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Dallas Dilemma: Where to Reshoot JR
Dallas Dilemma: Where to Reshoot JR
Dec 24, 2007 1:51 PM CST

Dallas Dilemma: Where to Reshoot JR

City battles to live down TV show, competes to be movie location

(Newser) - Dallas has tried for years to disassociate itself from 'Dallas,' the cheesy '80s soap opera that's so iconic that the fictional scheming oil baron JR Ewing is still the city's biggest celebrity—16 years after the show was canceled. So it's with considerable cringing that officials find themselves wooing...

Rampaging Bad Santas Shut Down Movie Theater

It's Santa anarchy as drunken vandals trash cinema & trip fire alarm

(Newser) - What the ho? Moviegoing New Zealanders were forced out of a theater when some 50 drunken hooligans dressed as Santa invaded a cineplex, trashing posters and other property, shouting "Ho f---ing ho!" and setting off a fire alarm before running off. Police think the troublemakers were college students,...

Book of Secrets Opens Big
Book of Secrets Opens Big
Dec 23, 2007 4:25 PM CST

Book of Secrets Opens Big

Spurs record sales on oft-quiet weekend

(Newser) - National Treasure: Book of Secrets dug up $45.5 million this weekend, taking top spot and spurring record sales at a time often stymied by Christmas prep, Variety reports. I Am Legend helped by clearing $34.2 million in second place, and Alvin and the Chipmunks kept singing with $29...

Charlie Wilson's War a Winner
Charlie Wilson's War a Winner
NEW RELEASE
Dec 21, 2007 10:45 AM CST

Charlie Wilson's War a Winner

Sorkin writes, Nichols directs, Hanks stars, movie shines

(Newser) - Charlie Wilson's War, the darkly comedic true story of the largest and most successful covert operation in US history, leaves critics mostly charmed. The Mike Nichols project featuring Tom Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts "is that rare Hollywood commodity these days," writes Variety's Todd McCarthy, "...

Depp Pipes Up on Singing Role
Depp Pipes Up on Singing Role
Dec 16, 2007 6:58 PM CST

Depp Pipes Up on Singing Role

Johnny 'was scared to death' he couldn't cut it in Sweeney Todd

(Newser) - Johnny Depp has more acting chops, hotness, and wealth than anyone could want, but even the superstar's knees buckled when he agreed to make his singing debut in the new silver-screen musical, Sweeney Todd, opening this Friday. "I was scared to death," he told the Chicago Sun-Times. Yet...

Overlooked Christmas Movies
Overlooked Christmas Movies
Dec 15, 2007 10:28 AM CST

Overlooked Christmas Movies

Slate has a list you better watch out for

(Newser) - Slate has come up with a list of overlooked Christmas movies to watch out for. Remember, the Christmas party at Nakatomi Plaza is more naughty than nice.
  1. Die Hard (1988)
  2. Yogi's First Christmas (1984)
  3. All That Heaven Allows (1954)
  4. The Ice Harvest (2005)

Smith Carries Legend
Smith Carries Legend
NEW RELEASE
Dec 14, 2007 8:31 AM CST

Smith Carries Legend

Movie has its flaws, but it's also a lot of fun

(Newser) - I Am Legend, a tale of the last man on Earth, who, through some freak of immunity, avoids a killer virus, isn't a perfect film. But despite its lack of surprises and its ending, which feels like "a studio-sanctioned reshoot," writes Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips, "you’...

Jackass 2.5 to Have Web-Only Debut
Jackass 2.5 to Have Web-Only Debut
Dec 13, 2007 1:34 AM CST

Jackass 2.5 to Have Web-Only Debut

'First Internet movie', studio heads say

(Newser) - Paramount is moving into uncharted territory by premiering Jackass 2.5 online, the New York Times reports. The December 19 premier on Blockbuster's Movielink service will be the first time a studio-backed feature film has made its debut on the Web. Executives hope that a successful experiment will pave the...

Vudu to Match DVD HD Releases
Vudu to Match DVD HD Releases
Dec 10, 2007 10:37 PM CST

Vudu to Match DVD HD Releases

Service will offer HD downloads same day DVDs hit stores

(Newser) - The Bourne Ultimatum, the Matt Damon action movie, will be available online Tuesday - the same day as the DVD reaches video stores. AP reports it's the first of many high-definition movies to be released by Vudu, the on-demand video service. Vudu, which sells its set-top box for $399, will...

Golden Compass Hard to Follow
Golden Compass Hard to Follow
NEW RELEASE
Dec 7, 2007 1:10 PM CST

Golden Compass Hard to Follow

Movie has great special effects but little soul, critics say

(Newser) - Critics are mixed on The Golden Compass, praising the controversial film's special effects but complaining about a lack of engaging storytelling. "The film is dominated by computer-generated effects and they're most of its problem— they don't give us anything to emotionally attach to or invest in," wrote Paula...

