 Passes $2K on EBay 

Johansson auctions off used tissue to feed the hungry

Dec 19, 08 10:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Scarlett Johansson is proving that even Hollywood glamour-pusses can be gross. The actress thinks her flem would make a nice fan memento, so she’s auctioned off a used tissue to raise money for a hunger charity. Bidding on eBay has already topped $2,000, the New York Daily News ... More »

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eBay • online auction • auction • charity • Scarlett Johansson • Samuel L. Jackson

Movie Review

 Mac Gives Soul to Uneven Film 

Critics divided, but star wins them over

Nov 7, 08 3:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Soul Men is the cinematic swan song of both Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes, and they undoubtedly deserve better, “given how easily it slips into conventionally vulgar and predictably crude” humor, writes John Anderson in Newsday. Still, get past the “old-man jokes, low-rent sex humor” and the... More »

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movie review • Samuel L. Jackson • Motown • Bernie Mac • Isaac Hayes

 Lakeview Bullies Box Office 

Samuel L. Jackson thriller beats Coen brothers for top spot

Sep 21, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Samuel L. Jackson thriller Lakeview Terrace debuted at number one over a soft box office weekend, Variety reports. Banking $15.6 million, it ousted Burn After Reading ($11.3 million) and outpaced My Best Friend’s Girl ($8.3 million), Igor ($8 million), and Righteous Kill ($7.7 million). Ricky... More »

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Brad Pitt • Righteous Kill • box office • thriller • Samuel L. Jackson • Kate Hudson • Coen brothers • movies • Burn After Reading • Dane Cook • Lakeview Terrace

movie review

 Lakeview Not a Pretty Picture 

Jackson can't save formulaic flick

Sep 19, 08 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lakeview Terrace labors mightily to turn its B-movie cop/neighbor-from-hell premise into “deep social commentary about race, or real estate, or something,” writes Chris Farnsworth of E!, “but the result is an inexplicable mess.” The tensions between Samuel L. Jackson’s loose cannon cop and the... More »

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race relations • movie review • Samuel L. Jackson • Neil LaBute

MOVIE REVIEW

 Force is Weak in Clone Wars 

Animated Star Wars feature doesn't quite replicate the feel of the real thing

Aug 15, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Star Wars: The Clone Wars fills a gap in the saga's chronology, and although the animated feature may give devoted Lucasfilm fans their fix before the TV series launches this fall, the oddly lifeless movie "isn't the Star Wars we've known and loved, Todd McCarthy writes in Variety.... More »

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George Lucas • Darth Vader • movie review • Samuel L. Jackson • Star Wars • Lucasfilm • science fiction • animated movie • Clone Wars

NEW RELEASE

Jumper Lands With a Thud

Dull plotting, acting undermine high-concept thriller

Feb 15, 08 8:47 AM CST
(Newser) - The concept for Jumper seems promising: An awkward teenage boy who discovers he has the power to instantly teleport himself to anywhere on the globe is targeted for elimination by religious fanatics. And in some respects the film delivers on that promise. "The jumping effect is faultlessly executed,"... More »

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movie review • fantasy • thriller • Samuel L. Jackson • science fiction • Hayden Christensen • Rachel Bilson • movies

'Champ' Packs a Weak Punch

Aug 24, 07 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The newsroom-meets-boxing-ring drama "Resurrecting the Champ" is slow on its feet, critics say, weighed down by its own sentimentality, despite a powerful performance by Samuel L. Jackson—"slumming again in a role miles beneath him," writes Stephen Hunter of the Washington Post—and a taste of the... More »

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boxing • film • movie review • Resurrecting the Champ • Samuel L. Jackson • movies

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