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  • April 2008

    • Few Surprises in Deception

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Apr 25, 08 1:04 PM CDT

      Few Surprises in Deception

      (Newser) - Deception is a twist-filled thriller, but critics say the cloak of deceit will be paper-thin to anybody familiar with the genre. Ewan McGregor stars as a dull accountant whose life gets spicier after an attorney, played by Hugh Jackman, introduces him to a secret sex club. Soon after, the thriller cliches roll out, and "it's genre time," writes Desson Thompson in the Washington Post. More »

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      movie  • movie review  • Michelle Williams  • thriller  • Ewan McGregor

    • Baby Mama No Bundle of Joy

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Apr 25, 08 7:50 AM CDT

      Baby Mama No Bundle of Joy

      (Newser) - Critics don't seem thrilled about the arrival of Baby Mama , which tells the story of an overachieving, infertile career woman (Tina Fey) who hires a rough-around-the-edges high school dropout (Amy Poehler) to bear her a child. The movie's not "laugh-out-loud funny," writes Ann Hornaday in the Washington Post . "It's more quiet-chuckle funny, which is fine." More »

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      movie  • movie review  • Tina Fey  • Amy Poehler  • chick flicks

    • Unhappy Ending, Where Art Thou?

      Newsweek  |  Apr 20, 08 7:37 PM CDT

      Unhappy Ending, Where Art Thou?

      (Newser) - Happy endings don't ensure box-office sales, but Hollywood still snubs sad or complex finales—even if they better fit the film, David Ansen writes in Newsweek . Filmgoers don't need movies to end on a smile: Take Titanic or The Third Man . But this year's summer fare, like Iron Man and Get Smart, is no doubt back-loaded with upbeat, sequel-sparking endings. More »

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      movie  • Hollywood  • box office  • Spider-Man  • franchise  • Hollywood producers  • Stanley Kubrick

    • Absent Original Scripts, Studios Reel in Lit

      Variety  |  Apr 18, 08 3:43 PM CDT

      Absent Original Scripts, Studios Reel in Lit

      (Newser) - Movie execs counting on a flood of scripts after the writers strike wrapped up in February are snug and dry and turning to books and magazine articles instead, Variety reports. Plump with new fiscal-year budgets, studios are snatching up literary pieces faster than in years past; prison escapes, sunken-ship salvage, and offshore drilling are likely subjects of upcoming flicks. More »

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      movie  • Hollywood  • film studio  • Hollywood studios  • movie deal  • Hollywood producers

    • '007' Takes a Break From Dodging Bullets

      Associated Press  |  Apr 14, 08 8:14 AM CDT

      '007' Takes a Break From Dodging Bullets

      (Newser) - The "blond Bond" is taking a drastic break from guns, chicks, and shaken martinis: Daniel Craig plays a depressed, aging actor in the low-budget British flick Flashbacks of a Fool. Craig calls the role “a personal journey,” the AP reports. “I think you have to work hard at not becoming disillusioned about what you do for a living,” he says. More »

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      celebrity  • movie  • James Bond  • Daniel Craig  • acting

    • People Not Smart Enough

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Apr 11, 08 1:45 PM CDT

      People Not Smart Enough

      (Newser) - Critics like the big-name actors in family serio-comedy Smart People —especially Dennis Quaid, who stars as a cranky professor with much to learn about people—but think they might have been smarter to choose a different script. Screenwriter Mark Jude Poirier "is aiming for Scrabulous dialogue but his movie is barely of Boggle quality," Carrie Rickey writes in the Philadelphia Inquirer . More »

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      movie  • film  • movie review  • Sarah Jessica Parker  • independent film  • Dennis Quaid  • Ellen Page

    • No Crown for Street Kings

      Metacritic  |  Apr 11, 08 9:59 AM CDT

      No Crown for Street Kings

      (Newser) - Street Kings doesn't get a lot of love from critics, who say it resorts at times to the worst of cop-flick cliches. Keanu Reeves plays a cold-hearted, vodka-swigging LA vice cop who's hunting down his former partner's murderers. And while screenwriter James Ellroy's pulp machismo has worked before, here Reeves comes off "like the host of an infomercial trying to do the impersonation of a badass," writes Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly .  More »

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      movie  • action movie  • Keanu Reeves  • Street Fights

    • Nim's Island a Little Too Busy

      Metacritic  |  Apr 4, 08 2:34 PM CDT

      Nim's Island a Little Too Busy

      (Newser) - The spectacular scenery in Nim's Island impressed the critics, as did the film's focus on the pluck and intelligence of its young heroine (Abigail Breslin). Multiple storylines, however —about Nim's life in a Pacific paradise, her lost-at-sea father, and her relationship with an agoraphobic writer (Jodie Foster)—end up "diluting its assets," writes Carrie Rickey in the Philadelphia Inquirer .  More »

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      movie  • movie review  • Jodie Foster  • Abigail Breslin

    • Top 10 Historically Flawed Flicks

      Yahoo!  |  Apr 1, 08 1:10 PM CDT

      Top 10 Historically Flawed Flicks

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

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      list  • movie  • film  • history  • 10,000 BC  • 2001: A Space Odyssey  • Memoirs of a Geisha  • 300  • The Last Samurai  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age

  • March 2008

    • Lindsay Lohan to Play Teen in Manson Family

      E! Online  |  Mar 28, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      Lindsay Lohan to Play Teen in Manson Family

      (Newser) - Actress Lindsay Lohan will play a member of the violent Manson family in the upcoming movie Manson Girls , reports E! Online. LiLo will portray Nancy Pitman, who grew up well-to-do in Malibu and was just 16 when she met Manson through a  friend and quickly became one of his followers. More »

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      movie  • actor  • Lindsay Lohan  • movie industry  • Charles Manson

    • Ready for $35 Movie Tickets?

      Variety  |  Mar 26, 08 12:14 PM CDT

      Ready for $35 Movie Tickets?

      (Newser) - Think your movie-going experience could be more than sticky floors and greasy popcorn? Village Roadshow Gold Class Cinemas agrees. The high-end theater chain is making its debut in America, offering a bar selling cocktails and sushi, reclining lazy-boy style seats (with service buttons to call waiters), and valet parking for the deluxe price of $35 a ticket, Variety reports. More »

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      movie  • Chicago  • movie industry  • movie theaters  • luxury  • ticket sales  • concierge

    • Faithfull Shines in Irina Palm

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Mar 21, 08 10:31 AM CDT

      Faithfull Shines in Irina Palm

      (Newser) - Irina Palm , about a frumpy grandmother who resorts to prostitution so she can pay for her desperately ill grandson's operation, is winning over critics, both because of its unsentimental portrayal of the sex trade and because of the performance given by its star, singer/songwriter/actress and '60s icon Marianne Faithfull. More »

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      movie  • movie review  • prostitution  • health care costs