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NEWS ABOUT: Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick stories: 5 news summaries
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 Scorsese's Favorite 
 Horror Flicks 

One of cinema's greats shares his favorite scary movies

Oct 30, 09 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Martin Scorsese wants to give you a Halloween treat: The legendary director, writing for the Daily Beast, lists his top 11 fright-fests.
  1. The Haunting: “You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror!”
  2. The Isle of the Dead: "There’s
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film • film director • Martin Scorsese • horror flims • Stanley Kubrick • The Shining • horror film • The Exorcist

 Barely Illegal: 16 Jailbait Films 

Nerve looks at the Sweet 16 of young Hollywood sexuality

May 29, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the recent uproar over Miley Cyrus “back-gate” revealed, the taboo topic of teenage sexuality never strays far from the American psyche. Nerve lists 16 films that walk the fine line between sexual initiation and legal deviation.
  1. Lolita: A British professor marries the mother to get to the
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film • list • Taxi Driver • Woody Allen • Lolita • Stanley Kubrick • age of sexual consent

Unhappy Ending, Where Art Thou?

Newsweek critic laments Hollywood's love for the upbeat

Apr 20, 08 7:37 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Hollywood • Spider-Man • franchise • box office • Hollywood producers • Stanley Kubrick • movies • Saving Private Ryan

 Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead at 90 

'2001' author shaped space-age thought

Mar 18, 08 8:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arthur C. Clarke, the sci-fi author who helped shape 20th-century scientific imagination, is dead at 90, the New York Times reports. The co-creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey faced post-polio syndrome in recent decades and died at his home in Sri Lanka due to breathing trouble. “No one can... More »

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Sri Lanka • obituary • literature • satellite • space travel • author • book • science fiction • Arthur C. Clarke • polio • Stanley Kubrick • 2001: A Space Odyssey

Top 10 Oscars That Weren't

Film classics and actors the Academy overlooked

Feb 24, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - In the Academy Awards' 80-year history, many classic films, performers, and directors have been robbed of their statues. CNN's Screening Room names the 10 most crushing Oscars that weren't, many of which lost out to—gulp—musicals:
  • 1941: Seminal Citizen Kane loses to sappy How
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Morgan Freeman • Academy Awards • Al Pacino • list • Citizen Kane • Brokeback Mountain • Martin Scorsese • Pulp Fiction • James Dean • classic cinema • Stanley Kubrick • Alfred Hitchcock • Robert Duvall • LA Confidential • movies • Oscars

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