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July 2008
- Step Brothers Is Harmless Fun
  
  newser | Rotten Tomatoes | 10 hours, 3 minutes ago
  
  Step Brothers is not exactly comedy gold, but it does have some redeeming moments, critics say. While the story of two man-boys forced to live together isn’t always amusing, there are some “funny-gut-busting” scenes spawned from “the comic chemistry of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly,” writes Peter Travers in Rolling Stone . And while it’s “infantile,” “the movie is too good-natured to drown in raunch.” More »
  
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  film • movie review • Judd Apatow • Will Ferrell • John C. Reilly
- Ebert, Roeper Close Curtain on At the Movies
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jul 22, 08 6:24 AM CDT
  
  Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper are calling it a day with At the Movies , reports the Chicago Tribune . Insiders say Disney plans to revamp the 33-year-old show and give it more of a Hollywood focus. Ebert, who holds the trademark for the show's signature thumbs up/thumbs down format, has vowed to take his thumbs elsewhere. Roeper hinted he would be joining him. More »
  
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  film • movies • ABC • Disney • reviews • Roger Ebert
- The Roles They Left Behind
  
  newser | Radar | Jul 18, 08 4:50 PM CDT
  
  Heath Ledger's posthumous appearance in The Dark Knight prompts Radar to muse on stars whose films debuted after they died, prompting critics to wonder what could have been—or to hold their tongues. Brad Renfro, The Informers . A onetime child star known for run-ins with the law, Renfro completed filming for the Bret Easton Ellis adaption a month before he overdosed on heroin. More »
  
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  list • celebrity • movie • film • death • Heath Ledger • accidental death • Brad Renfro
- 3-D Doesn't Ensure an Exciting Journey
  
  newser | Rotten Tomatoes | Jul 11, 08 10:47 AM CDT
  
  The 3-D adventure flick Journey to the Center of the Earth is generating tepid reviews. The Brendan Fraser vehicle is “rambunctious and ridiculous,” though some younger moviegoers might enjoy it, writes Jan Stuart in the LA Times . Aimed at “kids of an age group more conversant with Dr. Seuss than Jules Verne,” the film’s “minor-league” visuals will score highest among those who have little to compare them with. More »
  
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  film • movie review • 3D movie • Jules Verne
- 'Wrestlers' Strip and Smooch in Borat's Latest Film Prank
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Jul 9, 08 1:19 PM CDT
  
  The poster promised “hot chicks, cold beer, and hardcore fights"—but 1,600 Arkansas good 'ol boy wrestling fans instead fell victim to a sexy prank by Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen. Playing “Straight Dave,” Cohen pulled an in-the-know audience member into the fighting ring and the two men stripped to their tighty whiteys. The crowd "went nuts" when they then "started making out,” said a witness. More »
  
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  film • Arkansas • prank • homophobia • wrestling • professional wrestling • Sacha Baron Cohen
- Iraq Films Get Army's Attention
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jul 7, 08 1:58 PM CDT
  
  War films can help shape public perception, and the Army is trying to guide moviemakers away from negative portrayals of the Iraq conflict like the ones that dominated films about Vietnam. Army liaisons to Hollywood offer equipment, expertise—and script alterations that some filmmakers see as spin. The LA Times looks at an area in which, one military liaison says, "There doesn't seem to be a lot of room for nuance." More »
  
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  Iraq • Iraq war • film • US military • Vietnam War • film studio • film director • Army • Iraq war movies • Paul Haggis • Redacted • Brian De Palma • anti-war movies
- Tell Everyone: Tell No One Is Great
  
  newser | Rotten Tomatoes | Jul 5, 08 12:51 PM CDT
  
  French thriller Tell No One has the critics rushing to tell the world how much they liked it. The fast-paced and thickly plotted adaptation of a novel by American writer Harlan Coben is "hot-blooded, haunting and packed with the pleasures of the unexpected," writes Peter Travers in Rolling Stone . More »
  
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  movie • film • movie review • thriller • foreign film
- Museum Finds Missing Reels of Sci-Fi Classic
  
  newser | Der Spiegel | Jul 5, 08 9:31 AM CDT
  
  The discovery of long-lost footage from Fritz Lang's futuristic classic Metropolis in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum has given the film world a thrill, reports Der Speigel . Nearly a half-hour of Lang's 1927 vision of 21st-century class struggle can be restored. The new scenes flesh out the characters and add story-telling rhythm to Lang's sprawling tale. More »
  
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  film • science fiction • cinema • classic cinema • futurism
- Zimbabwe Film Shows Mugabe Election Rigging
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jul 5, 08 7:38 AM CDT
  
  Film shot secretly by a Zimbabwean prison guard shows how President Robert Mugabe’s party used intimidation to earn votes in last week's run-off election, the Guardian reports. In the footage, ruling party members watch as prison officials fill out their ballots and inspect the results. At a rally, party members are shown telling people to feign illiteracy so Mugabe supporters could fill out their ballots for them. More »
  
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  film • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • Zanu-PF • intimidation
- Friends Film Not Happening
  
  newser | BBC | Jul 4, 08 5:20 PM CDT
  
  Media reports of a coming Friends movie are false, the BBC reports. Warner Brothers' publicity director said there was “no truth” to stories of a film project that have circulated since the Sex and the City film became a blockbuster. Publicists for stars Mathew Perry and Courteney Cox say no film is currently planned. More »
  
