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Sex Success Bodes Well for Chick Flicks

Fabulous turnout gets studios eyeing female demographic

(Newser) - The studios were wowed by the huge turnout for Sex and the City, and a slew of sisterly imitations could follow, Variety reports. Movie executives have been leery of chick flicks in the past, and they still hold doubts about projects with slim crossover potential. But with four other femme-centered...

Carell, The Rock Dish on Liplock

Carell and Johnson talk about unlikely kiss in Get Smart

(Newser) - Steve Carell and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson dug a little liplock in their upcoming film, Get Smart, the AP reports. “He smells like strawberry shortcake,” Carell quipped. “For me, that's why they call him The Rock. He rocks people's worlds.”

Zohan Sticks to the Lowbrow
 Zohan Sticks to the Lowbrow 
movie review
Jun 6, 2008 1:34 PM CDT

Zohan Sticks to the Lowbrow

'Likeable' film doesn't match satirical potential

(Newser) - The Adam Sandler comedy You Don’t Mess With the Zohan may be fun, but it probably won't do much for those outside the usual Sandler audience of teenage boys. The story of an Israeli commando-turned-hairdresser is full of “missed opportunities for sharpening silliness with satire,” writes Peter...

Eastwood to Spike Lee: Shut Up

Clint rejects criticism from black filmmaker

(Newser) - At 78, Clint Eastwood doesn’t have much patience for his current critic Spike Lee. The most influential African-American filmmaker has taken issue with the lack of black people in Flags of Our Fathers and, previously, with having a white man direct Bird, the 1998 Charlie Park biopic. "A...

Karma? Stone Banned From Shanghai Fest

Organizers still fuming over star's quake gaffe

(Newser) - Sharon Stone has been declared persona non grata at this year's Shanghai International Film Festival, reports the AP. Organizers said they will not be inviting the star, who attended last year, because of outrage over her recent comments suggesting the Sichuan earthquake was caused by bad "karma" linked to...

The Strangers Not Welcome
 The Strangers Not Welcome 
Movie review
May 30, 2008 1:50 PM CDT

The Strangers Not Welcome

Critics praise director, slam film

(Newser) - Critics agree that writer-director Bryan Bertino shows promise in his freshman film, home-invasion horror flick The Strangers, but they differ on whether the material was worthy of the talent. Jessica Reaves, writing in the Los Angeles Times, praises a “taut, spare thriller” that’s “enormously unsettling”—she...

Great Sex for Series Fans
 Great Sex for Series Fans 
Movie review
May 30, 2008 9:34 AM CDT

Great Sex for Series Fans

A bloated bore for others

(Newser) - Sex and the City: The Movie will probably delight die-hard fans but disappoint others, critics say. “I am not the person to review this movie,” admits Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times—not a fan—who writes that he counted only “one line of truly witty dialogue....

Pollack's 'Films Always Felt Like Best Pictures'
Pollack's 'Films Always Felt Like Best Pictures'
appreciation
May 27, 2008 3:45 PM CDT

Pollack's 'Films Always Felt Like Best Pictures'

Capable in every genre, he let actors speak for themselves

(Newser) - Sydney Pollack was a throwback, Desson Thomson writes in the Washington Post. He liked to say he didn’t have a style, and it was true—he "made movies in what seemed like every conceivable genre—thrillers, westerns, epics, actioners and comedies. But his formula was pretty much the...

Oscar Winner Sydney Pollack Dead at 73

Director mixed art, commerce in classic American films

(Newser) - Oscar-winning filmmaker Sidney Pollack died of cancer today at age 73 in Los Angeles, the New York Times reports. His career, defined by classics like Tootsie and Out of Africa, spanned an era when directors wrangled stars and battled studios to make artful yet commercial films. He later grieved that...

Jones Knocks Out Box Office
 Jones Knocks Out Box Office
May 25, 2008 5:43 PM CDT

Jones Knocks Out Box Office

Film may nab Memorial Day record with $126M

(Newser) - Indiana Jones whipped his box office rivals this weekend with the second-best Memorial Day debut ever, Variety reports, grossing $126 million. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian finished second with $23 million; Iron Man showed no signs of rust in third, earning $20.1 million; and What Happens in Vegas and...

