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 Best HS Flicks Since 
 John Hughes' Heyday 

Track Flick and making 'fetch' happen, anyone?

Sep 20, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hard as it is to believe, John Hughes made his last high school-centric film in 1987. Luckily, the 22 years since haven't lacked for flicks that chronicle some part of those awkward, wonderful 4 years. Christopher Borrelli of the Chicago Tribune lists the 10 movies that do it best: ... More »

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entertainment • high school • film • list • movies • Mean Girls • John Hughes • Hoop Dreams • Raising Victor Vargas • Election (film) • Dazed and Confused

 All-Time Best 
 TV and Movie Drunks 

Norm, Frank the Tank make the list

Sep 19, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone likes a funny drunk, right? Barstools lists the most lovable movie and TV boozehounds of all time:
  • Who comes to mind first? Norm Peterson from Cheers, of course. "The crowd shouted 'Norm' every time he walked through the door to belly up to the bar."
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entertainment • television • alcohol • alcoholism • The Office • sitcom • Charlie Chaplin • Will and Grace • Will Ferrell • movies • drunk • Billy Bob Thornton • John Belushi • Cheers • Animal House • Old School

OPINION

In Back-to-School Hindsight, John Hughes Looks Terrible

The guy probably ruined your life

Sep 17, 09 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - When the world rushed to eulogize John Hughes, Christopher Borrelli of the Chicago Tribune held off. He wanted to watch Hughes’ movies again. “I had suspected these films might be disturbing in hindsight,” he writes. “I had no idea how disturbing.” There’s drunk driving,... More »

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entertainment • high school • movies • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • John Hughes

DVD REVIEW

The Human Condition Is
9.5 Hours, in Japanese...

...and 'the greatest
film ever made'

Sep 16, 09 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Criterion Collection re-release of Masaki Kobayashi’s The Human Condition does high-definition justice to the WWII film critic David Shipman has called “unequivocally the greatest film ever made,” according to Very Short List. The movie follows a good—and handsome—man through the “innumerable trials... More »

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film • Japan • World War II • movies • film criticism • The Human Condition • Masaki Kobayashi • Criterion Collection

OPINION

 Greatest 
 White Trash 
 Movie Heroes 


Sep 15, 09 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hicks and hillbillies can be heroes, too, SpikeTV points out in a look at the greatest characters to go from the trailer park to the big screen.
  • HI McDunnough, Raising Arizona: Nicolas Cage's performance remains his finest to this day. His likable baby-snatcher makes some lousy decisions, but
... More »

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list • Luke Skywalker • movies • Mickey Rourke • Nicholas Cage

 Sly, Arnie, Willis 
 to Unite Onscreen 

The Expendables also stars Rourke, Li

Sep 13, 09 5:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Musclemen Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Bruce Willis are uniting for one last action flick, the Guardian reports. The Expendables, slated for release next year, tells the story of a band of mercenaries in Latin America, and will show the three grizzled stars together for the first time since the... More »

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entertainment • film • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Sylvester Stallone • Randy Couture • Jet Li • action movie • Bruce Willis • movies • Mickey Rourke

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Box Office Is Good to Bad  

Tyler Perry's newest success defies advertising formula

Sep 13, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The box office was good to I Can Do Bad All By Myself, which took in $24 million this weekend, USA Today reports. Tyler Perry’s latest flick rode the same under-the-radar marketing blitz that drew legions of Christians and African Americans to his Madea movies. The digitally-animated 9 made... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • Tyler Perry • movies • Inglourious Basterds • The Final Destination • All About Steve • I Can Do Bad All By Myself

 Butler May Be 
 Aniston's New Beau 

Would-be songbird Jen shares romantic dinner with Scottish co-star

Sep 11, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Jennifer Aniston said in a recent interview she still believed in love, she apparently had a specific reason: Scottish actor Gerard Butler. Aniston and her co-star in The Bounty met up for a romantic dinner this week, and they "appeared incredibly affectionate with one another," the New ... More »

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entertainment • film • Jennifer Aniston • movies • couples • Gerard Butler • celebrities • The Bounty • The Gore Girls

preview

 Moore's Latest 
 Slams Love Affair 
 With Capitalism 

Filmmaker's 'magnum opus' sticks up for the little guy

Sep 7, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore’s latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story, which had its debut last night at the Venice Film Festival, isn't likely to match the “political impact” of Fahrenheit 9/11, but you might still call it his “magnum opus: the grandest statement of his career-long belief that big... More »

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entertainment • film • capitalism • Michael Moore • documentary • movies • Capitalism: A Love Story

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Women Keep 
 Final Destination 
 in First Place 

'All About Steve' comes in close second

Sep 6, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Female moviegoers kept The Final Destination on top and propelled Sandra Bullock’s All About Steve into second this Labor Day weekend, Variety reports. Scoring $12.4 million and $11.2 million respectively, the films beat out Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds ($10.8 million), Gerard Butler shoot-'em-up Gamer ($9 million),... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • movies • Inglourious Basterds • District 9 • The Final Destination • All About Steve • Gamer

