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Apr 7, 2008 6:17 AM CDT

Hollywood's 'Man-Deity' Honored

Critics reflect on legend's career

(Newser) - Charlton Heston was “the man-deity of movies,” writes Richard Corliss in a Time appreciation, declaring of the actor who stepped into the shoes of no less than the Almighty, "God is dead." Indeed, from Moses to Ben-Hur. “He was the epic hero,” Corliss notes....

21 Beats the House Again

Apr 6, 2008 5:00 PM CDT

21 Beats the House Again

Gambling pic holds off rush by Leatherheads

(Newser) - 21 beat the odds for a second straight week and held off George Clooney’s Leatherheads, Variety reports. The gambling pic garnered $15.1 million, while the old-school football laffer, tripped up by poor reviews, tied with family flick Nim’s Island for second spot, each banking about $13.5...

Film Critics Fading
in Cyber-Culture

column

Apr 5, 2008 7:54 PM CDT

Film Critics Fading in Cyber-Culture

Fans surf web for trailers, ignore esteemed critics

(Newser) - Gone are the days when film critics swayed the culture and sparked serious debate, Anne Thompson laments in Variety. None of her college film students can name a critic besides Roger Ebert, though all are intense cinematic aficionados. Instead, most turn to review roundup sites, or “get their movie...

Clooney, WGA Part Ways Over Disputed Credit

Apr 4, 2008 11:41 AM CDT

Clooney, WGA Part Ways Over Disputed Credit

Filmmaker takes reduced role in union after Leatherheads flap

(Newser) - George Clooney has all but severed his ties to the Writers Guild after a dispute over screenwriting credit for the new film Leatherheads, reports Variety. The film's director, co-producer, and star says he overhauled a weak script, but a 2-to-1 arbitration vote went against him. He didn't publicize the move...

How Very! Heathers Writer Returns to Film

Apr 3, 2008 5:34 PM CDT

How Very! Heathers Writer Returns to Film

Sex and Death 101 , out tomorrow, puts Daniel Waters back in left field

(Newser) - Screenwriter Daniel Waters, who made "What's your damage?" part of American slang, is back. His 1989 cult classic, Heathers, paved the way for edgy teen fare from Clueless to Juno, but subsequent unsuccessful projects led him to obscurity. Sex and Death 101 puts him "squarely back into off-kilter...

Ebert Ready to Review Again

Apr 1, 2008 9:07 PM CDT

Ebert Ready to Review Again

Critic gives thumbs up to imminent return

(Newser) - Roger Ebert—beset by a series of serious health ailments in recent years—will soon resume reviewing films, he wrote in a letter to Chicago Sun-Times readers. The critic was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002; since then he’s undergone several surgeries, including a tracheotomy that cost him his...

Top 10 Historically Flawed Flicks

Apr 1, 2008 1:10 PM CDT

Top 10 Historically Flawed Flicks

10,000 BC , Gladiator, and 300 top Yahoo's list of historical misfires

(Newser) - Most historical films forgo a few facts for dramatic flair, but these flicks leave truth to the cutting room floor. Yahoo lists the most inaccurate movies ever:

10,000 BC: Woolly mammoths weren't around to help build the pyramids.
Gladiator: Emperor Commodus didn't kill his dad... chickenpox did.
300: Spartan

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Film Noir
Master
Dassin
Dead at 96

Obituary

Apr 1, 2008 7:53 AM CDT

Film Noir Master Dassin Dead at 96

American director made classic Rififi in France

(Newser) - Jules Dassin, a master of film noir who left Hollywood after being blacklisted, has died in an Athens hospital at the age of 96, reports the Los Angeles Times. Born to Russian Jewish immigrants in Connecticut, Dassin made such dark crime dramas as Brute Force and The Naked City in...

21 Wins Big at Box Office

Mar 30, 2008 4:46 PM CDT

21 Wins Big at Box Office

Iraq war flick Stop-Loss stumbles in at no. 8

(Newser) - Gambling flick 21 played to win this weekend and banked $23.7 million, scoring top spot at the box office, Variety reports. But it failed to revive overall ticket sales, which are down 17% from last year's frame and about a third for the year. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a ...

Screen Tough Widmark Dead

obituary

Mar 26, 2008 4:18 PM CDT

Screen Tough Widmark Dead

Gentle actor gained fame as a gangster

(Newser) - Richard Widmark, the American actor renowned for his sinister portrayals of gangsters, has died at age 93. His first film role—as a giggling, sadistic killer in the 1947 Kiss of Death—made him an instant movie star and gained him a Fox contract for 20 parts in seven years—...