French Class Tops Cannes Honors

Del Toro grabs Bests Actor for Che

(Newser) - Laurent Cantet's The Class walked away with Cannes' prestigious Palm D'Or today, the final day of competition, reports the Hollywood Reporter. It was the first time a French film had claimed the prize since 1987. Cannes Jury President Sean Penn followed the announcement with a list of largely sleeper candidates....

Williams In High Spirits at Cannes

Ledger ex promoting two films, working with Scorsese

(Newser) - Michelle Williams, in her first high-profile appearance since Heath Ledger’s death, seemed in high spirits at the Cannes Film Festival, People reports. She said it was "cool" to be there for the premiere of her film Wendy and Lucy and also to promote Synechdoche, in which she stars...

Cannes Agrees: Che Is ... Long
 Cannes Agrees: Che Is ... Long 
movie REVIEW
May 23, 2008 12:30 PM CDT

Cannes Agrees: Che Is ... Long

Commercial market hardly assured for Soderbergh's 4½-hour biopic

(Newser) - Steven Soderbergh’s much-anticipated Che Guevara biopic debuted last night at Cannes, and critics agree on at least two points: It was really, really long, and American audiences might never get to see it. A tough sell to distributors, the 4½-hour Che focuses almost entirely on military procedure, with...

HBO's Recount Scathing But Fair
 HBO's Recount 
 Scathing But Fair 
TV REVIEW
May 23, 2008 10:11 AM CDT

HBO's Recount Scathing But Fair

Film doesn't 'play it safe' politically

(Newser) - "Recount," HBO’s “first-rate” docudrama about the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election, takes the bold step of showing the harsh truth of the story, instead of “playing it safe,” writes Gary Kamiya for Salon. Leading players on both sides approved the script—surprising, Kamiya...

Spike Lee Plans Jordan Documentary

Director announces project at Cannes

(Newser) - You might remember Spike Lee's classic "Is it the shoes?" ads for Nike. But the director told a Cannes crowd he'll team up with Michael Jordan again for a different purpose: a documentary on the basketball legend, reports Variety. The NBA will finance the flick, which will feature unreleased...

Watchdogs Say Hollywood Going to Pot

Anti-drug advocates fret over 420-friendly new releases

(Newser) - Production of cannabis-centric films is hitting a high, reports the Christian Science Monitor. Once pigeonholed with Cheech and Chong and low-budget cult films such as The Big Lebowski, movies that feature pot-smoking characters now tend toward mainstream frat-house humor. This summer alone will see four marijuana-tinged releases, including the Judd...

Cannes Goes to the Dogs
 Cannes Goes 
 to the Dogs 
May 20, 2008 10:47 AM CDT

Cannes Goes to the Dogs

Brass-studded collar is 8-year-old mark of honor

(Newser) - Dogs will paw the red carpet at Cannes this week as the "Palm Dog" ceremony returns to the festival, the Times of London reports. Critics determine the winner of the 56-year-old award (8 in human years) for the top canine performer in the competing films. The victor receives a...

Woody Allen Refuses to Quit: Blame Europe
Woody Allen Refuses to Quit: Blame Europe
OPINION
May 20, 2008 8:17 AM CDT

Woody Allen Refuses to Quit: Blame Europe

US snubs relentless mediocrity, but director is still welcome abroad

(Newser) - America may have spawned Woody Allen, but “the perpetuation of Allen's zombie-like career is one atrocity for which we refuse to be held accountable,” Joe Queenan argues in the Guardian. The diminutive director’s recent films have bombed stateside; when eight people showed up for a New York...

Being Hated Is All But an Art for Uwe Boll

Blood, guts, and bad taste can't keep this director down

(Newser) - Uwe Boll is either the world’s worst filmmaker or its most-targeted whipping boy. Either way, the 42-year-old German, who bases his over-the-top gore films on video games, is unlikely to stop anytime soon. “The art form is, almost, in being hated,” one actor told the New York ...

Waltz Explodes at Cannes
 Waltz Explodes at Cannes 
movie review
May 16, 2008 2:10 PM CDT

Waltz Explodes at Cannes

After lousy 'Blindness' opening, Bashir shakes up festival

(Newser) - Now that's more like it. After a typically lousy opening—allegorical disaster Blindness—the Cannes Film Festival shook things up yesterday with Waltz with Bashir, a ferocious animated documentary from Israel recounting the 1982 massacre at Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. It’s “stunning,” writes Manhola Dargis in...

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