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  • May 2008
    • Top Book-to-Movie Misfires

      Top Book-to-Movie Misfires

      With warm weather comes the usual wave of summer blockbusters, but sometimes the best story is buried in a book. Entertainment Weekly lists 23 disappointing adaptations, including: The Da Vinci Code : An utter lack of chemistry between Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou and an uber-creepy Silas (Paul Bettany) made this sure thing a misfire. More »

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      list   movie   Hollywood   book   movie remakes   Da Vinci Code   The Golden Compass   Memoirs of a Geisha

  • April 2008
    • Top 10 Historically Flawed Flicks

      Top 10 Historically Flawed Flicks

      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   Elizabeth: The Golden Age

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