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box office roundup

 Jacko Rules the World 

'This Is It' wears crown as 'Paranormal Activity' heads for $100M

Nov 1, 09 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - This Is It lived up to its name at the weekend box office, raking in $21.3 million domestically and $101 million internationally. The Michael Jackson documentary's strong showing prompted distributor Sony to extend its original 2-week run by 3 weeks, through Thanksgiving weekend, reports Variety . The sleeper sensation Paranormal ... More »

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film • documentary • box office • Michael Jackson • movies • documentary film • Couples Retreat • Paranormal Activity • This Is It • Law Abiding Citizen • Saw VI

OPINION

Campaign Film Shows 'Too-Perfect' Obama

Lack of passion in behind-the-scenes doc highlights problems with Obama's presidency

Oct 20, 09 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama comes across as too perfect for his own good in upcoming HBO documentary By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, writes Richard Cohen. The behind-the-scenes look at the campaign shows Obama as cool and collected as ever, Cohen writes in the Washington Post, with no sign of... More »

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Barack Obama • documentary • Richard Cohen • Election 2008 • President Obama

well, duh

 Some UK Tabloid Stories 
 Are Fake: Documentary 

Starsuckers exposes tabloids' habit of publishing fabricated gossip

Oct 15, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The upcoming British documentary Starsuckers proves what we’ve always suspected: Tabloids—at least, UK tabloids—will print just about anything, including “complete and utter babble,” the director tells the Guardian. Among the fake stories he got published—and, often, reprinted around the world: Avril Lavigne passed... More »

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entertainment • media • newspaper • tabloids • celebrity • gossip • documentary • Amy Winehouse • Avril Lavigne • Guy Ritchie • British tabloids • Starsuckers

 Vick Plans TV 
 Documentary 
 Series on His Life 

Show will take a somber, serious look at QB's life: BET producers

Oct 7, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Vick will star in an eight-part documentary-style TV series about his life for BET. The Michael Vick Project, due in 2010, will look at Vick’s comeback with the Philadelphia Eagles along with his troubled childhood and—of course—the time he spent running a dogfighting ring. "I... More »

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Michael Vick • animal rights • PETA • documentary • Humane Society • BET

TV Review

Rare Documentary Offers Intriguing Peek at Court


Oct 3, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - C-SPAN's new documentary on the Supreme Court is both "unprecedented and surprisingly moving," writes Hank Stuever, and even court junkies are bound to learn something new. Bombshells? Not so much, but it's the first time that all current and retired living justices have given individual interviews for the... More »

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documentary • US Supreme Court • C-SPAN • documentary film • Supreme Court justice

Movie Review

 More Than a Game 
 Shoots for the Heart  

Movie inspires cheers, eye-rolls

Oct 2, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - More Than a Game, a documentary following LeBron James and his high school teammates, does its best to be an inspirational movie, and for some it works. For others, it inspires eye-rolling. Here’s what they’re saying:
  • It’s like a classic high school sports movie, writes
... More »

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basketball • LeBron James • movie review • documentary • high school basketball • sports movie • More Than a Game

MOVIE REVIEW

 Capitalism Is Moore 
 at His Messy Best 

Filmmaker's full-on assault on the system is his richest work yet

Oct 2, 09 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore makes Wall Street feel his wrath in Capitalism: A Love Story, and the results, say critics, are frequently annoying, sometimes brilliant, and guaranteed to provoke—in short, everything you'd expect from Moore.
  • The movie, Moore's "liviest, most radical" yet, is no "eye-glazing tutorial on
... More »

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movie review • Michael Moore • documentary • Capitalism: A Love Story

 Two-Disc 
 Jackson 
 Album Has 
 New Song 

Two-disc compilation will include one new song

Sep 23, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world hasn’t heard the last of Michael Jackson. On October 28, Sony Music will release This Is It, a two-disc compilation album tying into the upcoming Jackson documentary of the same name. The album will include one brand-new song—the title track—along with previously unreleased versions... More »

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Sony • documentary • Michael Jackson • Sony BMG Music Entertainment • album

movie review

 Crude Makes 
 Compelling 
 Case Against 
 Big Oil 

Doc tells of disastrous effects of oil extraction

Sep 11, 09 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Crude is a hard-hitting documentary about the ravages of the oil industry—Chevron is the villain here—on indigenous people in Ecuador. Critics are wowed:
  • “Here’s a powerhouse of a documentary that makes you feel mad as hell and unwilling to take it anymore,” writes Peter
... More »

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oil • film • Chevron • movie review • documentary • crude oil • Joe Berlinger

Salvador Cop, Gangsters Busted in Filmmaker's Murder

Alleged killers come from same gang Christian Poveda chronicled in film

Sep 10, 09 5:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - El Salvador has arrested four gang members and a police officer for last week's murder of French photojournalist and filmmaker Christian Poveda, CNN reports. Another man who allegedly ordered the killing is already in prison, authorities say. The gangsters belong to the same Mara 18 gang that was the subject... More »