Top 10 Musical Movie Moments

Mar 25, 2008 2:51 PM CDT

Top 10 Musical Movie Moments

The perfect sound clip can make a scene unforgettable

(Newser) - Forget soundtracks. CNN zeros in on fleeting scenes that use image and sound to send a shiver down your spine. The top 10 marriages of audio and video:

“Born to Be Wild” blasting while Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper ride down the highway in Easy Rider (1969)
Mr. Blonde

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Who Stays Hot
at Box Office

Mar 23, 2008 5:50 PM CDT

Who Stays Hot at Box Office

Dr. Seuss flick tops box office two weeks in a row

(Newser) - Dr. Seuss’ Horton heard cha-ching at the box office again this weekend despite a 45% drop in sales, Variety reports. The family flick grossed $25.1 million, beating number-two Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns and photographic horror remake Shutter, which grossed $20 million and $10.7 million, respectively, the...

It's Not Too Late
for Old School Technology

opinion

Mar 23, 2008 4:17 PM CDT

It's Not Too Late for Old School Technology

If inventions can evolve, they can survive, says New York Times

(Newser) - Older technologies frequently face predictions of their demise as they are replaced with cutting-edge innovations, but so-called progress is rarely the sea change it’s chalked up to be, writes Steve Lohr in the New York Times. If old tech can adapt, it can often stay alive. Case in point:...

First Film Was Minghella's Finest Work

OPINION

Mar 21, 2008 12:45 PM CDT

First Film Was Minghella's Finest Work

Truly, Madly, Deeply can help fans grieve director's early passing

(Newser) - He might be known for his sweep of the 1996 Academy Awards with The English Patient, but director Anthony Minghella should be remembered for his first film, Dana Stevens writes in Slate. Truly, Madly, Deeply, a 1990 made-for-TV movie that's now something of a cult classic, is a "psychologically...

Horton Hears
a Box Office Hit

Mar 16, 2008 5:35 PM CDT

Horton Hears a Box Office Hit

$45.1M opening is year's biggest

(Newser) - Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! stomped into theaters this weekend for the year's biggest box office debut, Variety reports. Its $45.1 million draw is the fifth-highest for a G-rated animated flick ever and the fourth-biggest March opener. “It played to whos from ages 2 to 92,”...

10,000 BC Clobbers Competition

Mar 9, 2008 3:43 PM CDT

10,000 BC Clobbers Competition

College Road Trip pulls into second place

(Newser) - Action epic 10,000 BC fought its way to the top of the box office this weekend, grabbing Warner Bros. $35.7 million, Bloomberg reports. The chronicle of a hunter facing massive beasts clambered over another new release, College Road Trip, a family film which took $14 million, as well...

Movie Industry on a Roll

Mar 6, 2008 8:10 AM CST

Movie Industry on a Roll

Despite writers' strike, Hollywood sets $26.7B box office record in 2007

(Newser) - Nearly 30 films took in more than $100 million each last year as the movie industry recorded its best box office year ever, reports the Wall Street Journal. The writers' strike, rising costs, and a spate of so-so releases at the end of the year put a damper on an...

No Hoax Here: Prankster's Bio One to Watch

NEW RELEASE

Mar 5, 2008 3:52 PM CST

No Hoax Here: Prankster's Bio One to Watch

Abel Raises Cain chronicles 'America's greatest living hoaxer'

(Newser) - Satirist Alan Abel has spent decades laughing at Americans who fell for hoaxes such as his "euthanasia cruises" and a school for training beggars. Abel Raises Cain, a documentary made by his daughter now out on DVD, is a "hysterical look at a gifted comic," even if...

Semi-Pro Bags Box Office Win

Mar 2, 2008 5:18 PM CST

Semi-Pro Bags Box Office Win

The Other Boleyn Girl debuts in fourth with Portman and Johansson

(Newser) - Semi-Pro shot to number one at the weekend box office but played worse than expected for New Line, banking just $15.3 million, Bloomberg reports. "It's just Will Ferrell in another funny costume," one analyst said. "The act appeared a bit rote this time." An R-rating...

No Country Wins Best Picture

UPDATED

Feb 24, 2008 7:54 PM CST

No Country Wins Best Picture

Coen brothers flick is top Oscar winner with 4 prizes

(Newser) - Hollywood crowned the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men with four Oscars tonight, including best picture, best direction, and best adapted screenplay, the Los Angeles Times reports. Javier Bardem won best supporting actor for his role as the film's ice-cold assassin. Daniel Day-Lewis scored best actor prize for There ...