 Moore Rips 
 Tinseltown 
 Moneybags 
 at Film Fest 

'I can pay for my own movies now,' boasts filmmaker

Sep 6, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lefty gadfly Michael Moore couldn't resist deriding the same well-heeled execs who bankrolled his latest movie at the Venice Film Festival yesterday. "One of the beautiful flaws of capitalism is they will use the rope you give them to hang themselves if you can make a buck," Moore... More »

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Hollywood • film • Sicko • capitalism • Michael Moore • Venice Film Festival • movies • tinseltown

OPINION

 Most Enjoyable Film Clichés 

From the 'big speech' to the winning underdog, these tropes tickle

Sep 5, 09 6:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sometimes clichés can ruin a movie. But for some Onion AV Club writers, a good one can't be beat. A sampling:
  • "The big speech scene": The idea that we can all be "eloquent enough to meet the demands of any moment, like Al Pacino in
... More »

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sports • film • Al Pacino • Lord of the Rings • Iceland • speech • movies • underdog • cliches • Scent of a Woman • montage • D2: The Mighty Ducks

 With 10 Slots to Fill, 
 Oscar Debate 
 Starts Early 

Some execs remain opposed to expanded Best Picture nominee list

Sep 4, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The point of doubling the number of Academy Award best picture nominees this year was to draw more viewers to the show. The pitfall: Hardly anything Oscar worthy has emerged, writes Kim Masters for the Daily Beast. And while most nominees hit theaters later in the year, 30% fewer films... More »

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Academy Awards • film • nomination • movie industry • movies • Oscars • Best Picture • The Hurt Locker • Up (film)

Mobbed Sex and the City 2 Stars Get More Security

Fans "practically trampling each other" to get to SJP

Sep 3, 09 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York went so wild for the return of Carrie Bradshaw that security on the set of Sex and the City 2 had to step up its game. "Teenage girls were practically trampling each other trying to get to Sarah Jessica" Parker, an onlooker tells the New York Daily ... More »

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film • New York City • New York • Sex and the City • Sarah Jessica Parker • Cynthia Nixon • movies • chick flicks • movie star

(Newser) - YouTube is in talks with big Hollywood studios about making movies available for rent on the popular video-sharing site, the Wall Street Journal reports—a rare move toward making YouTube users actually pay for content. Lions Gate, Warner Brothers and Sony are among the studios that could make titles available,... More »

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Google • YouTube • Sony • negotiations • Warner Brothers • movies • new release • streaming video • movie studios • Lions Gate

(Newser) - Comics fans are just a little miffed by Marvel’s $4 billion acquisition by Disney: “SOOOO NOT HAPPY! Spider-man should not be co-mingling with Goofy,” reads one blog post. The problem, Linda Holmes writes for NPR, is “one of perception: Put simply, Marvel has a cool factor... More »

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film • Spider-Man • mergers and acquisitions • Marvel Comics • Disney • movies • Iron Man • Goofy • Stan Lee • Jon Favreau • comic books

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 The Final 
 Destination 
 Makes a 
 Box Office 
 Killing 


Teen slasher knocks off Pitt's Inglourious Basterds

Aug 30, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supernatural slasher flick The Final Destination slaughtered its competition at the box office this weekend, taking in $28.3 million, USA Today reports. The latest installment of the Final Destination franchise—this time in 3D—knocked Inglourious Basterds ($20 million) to second. Halloween II, the 10th Michael Myers movie, debuted... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • movies • Jay-ZTV • Inglourious Basterds • GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra • District 9

movie review

 Halloween II a Gory Dud 

Critics yawn over Rob Zombie's horror remake

Aug 28, 09 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dimension Films refused to screen Rob Zombie's Halloween II for critics—which is looking like a wise move based on the reviews coming out:
  • "Creatively comatose, even by the standards of a sequel to a remake," writes Rob Nelson in Variety. "Zombie's hatchet job on the
... More »

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film • movie review • horror • Rob Zombie • horror flims • movies • movie remakes

 Film's Best Cross-Dressers 

From Tootsie to Hedwig, Liev joins an illustrious list

Aug 28, 09 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Liev Schreiber was “giddy” playing an ex-Marine transvestite in Taking Woodstock, and in his honor, Nerve lists the best cross-dressers in film history:
  • John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch: He "is the epitome of ferocity and theatricality that drag queens around the world aspire
... More »

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entertainment • film • Johnny Depp • celebrity • Dustin Hoffman • cross dressing • Gwyneth Paltrow • Barbra Streisand • movies • Liev Schreiber • Julie Andrews • cross-dresser

 Best 
 Sci-Fi 
 Languages 

Wired declares Klingon the king of sci-fi slang

Aug 26, 09 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Creators of true geek art follow JRR Tolkien’s example and craft fictional languages to populate their worlds. Wired lists the best examples:
  1. Klingon. The Star Trek creation is the king of all sci-fi languages, with fully realized grammar and vocabulary.
  2. City Speak. Blade Runner’s vision of
... More »

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film • list • fantasy • Star Wars • book • science fiction • J. R. R. Tolkien • movies

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