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Latin America • murder • documentary • film director • journalist • El Salvador • gangsters • Christian Poveda

Oscar Winners Giving Away Movie for Free

Documentary backers to raise awareness about cleft palates

Sep 8, 09 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The makers of one Oscar-winning documentary is trying an unusual marketing tactic: they’re giving away the movie for free. Ads will appear in 125 major papers tomorrow urging readers to request their copy of Smile Pinki, winner of the Best Short Documentary prize at this year’s... More »

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Academy Awards • DVD • documentary • giveaway • Oscars • cleft palate

preview

 Moore's Latest 
 Slams Love Affair 
 With Capitalism 

Filmmaker's 'magnum opus' sticks up for the little guy

Sep 7, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore’s latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story, which had its debut last night at the Venice Film Festival, isn't likely to match the “political impact” of Fahrenheit 9/11, but you might still call it his “magnum opus: the grandest statement of his career-long belief that big... More »

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entertainment • film • capitalism • Michael Moore • documentary • movies • Capitalism: A Love Story

Director of Gang Documentary Shot Dead

French filmmaker falls victim to violence he recorded in El Salvador

Sep 4, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The director of a documentary about the brutal gang life in El Salvador was himself the victim of gang violence, shot dead in a car 10 miles outside San Salvador, the Independent reports. Christian Poveda, a 52-year-old French filmmaker, directed La Vida Loca, which aired locally and hits France this... More »

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murder • gangs • documentary • gang violence • film director • El Salvador

LeBron Doc Soundtrack Lands Some Heavy Hitters

Eminem, Kanye West join Drake, Lil Wayne

Aug 26, 09 8:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four of hip-hop’s biggest names have collaborated on a track inspired by an upcoming documentary on NBA star LeBron James, MTV reports. Forever was originally supposed to include just Drake and Kanye West, but Eminem and Lil Wayne have since jumped into the mix. The track is expected to... More »

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entertainment • LeBron James • Cleveland Cavaliers • Kanye West • Eminem • documentary • soundtrack • Lil Wayne • Jay-ZTV • Drake

 Inside the Octomom TV Special 

Somehow, it was even worse than anticipated

Aug 20, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Nadya Suleman “suckfest” debuted last night on Fox, and it was “even more horrible than we could have imagined,” writes Natalie Finn for E! Among the “lowlights” of the special:
  • The octuplets’ delivery: “Gee, what a coup that someone was filming!” writes
... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • documentary • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

 Best Rock Documentaries 


Aug 11, 09 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - In honor of Woodstock—which happened 40 years ago this weekend—and the “seminal documentary” that captured it, John Farr shares his list of the 10 best rock concert/performance films—all of which are “meant to be played loud,” he writes on the Huffington Post. “So... More »

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music • Rolling Stones • Bob Dylan • list • documentary • rock and roll • concert • Elvis Presley • Beatles • rock bands • Neil Young • Jay-ZTV


 Octomom Special Hits Fox 

Suleman feature to air next week

Aug 10, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just when you thought you had seen enough of one mom and her eight kids: Fox will air a 2-hour special on Nadya Suleman, Us Weekly reports. Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage—which follows Suleman from the day her octuplets were born through the next 7 months—will run... More »

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children • documentary • Fox • fertility treatment • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Octomom

movie review

 Paper Heart Is 
 Beguiling, Enigmatic 

'Quasi-documentary' blends fact, fiction

Aug 7, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - One's enjoyment of Paper Heart, a hard-to-pin-down fictional love story wrapped inside a real-life documentary about love, “will hinge almost entirely” on how the viewer feels about writer and star Charlyne Yi, writes Jeannette Catsoulis in the New York Times. Yi and co-star Michael Cera have been linked romantically... More »

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film • movie review • documentary • Michael Cera • Charlyne Yi • Paper Heart

Moore Says
He Might Be Done With Documentaries

He's working on
two screenplays

Aug 1, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore’s upcoming Capitalism: A Love Story might be his final documentary, he tells the Detroit News. "While I've been making this film, I've been thinking that maybe this will be my last documentary," Moore says. "Or maybe for a while." Instead, the most successful... More »

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entertainment • film • capitalism • Michael Moore • documentary • movies • political movies

movie review

 Dolphin Doc 
 The Cove 
 a Real Thrill 

Critics wowed by 'horrifying' film

Jul 31, 09 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are raving about The Cove, a documentary about a Japanese town whose economy rests on capturing and killing dolphins for the worldwide market:
  • It’s “an exceptionally well-made documentary that unfolds like a spy thriller, complete with bugged hotel rooms, clandestine derring-do and mysterious men in gray
... More »

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film • Japan • documentary • dolphins

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