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NEWS ABOUT: films

films stories: 8 news summaries

 Worst Films of the Decade 

From Larry the Cable Guy to Antonio Banderas, these actors should have said no

Sep 25, 09 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some films—including a few released mere weeks ago (we’re looking at you, All About Steve)—are just plain bad. Rotten Tomatoes compiles the absolute worst 100 of the decade so far. A sampling from the top 10, aka the bottom 10:
  • Witless Protection: “
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entertainment • movies • films • Jay-ZTV • All About Steve • Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever • One Missed Call • Pinocchio • Roberto Benigni • National Lampoon's Gold Diggers • Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 • Witless Protection • Larry the Cable Guy

(Newser) - After a "bloody battle royale," the sports staff of the New York Daily News has anointed the best sports films of all time. Among the contenders:
  • Raging Bull: Robert De Niro's knockout performance as boxer Jake LaMotta makes this one of the greatest movies of any kind
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sports • Robert De Niro • Sylvester Stallone • list • Rocky • Robert Redford • Paul Newman • films • Gene Hackman • sports movie • Slap Shot • Hoosiers • Raging Bull

 IMAX Dismisses 
 Gripes About 
 Screen Size 

Company focuses on digital quality, cheaper installation

May 20, 09 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - IMAX execs are shrugging off a recent burst of complaints that most of its screens aren't as huge as customers expect, according to the Hollywood Reporter. After a Parks and Recreation actor twittered indignantly that the screen in the theater where he saw the IMAX version of Star Trek was... More »

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entertainment • Star Trek • movie theaters • IMAX • films • summer movies

 'Geeks Have Won': 
 Hollywood Gaga Over Comics 

Big screen adaptations bring fame to writers

Mar 2, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Comic books—trendy? All of a sudden they are, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The geeks have won,” says Ed Brubaker, one of the many comic-book creators who now finds himself a celebrity. Brubaker’s Angel of Death premieres online today as a live-action series, but he’s... More »

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Marvel Comics • DC Comics • The Dark Knight • comics • movies • Iron Man • films • comic books • Watchmen



 Winslet's 
 Oscar Bid 
 Battered by 
 Nazi Furor 


'Nazi porn' asks use to 'empathize with mass murderer'

Feb 15, 09 8:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Mounting criticism of The Reader as an apologia for the Nazis is seriously undermining Kate Winslet's chances for an Oscar, reports the Telegraph. Critics have blasted the film as "Nazi porn," and the author of a book on Hitler charged in a recent article in Slate that it... More »

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Academy Awards • Germany • concentration camp • award show • BAFTA • movies • Nazis • Kate Winslet • The Reader • films • Oscars

GLOSSIES

 Hathaway Tries On Her New Life 

Single after much-covered breakup with fraud, star faces new roles in life, on film

Dec 18, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - After a split with her jail-bound boyfriend, Anne Hathaway is trying on new outfits in both her personal and professional lives, she tells Sally Singer in Vogue. A London shopping trip may find the star a bit uncertain, but colleagues don’t mince words in praising her on-screen growth: She’... More »

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fashion • London • Meryl Streep • Brokeback Mountain • Kate Hudson • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri • films • Bride Wars

OPINION

 Hopeless Is Hot in Hollywood 

Movies and viewers love to get miserable

Nov 30, 08 7:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Bleak is the new chic in Tinseltown, writes Dan Zak in the Washington Post. Cloverfield's crowd-trampling monster, the psycho serial killer of No Country for Old Men, and the twisted oil entrepreneur of There Will Be Blood (need we mention the Dark Knight?) highlight the "raw misery of the... More »

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Hollywood • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • No Country for Old Men • Javier Bardem • There Will Be Blood • Cloverfield • the Joker • movies • films

On Movie Set, Jolie Filmed Naked With Married Pitt

'We all remember that,' says witness

Nov 23, 08 9:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Angelie Jolie so aggressively flirted with married co-star Brad Pitt that she climbed into bed with him naked for a scene in Mr and Mrs Smith, Us reports. "In a main love scene, Brad and Angelina would both wear flesh-colored underwear," said a source on the 2004 set ... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Jennifer Aniston • movies • Brangelina • films

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