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"When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'" -Alfred Hitchcock

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  • August 2008

    • Traveling Pants Fits Its Audience

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Aug 6, 08 12:57 PM CDT

      Traveling Pants Fits Its Audience

      (Newser) - The continuing story of four friends who share a tight bond and comfortable jeans, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is nothing “revolutionary,” critics agree. But it has something to offer for “tweens and teens,” they note. The film is “the equivalent of being patted on the shoulder by a high school guidance counselor and assured you are doing just fine,” writes Stephen Holden in the New York Times . More »

    • Britney's Next Role: Murderous Lesbian Stripper

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Aug 6, 08 11:31 AM CDT

      Britney's Next Role: Murderous Lesbian Stripper

      (Newser) - Britney Spears will appear in Quentin Tarantino’s remake of the 1965 cult classic Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! as a lesbian stripper with a penchant for murder, the Daily Telegraph reports. Spears' character will encounter a young couple in the desert, murder the boyfriend and kidnap the girlfriend—and make an appearance in a lesbian sex scene or two. No report on whether Madonna's signed on. More »

    • Studios Bet Big on R-Rated Comedies

      Associated Press  |  Aug 5, 08 8:45 PM CDT

      Studios Bet Big on R-Rated Comedies

      (Newser) - Movie studios are gambling on R-rated comedies more than ever as audiences open up to raunchier humor and stars push to showcase their talent in a less restricted setting, the AP reports. PG-13 flicks almost always draw bigger crowds, but R-rated features like Sex and the City , Wedding Crashers , and Knocked Up are proving that more risqué comedies can still do well. More »

    • Scruffy Rogen Rising Star of 'Comedy Mafia'

      GQ  |  Aug 5, 08 11:05 AM CDT

      Scruffy Rogen Rising Star of 'Comedy Mafia'

      (Newser) - Seth Rogen's comedy career stumbled for years, but Pineapple Express may catapult him into full-fledged movie stardom, Alex Pappademas writes in GQ . Films like Knocked Up established Rogen as a hilarious "bromantic" lead, and the action-comedy Pineapple , which he co-wrote, proves the scruffy stoner can hold his own with hunkier comedic actors. More »

    • Movies That Don't Need Another Sequel

      Entertainment Weekly  |  Aug 4, 08 6:57 PM CDT

      Movies That Don't Need Another Sequel

      (Newser) - Movie sequels strive to be bigger and badder with each installment. Entertainment Weekly singles out 14 film franchises that should wrap up production—for good: The Mummy : Eight long years is enough. American Pie : Straight-to-DVD spinoffs drained the raunchy teen comedy of its fun. Bring It On : How many movies can you make about cheerleaders? More »

    • Mummy Sequel Misses Top Spot at Box Office

      Variety  |  Aug 3, 08 5:28 PM CDT

      Mummy Sequel Misses Top Spot at Box Office

      (Newser) - Even the undead can't stop Batman: The Dark Knight defeated The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in its third weekend win, grossing an unexpected $43.8 million and hitting nearly $400 million. The Mummy sequel took second with $42.4 million, while Kevin Costner's Swing Vote , the only other newcomer, grossed $6.9 million. Step Brothers took third with $16.3 million. More »

    • Swing Vote Mostly Falls Short

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Aug 1, 08 8:05 AM CDT

      Swing Vote Mostly Falls Short

      (Newser) - Swing Vote , the story of a beer-drinking slacker whose vote will decide the presidential election, is “a mainstream, eager-to-please, relatively generic endeavor,” writes Manohla Dargis in the New York Times . At the same time, she notes, it’s “one of the most surprising, politically suggestive movies to come out of Hollywood this year.” Other critics aren’t so sure about that. More »

  • July 2008

    • Potter Fans Like Sneak Peek of Young Voldemort

      MTV  |  Jul 30, 08 9:47 PM CDT

      Potter Fans Like Sneak Peek of Young Voldemort

      (Newser) - Harry Potter fans seem captivated by the new movie trailer that focuses heavily on a young Voldemort, MTV reports. The trailer for Half-Blood Prince will be in theaters Friday, but it's already made its online debut to generally positive reviews along the lines of "dark and creepy." The trailer mostly steers clear of Potter and his pals and focuses instead on Tom Riddle (played by Hero Fiennes-Tiffin), the boy who would grow up to be Harry's nemesis. More »

    • Studio Went Super-Secret to Protect Batman

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 28, 08 4:20 PM CDT

      Studio Went Super-Secret to Protect Batman

      (Newser) - In a dazzling covert operation, Warner Bros. kept the lid on The Dark Knight so tight pirated copies didn’t hit the Web until 2 days after its Australian premiere—long enough to keep the film’s record opening on track, the Los Angeles Times reports. Digital piracy can keep fans online and out of theaters; early bad buzz can also kill a film’s box office in the crucial first weekend. More »

    • Will 'Nuked the Fridge' Unseat 'Jumped the Shark'?

      New York Times  |  Jul 28, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      Will 'Nuked the Fridge' Unseat 'Jumped the Shark'?

