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MOVIE REVIEW

 Good Hair Has a Few Knots 

Chris Rock shines as interviewer, but social issues get lost in the weave

Oct 9, 09 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Rock is a natural and hilarious interviewer, critics agree. But watchers are split on whether the substance of a rather complicated debate shines through in Big Hair, his documentary on black women and their coifs. A sampling:
  • Rock has helped craft a film with "much good feeling
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entertainment • film • African Americans • movie review • Chris Rock • black women • documentary film • hair care • perm • straightening • Good Hair

OPINION

 The Worst 
 Date Movies 


Oct 7, 09 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Film can stimulate romance like few other artistic mediums—but some films turn that power on its head. Nerve lists the worst date movies ever made; here are 10:
  • Dead Ringers. David Cronenburg's hallucinatory flick in which Jeremy Irons portrays identical twin gynecologists who create new gyno tools for
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film • rape • date • romance • Audition • Roman Polanski • David Cronenberg

 The Worst One-Note Actors 

They grind out the same performance again and again

Oct 7, 09 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - "It’s a sad time to be a cinephile," laments Branwyn Lancourt, who heaps particular scorn on "one-note wonders"—actors who give the same performance in every film. He lays out the 5 worst offenders for Faster Times:
  • Kristen Stewart. Her acting is nothing more
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film • Jennifer Aniston • Michael Cera • Ben Stiller • actor • Will Ferrell • Kristen Stewart

 Chris Rock Wants to Be 
 Your Black Friend 

Comedian lands film that could—or could not—be an insightful look at race relations

Oct 7, 09 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now’s your chance to make Chris Rock your black friend: the comedian will star in Will You Be My Black Friend? The film's based on the GQ article of the same name, chronicling author Devin Friedman’s attempt to diversify his circle of white buddies. More »

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entertainment • film • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • Chris Rock • comedian • Harpo Films

VIRAL VIDEO

'Screw' Those Soviet Hockey Players: Kid

Pint-sized coach
recites Kurt Russell's speech from Miracle

Oct 6, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - What’s more inspiring than watching Kurt Russell speak the words of legendary hockey coach Herb Brooks to the 1980 men’s Olympic team before they played—and beat—the Russians in the film Miracle? Try the same words coming from a 5-year-old. Well, maybe it’s just cuter,... More »

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social networking • Internet • YouTube • film • Soviet Union • hockey • viral video • movies • Kurt Russell • Miracle on Ice • Herb Brooks • Miracle • 1980 Winter Olympics • Lake Placid

 'I Killed Seth Rogen's 
 Career': Kevin Smith 

The director talks about growing out of slackerdom after Zack and Miri failed

Oct 5, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Believe it or not, Kevin Smith didn’t smoke weed until recently—and the drug helped him along to an epiphany after his Seth Rogen-driven Zack and Miri Make a Porno bombed. "It started as sort of a midlife crisis thing but it wasn't that,”... More »

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entertainment • film • celebrity • marijuana • Seth Rogen • movies • Zack and Miri Make a Porno • Kevin Smith

 Facebook Fans 
 Win Release of 
 Sexy 'Weasley' Film 

Rupert Grint stars in edgy coming-of-age film about Belfast teen

Oct 5, 09 2:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Facebook petition drive by fans of the actor who plays Harry Potter's sidekick have won release of an edgy sex- and drug-fueled coming-of-age film about a Belfast teen starring Rupert Grint. The film, Cherrybomb, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival but failed to find a distributor. A British company,... More »

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Harry Potter • film • Facebook • movies • Rupert Grint • Cherrybomb • Ron Weasley

box office roundup

 Zombieland Conquers US 

Woody Harrelson vehicle dethrones Meatballs in debut weekend

Oct 4, 09 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zombieland raked in $25 million to dominate the box office in its debut weekend, easily dethroning Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, which had held the top spot the previous two weekends. The R-rated comic horror movie starring Woody Harrelson drew an overwhelmingly young audience, with 56% under 25, Variety ... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Michael Moore • box office • Drew Barrymore • movie industry • movies • Woody Harrelson • Zombieland • Capitalism: A Love Story • Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs • Surrogates • The Invention of Lying • Whip It • Toy Story

MOVIE REVIEW

 For What It Is, Whip It Works 

Barrymore is a revelation—as a director

Oct 2, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drew Barrymore's Whip It isn't a revelation, but fans of the aspirational sports comedy/drama probably won't do better this season, critics forecast:
  • The film is "hard to mock and easy to like." Though it won't "change the way you think about movies, roller derby or the
... More »

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entertainment • film • movie review • roller skates • Drew Barrymore • Ellen Page • Roller derby • coming of age • film criticism • Whip It

MOVIE REVIEW

 Zombieland a Gory 'Joyride' 