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  television • movie • film • comedy • Jennifer Aniston • TV series • Friends • Matthew Perry • Lisa Kudrow • David Schwimmer • Matt Le Blanc
- Celluloid's Sexiest Swimsuits
  
  newser | Entertainment Weekly | Jul 2, 08 12:50 PM CDT
  
  Break out the coconut oil, it’s National Bikini Month. From Alba to Andress, Entertainment Weekly offers a cinematic retrospective of Hollywood’s splashiest swimsuits. Halle Berry, Die Another Day Ursula Andress, Dr. No Jessica Alba, Into the Blue More »
  
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  list • film • Hollywood • James Bond • Jessica Alba • Cameron Diaz • Halle Berry • swimsuit • Mike Myers
- Actors Won't Strike—Yet
  
  newser | E! Online | Jul 1, 08 8:19 AM CDT
  
  The contract between the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood studios expired early today—but SAG has decided to let members keep working for the time being, E! Online reports. The two sides are scheduled to reconvene tomorrow. The Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers made it what it called a “final offer” last night, but SAG officials were skeptical. More »
  
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  television • film • Hollywood • labor unions • Screen Actors Guild • actors' strike • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
June 2008
- More Young Men Go Into the Wild in Alaska
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 30, 08 7:18 PM CDT
  
  Just as residents of Healy, Alaska feared, more men have come looking for the bus—the old jalopy where Christopher McCandless died on his famous quest, the AP reports. Portrayed in the book and film, Into the Wild , his trip to Alaska has inspired dozens to trek through dicey weather and mosquito clouds to the bus. "I don't want people to go out there and die," a former official said. "It's that simple." More »
  
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  film • book • Alaska • tourists • Into the Wild • visitors
- Dark Days Ahead for Little Movies
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 30, 08 9:26 AM CDT
  
  This has been a banner year for Hollywood blockbusters, but things look dour for explosion-free cinema, David Carr writes in the New York Time s reports. Small movies have flooded multiplexes, choking each other out—a sign, producer Mark Gill says, of big-money backing meeting the ease of digital film-making. The money's disappearing, and eventually only good indie flicks will get made. More »
  
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  film • movie industry • independent film • Hollywood studios • art-house movies
- See Wanted , Enjoy the Ride
  
  newser | Rotten Tomatoes | Jun 27, 08 11:18 AM CDT
  
  If you're heading out to see the new Angelina Jolie flick Wanted , critics have some advice: Lighten up and enjoy it. "It’s trash, but I love it anyway,” writes Peter Travers in Rolling Stone . The story of a “nobody” office worker who winds up “a tight, muscled killing machine” in a team of assassins, the film’s got “passion as well as pow” without “a scintilla of redeeming social value,” Travers notes. More »
  
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  film • movie review • Angelina Jolie • James McAvoy
- Hollywood 'Discovers' Graphic Novels
  
  newser | Time | Jun 23, 08 11:30 AM CDT
  
  Still tallying the proceeds of the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises, Hollywood is turning to darker, underground graphic novels like Wanted for movie adaptations—and comics auteurs have mixed feelings, Time reports. Some argue the mainstream success of ultraviolent adaptations like 300 and Sin City can only mean good things for the graphic-novel underworld, but others worry the interest will suck the medium dry. More »
  
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  film • Disney • comics • Spider-Man • graphic novel • 300
- Get Smart Not So Clever
  
  newser | Rotten Tomatoes | Jun 20, 08 12:15 PM CDT
  
  The film version of the 1960s TV spy parody Get Smart can’t decide if it's an action flick or a comedy, and it shows. It’s “an action comedy that represents the worst of both worlds,” Mick LaSalle writes in the San Francisco Chronicle —“as funny as a gently smiling mime” while “bloated, confused and convoluted” in the manner of bad action movies. More »
  
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  film • movie review • comedy • action movie • Steve Carell
- 'Lost' Monroe Reels Up for Auction
  
  newser | BBC | Jun 20, 08 10:19 AM CDT
  
  Never-before-seen footage of Marilyn Monroe behind the scenes of her last completed film will be auctioned in Las Vegas this weekend, the BBC reports. The silent 1961 reels show a relaxed-looking Monroe talking to the cast and crew and having her hair done as she works on The Misfits with Clark Gable. The late actor also appears in the footage, which is expected to sell for some $20,000. More »
  
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  film • Marilyn Monroe
- Hollywood's Hottest Hookers
  
  newser | Entertainment Weekly | Jun 18, 08 12:51 PM CDT
  
  The world's oldest profession has helped many an actor get a leg up in Hollywood—onscreen. With Showtime airing the British hit Secret Diary of a Call Girl , Entertainment Weekly salutes cinema's top 25 sex workers, including: Jane Fonda ( Klute ): Fonda says she based her Oscar-winning performance on the prostitutes she hired for group sex to satisfy her then-husband. Leonardo DiCaprio ( The Basketball Diaries ): Novelist/memoirist Jim Carroll personally coached DiCaprio in his breakout role. More »
  
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  list • film • sex • prostitution • hooker
- Italian Churches Ban Da Vinci Code Prequel
  
  newser | ANSA (Italy) | Jun 16, 08 5:55 PM CDT
  
  The diocese of Rome is branching out into film criticism and banning a DaVinci Code prequel from shooting in two of the city's churches because the first movie was “harmful to religious feeling,” the ANSA news agency reports. Like the original, Angels & Demons is directed by Ron Howard from Dan Brown’s adaptation of his novel. More »
  
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  film • Catholicism • church • production • Da Vinci Code

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