      (Newser) - Did Indiana Jones set the new standard in ridiculous? Many movie geeks think Dr. Jones’ ability to survive a nuclear blast by hiding in a refrigerator in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was so outrageous that “nuking the fridge” should replace “jumping the shark” in pop-culture parlance, Noam Cohen writes in the New York Times —especially where movie franchises are concerned. More »

    • Dark Knight Smashes $300M Record

      Associated Press  |  Jul 27, 08 7:03 PM CDT

      Dark Knight Smashes $300M Record

      (Newser) - Latest Batman flick The Dark Knight grossed $300 million in just 10 days—turning the 16 days Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest took on its head to set a new record. The dark tale, driven by Heath Ledger's strong performance, took in another $75.6 million in its second weekend to push its total upwards of $314 million. More »

    • Watchmen Dazzles at Comic-Con

      MTV  |  Jul 26, 08 6:40 PM CDT

      Watchmen Dazzles at Comic-Con

      (Newser) - Thousands of Comic-Con fans cheered yesterday after seeing comic books' holy grail on the big screen, MTV reports. Director Zack Snyder showed an uncut trailer of his dark, violent film adaptation of Watchmen , the only graphic novel to win a Hugo and make Time 's list of the 20th century's greatest novels. The San Diego crowd—many dressed as characters in the movie—then posed questions to the film's stars. More »

    • Under Armour Masters Product Placement

      Baltimore Sun  |  Jul 25, 08 5:50 PM CDT

      Under Armour Masters Product Placement

      (Newser) - There was a time when Baltimore sportswear maker Under Armour had to pay for advertising. No more, the Sun reports: its distinctive opposing-U shape has become ubiquitous in film and TV, prominently displayed in productions from Any Given Sunday to The Wire . During the first 3 months of 2008, Under Armour made no fewer than 3,000 appearances on cable TV. More »

    • I Want to Believe Requires True Faith

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jul 25, 08 11:59 AM CDT

      I Want to Believe Requires True Faith

      (Newser) - X-Files: I Want to Believe is strictly for serious fans of Mulder and Scully on the small screen, the critics say. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny's plunge back into the paranormal "gives devoted fans plenty of small moments to swoon over,"  Brian Lowry writes in Variety , "but the appeal should be limited beyond those fervent loyalists." More »

    • Could Batman Be Bush?

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 25, 08 10:42 AM CDT

      Could Batman Be Bush?

      (Newser) - They actually have a lot in common, the beleaguered president and the superhero currently smashing box office records, writes Andrew Klavan in the Wall Street Journal .  In The Dark Knight , Batman, like Bush, is "vilified and despised for confronting terrorists in the only terms they understand." He's also willing to "push the boundaries of civil rights to deal with an emergency," knowing they can be restored when the crisis is past. Under cover of a mask, he writes, the film praises Bush’s “fortitude and moral courage.”  More »

    • Harold and Kumar Will Roll Again in Third Movie

      Variety  |  Jul 25, 08 10:27 AM CDT

      Harold and Kumar Will Roll Again in Third Movie

      (Newser) - They've gone to White Castle, escaped from Guantanamo Bay, and they're still smoking. Harold and Kumar will be returning for a third movie, with John Cho and Kal Penn expected to again play the stoned pair, reports Variety . The writing team behind the first two hits will be back, but they haven't let any storyline hints filter out. More »

    • Step Brothers Is Harmless Fun

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jul 25, 08 8:24 AM CDT

      Step Brothers Is Harmless Fun

      (Newser) - 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 »

    • Next Batman May Be Lurking in Obscurity

      Radar  |  Jul 24, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      Next Batman May Be Lurking in Obscurity

      (Newser) - With The Dark Knight —featuring a Batman "easily inhabited by the George Clooneys or Christian Bales of the world"—all the rage, Radar presents "other subversive comic book characters who probably won't—but really should—show up at a theater near you," including: Female Furies: "With a little retooling, this could be the hot new Julia Roberts feminist vehicle that Mona Lisa Smile never was." More »

    • Why I Loved Scully

      Salon  |  Jul 24, 08 1:03 PM CDT

      Why I Loved Scully

      (Newser) - The X-Files ’ Dana Scully was everything women in entertainment today are not: intellectual, nuanced, tortured, Rebecca Traister writes in Salon. So as the sci-fi classic hits the big screen once again this weekend, we need Scully, “the cerebral head of the X-Files, torn between her Catholic faith, her scientific impulse to explain away the inexplicable, and her affection for her partner,” more than ever. More »

    • MTV to Remake Rocky Horror

      Variety  |  Jul 24, 08 11:24 AM CDT

      MTV to Remake Rocky Horror

      (Newser) - MTV will remake the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show , Variety reports. Lou Adler, the executive producer of the original film, will stick to the original screenplay, but the new rendition may include additional songs. There’ve been no casting or directing decisions yet, but Adler wants to see it shown a year from this coming Halloween. "But that's up to MTV," he adds. More »

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Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman, right, relaxes on location on the islet of Faro off Gotland Island in the Baltic Sea, southeastern Sweden, during filming of "Through A Glass, Darkly" in this 1960...   (Associated Press)
American actor George Clooney listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Tokyo Tuesday, July 31, 2007. Clooney is in Tokyo to promote his latest film, "Ocean's Thirteen." (AP Photo/Koji...   (Associated Press)
A man waits in front of posters of different festival editions, exhibited for the 60th International Film Festival Locarno, Tuesday, July 31, 2007, in Locarno, Switzerland. The 60th film festival will...   (Associated Press)
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