Woody Harrelson is great in one of the best new comedies, critics agree

Oct 2, 09 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zombieland is gory, but most critics think it's a rollicking good time. A sampling:
  • “Zombieland is a romance, a comedy, a road movie, and a freewheeling schlock horrorfest, all in one,” writes Stephanie Zacharek for Salon. “Its growling, groaning zombie villains aren't particularly menacing.
... More »

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entertainment • film • movie review • reviews • Woody Harrelson • zombie • Zombieland

 Tarantino Confirms Kill Bill 3 

Director will make sequel with Uma Thurman, but needs 10-year break

Oct 2, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - First, the good news for Quentin Tarantino fans: “The Bride will fight again,” he says, confirming his plan to make the third movie in his Kill Bill franchise. The bad news? Not until 2014, notes the New York Post. “I love the character and I think... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Quentin Tarantino • celebrity • Uma Thurman • sequel • Kill Bill

 Precious Director, 
 Star Earn 'Wows' 

Expect astonishing Gabourey Sidibe and director Lee Daniels to stay in the spotlight

Sep 28, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Film festival darling Precious is a breakthrough not just for director Lee Daniels—who collected Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey to champion the movie—but also for star Gabourey Sidibe, who plays the abused main character. Though media reports paint her as “this downtrodden, ugly girl who got... More »

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entertainment • film • Oprah Winfrey • Tyler Perry • movies • movie star • Gabourey Sidibe • Lee Daniels • Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

 French, Swiss 
 Battle Over 
 Polanski 

Director's lawyer vows to fight extradition

Sep 28, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The French and Swiss government bickered angrily over Roman Polanski yesterday as the film director's arrest strained diplomatic relations. France's culture minister said he was “stupefied” by the arrest, while President Nicolas Sarkozy called for a “rapid solution”—presumably one that involved letting Polanski return to France.... More »

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film • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Switzerland • extradition • Roman Polanski

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Meatballs Rain on 
 Bruce Willis' Parade 


Sep 27, 09 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs dominated the box office for the second straight weekend, racking up $24.6 million in ticket sales and running 10-day total to $60 million. That represents just a 19% fall-off from its opening weekend performance, a notably strong showing in a generally weak autumn... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • movie industry • The Informant! • I Can Do Bad All By Myself • Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs • Surrogates • Fame (film)

Ballsy Move Helped Gervais Cast New Movie

Phillip Seymour Hoffman has a really good sense of humor

Sep 25, 09 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ricky Gervais, perhaps best known for the original version of The Office, bids for movie stardom with The Invention of Lying, out next week. Gervais co-wrote, co-directed, and stars as the only person on earth with the ability to lie. He tells the Telegraph about the experience, and what jumps... More »

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entertainment • film • The Office • film director • Ricky Gervais • Philip Seymour Hoffman • screenwriters • movies • The Invention of Lying

movie review

 Coco Before 
 Chanel Is 
 'Beautifully 
 Woven' 

Reviewers mostly positive on biopic of French designer

Sep 25, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Coco Before Chanel gets mostly positive reviews for its portrayal of the legendary designer in the days before her rise to fame.
  • “The most obvious credit goes to the strong, sure performance of Audrey Tautou,” writes Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times. “Tautou
... More »

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fashion • film • movie review • Chanel • fashion designer • fashion label • Jay-ZTV • Coco Chanel • Audrey Tautou • Emile Zola • Theodore Dreiser

 James Dean 
 Lives—at 
 Least in 
 New TV Ad 

Company's clever spot imagines what actor's live could have been

Sep 22, 09 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - James Dean is resurrected in a new TV ad for a South African investment firm, the Telegraph reports. The ad depicts Dean advancing through life as if he had he not died at age 24—directing his own films, leading a Vietnam War protest, going to a developing nation on... More »

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film • South Africa • investment firm • advertisements • actor • James Dean

(Newser) - Author Stephenie Meyer had never even been to Forks, Wash., when she chose it, with a little help from Google, as the setting for her wildly popular Twilight books. But that hasn’t stopped fans of the series and the movies it has spawned from flocking to the town,... More »

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entertainment • film • tourism • Washington state • movies • Twilight • Robert Pattinson • Stephenie Meyer • Kristen Stewart • Forks, Washington

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Meatballs Eats Up Box Office 

Disappointing debuts for The Informant!, Love Happens, Jennifer's Body

Sep 20, 09 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs satisfied hungry audiences this weekend, slurping down $30.1 million at the box office, Variety reports. Steven Soderbergh dramedy The Informant! debuted in a distant second with $10.5 million, just ahead of Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • Matt Damon • Jennifer Aniston • movies • Megan Fox • Steven Soderbergh • The Informant! • I Can Do Bad All By Myself • Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

 Damon's Next Step: Directing 

On top of Hollywood, Matt Damon plans on slowing down

Sep 20, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twelve years after the breakthrough Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon has become one of Hollywood’s hottest names—and now he plans on cooling off, the Boston Globe reports. “You shoot all day, have dinner and work on a screenplay until midnight and then get up at five and... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Matt Damon • movies • acting • The Informant!

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