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  • April 2008
    • Top 10 Historically Flawed Flicks

      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
    • 10,000 BC Clobbers Competition

      10,000 BC Clobbers Competition

      (Newser) - Action epic 10,000 BC fought its way to the top of the box office this weekend, grabbing Warner Bros. $35.7 million, Bloomberg reports. The chronicle of a hunter facing massive beasts clambered over another new release, College Road Trip, a family film which took $14 million, as well as the political thriller Vantage Point, which came in third with $7.5 million. More »

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      film   Hollywood   box office   Warner Brothers   Will Ferrell   Semi-Pro   10,000 BC   Vantage Point

    • BC Movie Critters Strong on Terror, Not Accuracy

      BC Movie Critters Strong on Terror, Not Accuracy

      (Newser) - The computer-generated critters in the movie 10,000 BC —due out Friday—all actually existed at some point, but their portrayal in the film is scientifically sketchy. Saber-toothed tigers and woolly mammoths weren't as big as portrayed, and the film's huge terror birds died out 40 million years ago. One surprise accuracy, though: Ancient Egyptians might have actually been aware of woolly mammoths, LiveScience reports. More »

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      movies   fossil   ancient Egypt   10,000 BC   special effects   prehistoric mammals

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