Atonement Is a Sexy Spellbinder
Atonement Is a Sexy Spellbinder
NEW RELEASE
Dec 7, 2007 10:30 AM CST

Atonement Is a Sexy Spellbinder

Adaptation of McEwan novel brings its 'A' game

(Newser) - Adapting a brilliant, broodingly introspective novel into a movie is risky business, but critics say Atonement—based on Ian McEwan's chronicle of  the effects of a young girl's lie on an English family—gets it surprisingly right. "In the almost spookily capable hands of 34-year-old director Joe Wright, the...

Gucci Clan Wary of Scott Film
Gucci Clan Wary of Scott Film
Dec 6, 2007 4:34 PM CST

Gucci Clan Wary of Scott Film

Granddaughter fears 'aggressive' flick will focus on 1995 murder

(Newser) - A member of the Gucci family tells the Guardian she's nervous about a planned Ridley Scott film that will chronicle the fashion dynasty's high times in the 1970s and '80s. Patrizia Gucci is concerned that the "aggressive" movie will devote too much attention to clan infighting, which culminated in...

Kite Runner Kids Flee Country
Kite Runner Kids Flee Country
Dec 4, 2007 2:26 PM CST

Kite Runner Kids Flee Country

Filmmakers feared reprisals against Afghan actors in controversial scene

(Newser) - Four child stars of the upcoming movie The Kite Runner have been whisked out of their native Afghanistan to protect them from possible backlash over a rape scene in the movie, the Guardian reports. Paramount Pictures helped relocate the boys to the United Arab Emirates after months of worry and...

America's Still Enchanted
America's Still Enchanted
Dec 2, 2007 6:21 PM CST

America's Still Enchanted

Disney pic holds at top spot as Jessica Alba's debuts a tepid fourth

(Newser) - Jessica Alba's Awake slept this weekend as Enchanted kept top spot and the African American family pic This Christmas nabbed second, Variety reports. Three-D glam film Beowulf snatched third, and Awake met expectations by banking $6 million in fourth. Hitman shot up $5.8 million in sales and took fifth...

Witherspoon Rises to Top of Salary List

America's latest sweetheart commands up to $20M per movie

(Newser) - Rendition was a dud, but Reese Witherspoon's peachy $15 million to $20 million fee per movie puts her atop this year’s highest-paid actress list. But she and other leading ladies—such as runner-up Angeline Jolie—often accept lower payoffs to keep their schedules packed, the Hollywood Reporter observes.

Unconventional Butterfly Soars
Unconventional Butterfly Soars
NEW RELEASE
Nov 30, 2007 10:50 AM CST

Unconventional Butterfly Soars

Critics adore film based on paralyzed Frenchman's memoir

(Newser) - Critics adore The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, a movie based on the memoir of the paralyzed editor of French Elle. In the New Yorker, David Denby writes that the film has "some of the freest and most creative uses of the camera and some of the most daring,...

The Name's Bonds, Barry Bonds
The Name's Bonds,
Barry Bonds
Nov 29, 2007 3:54 PM CST

The Name's Bonds, Barry Bonds

HBO plans to make a movie about the scandal-prone slugger

(Newser) - HBO is planning a movie about the recently indicted Barry Bonds, to be written and directed by Ron Shelton—the man responsible for Bull Durham, Tin Cup, and White Man Can't Jump. HBO has acquired the rights to the nonfiction book Game of Shadows, which detailed the unfolding scandal over...

Dreams Come True for Enchanted Star
Dreams Come True for Enchanted Star
Nov 27, 2007 4:10 PM CST

Dreams Come True for Enchanted Star

Longtime supporting actress Adams revels in box office success

(Newser) - Movie princess Amy Adams can't wait to see what happens after her fairy tale's "happily ever after" ending, she tells MTV. Her hit musical Enchanted pulled in $50 million over the Thanksgiving weekend and looks like an early awards favorite, meaning the the veteran actress-turned-overnight sensation's years in the...

Jet Li Scores a Record $13M Payday
Jet Li Scores
a Record
$13M Payday
Nov 26, 2007 7:19 AM CST

Jet Li Scores a Record $13M Payday

Action star's deal is priciest yet for a Chinese-language film

(Newser) - Action star Jet Li will bag $13 million for his role in the upcoming The Warriors, breaking his own salary record for an actor in a Chinese-language film. With Chinese films drawing more international attention, Li's fat paycheck comes from investors' confidence in him as a "guarantee" of the...

Box Office Enchanted
Box Office Enchanted
Nov 25, 2007 4:45 PM CST

Box Office Enchanted

Disney princess flick owns Thanksgiving weekend

(Newser) - Enchanted charmed moviegoers out of $50 million this weekend, one of the best turkey weekend scores ever, Variety reports. Its magic veiled a strong debut by Sony-Screen Gems’ This Christmas, which banked $27.1 million. Newcomers August Rush and The Mist fizzled in seventh and eighth, respectively.

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