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Studios Fight Theaters
on Cost of 3-D Glasses

Jun 22, 2009 2:17 AM CDT

Studios Fight Theaters on Cost of 3-D Glasses

Shades can cost $10m for popular film

(Newser) - With 50 3-D films due out within two years, studios and theaters are squabbling over who should pay for the requisite glasses. At $1 per moviegoer, 3-D glasses can tack on $10 million to production costs, the Chicago Tribune reports. Movie execs and theaters split a $2 to $3 ticket...

Proposal Scores at Box Office

box office roundup

Jun 21, 2009 3:28 PM CDT

Proposal Scores at Box Office

(Newser) - Audiences fell for The Proposal this weekend, sending Sandra Bullock's comedy down the aisle with $34.1 million, USA Today reports. Banking $12 million more than pundits predicted, the romcom claimed yet another box office win for summer comedies. The Hangover hung onto second with $26.9 million, Up finished...

Woody's New Muse: Carla

Jun 19, 2009 12:25 PM CDT

Woody's New Muse: Carla

Director wants French first lady for film

(Newser) - Woody Allen’s newest leading lady could be France’s first lady. The director thinks Carla Bruni-Sarkozy “would be wonderful” in a film, Reuters reports. The former model has “charisma, she's already acted so she's not unknown to an audience. There are a lot of ways I could...

The Proposal a
Charming Cliché

movie review

Jun 19, 2009 12:02 PM CDT

The Proposal a Charming Cliché

Bullock, Reynolds appeal in familiar story

(Newser) - There’s nothing groundbreaking about The Proposal, but with appealing leads Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, it manages to pull off a story you’ve seen before.

The film “recycles a plot that was already old when Tracy and Hepburn were trying it out,” writes Roger Ebert in

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Curb Star in Woody's
Latest ... Eh, Whatever

Movie Review

Jun 19, 2009 10:00 AM CDT

Curb Star in Woody's Latest ... Eh, Whatever

(Newser) - Woody Allen! Larry David! It sounds like a match made in comedy heaven, but the results are more like purgatory, according to the critics. Here’s what they’re saying:

Whatever Works is one of Allen’s worst movies, writes Claudia Puig of USA Today. David’s Boris “is

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Penn Puts Career on Pause

Jun 17, 2009 9:11 AM CDT

Penn Puts Career on Pause

Actor will focus on family in wake of near-split with wife

(Newser) - Sean Penn is taking a timeout from acting to focus on his family, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The actor dropped out of The Three Stooges and the crime thriller Cartel, and sources say his sabbatical from Tinseltown could last up to a year. His part in Cartel will be...

'I've Never
Been On a
Date': Sienna

GLOSSIES

Jun 15, 2009 11:11 AM CDT

'I've Never Been On a Date': Sienna

Up-and-coming actress talks career, love, and of course, Nannygate

(Newser) - Sienna Miller’s reputation is “pretty bad,” the actress admits. “I’ve made some bad choices and done some stupid things.” Jude Law, who famously cheated on her with the nanny, asked her to “please stop talking about it,” she tells Vogue, and her...

Hangover Hangs Out at No. 1

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

Jun 14, 2009 1:40 PM CDT

Hangover Hangs Out at No. 1

(Newser) - Audiences couldn’t shake The Hangover as the crude comedy stayed on top for the second weekend in a row, gulping down $33.4 million, USA Today reports. Up held on tight with $30.5 million, while The Taking of Pelham 123—the weekend’s only debut in the top...

Bullock: I Hate Romcoms

interview

Jun 12, 2009 1:11 PM CDT

Bullock: I Hate Romcoms

(Newser) - Sandra Bullock made a name for herself in romantic comedies but “can’t stand” them now, America's Sweetheart tells the Wall Street Journal. “I always read scripts and go, ‘I want to change the role of Sam to Samantha because it’s written better,’” Bullock...

Imagine That Charms

movie review

Jun 12, 2009 12:21 PM CDT

Imagine That Charms

Murphy, 7-year-old co-star show acting chops

(Newser) - Imagine That delivers great performances in a decent family package, with Eddie Murphy hitting his stride alongside a charismatic new star:

“For the first time since The Nutty Professor, Eddie Murphy successfully mixes his adult and kid-film personas—imagine that,” writes Joe Neumaier in the New York Daily

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Borat Follow-Up
'Outright Offensive':
Gay Activists

Jun 12, 2009 9:30 AM CDT

Borat Follow-Up 'Outright Offensive': Gay Activists

Advocates feel 'deeply mixed' about faux-Austrian reporter

(Newser) - Gay groups are torn over the upcoming comedy flick Bruno, worried that it may seem to justify rather than mock homophobia, the New York Times reports. “Some people in our community may like this movie, but many are not going to be OK with it,” says the head...

Neeson May Lead New A-Team

Jun 9, 2009 12:05 PM CDT

Neeson May Lead New A-Team

Eighties remake still needs actors for two lead roles

(Newser) - The A-Team is getting some fresh faces. Liam Neeson is in talks to play Col. John “Hannibal” Smith in the long-anticipated film version of the ‘80s TV classic, Variety reports. George Peppard had the role on the small screen. Bradley Cooper, a hot name thanks to The Hangover,...

Ferrell's Career
Looks Lost Indeed

OPINION

Jun 8, 2009 3:54 PM CDT

Ferrell's Career Looks Lost Indeed

(Newser) - Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost is so far a box office bomb, and that’s no accident, Chris Nashawaty writes in Entertainment Weekly. It’s “just the latest proof that Ferrell’s shtick—the clueless, self-deprecating blowhard man-child—is growing stale.” Step Brothers, Semi Pro, The ...

Potter Kids Need
to Rebel: 'Malfoy'

Jun 8, 2009 2:11 PM CDT

Potter Kids Need to Rebel: 'Malfoy'

Film needs more controversy from young actors, says co-star

(Newser) - The young stars making magic in the Harry Potter series are far too nice, says co-star Jason Isaac. “The problem with Harry Potter,” the actor who plays Lucius Malfoy, father of Potter rival Draco, tells the Telegraph, “is that there is so little controversy.” They “...

Up Staves Off Hangover

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

Jun 7, 2009 2:56 PM CDT

Up Staves Off Hangover

(Newser) - Up kept soaring this weekend with $44.2 million, just above Hangover’s $43.3 million debut, USA Today reports. Execs at both films’ studios are pleased with the higher-than-expected results, but Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost didn’t fare so well, opening to just $19.5 million....

Going Up?
9.4M Balloons
Should Do It

Jun 5, 2009 1:43 PM CDT

Going Up? 9.4M Balloons Should Do It

But different sources give widely varied estimates

(Newser) - Pixar stuck 20,622 balloons on a house to achieve liftoff in its animated Up, which wouldn't come close to doing the trick in real life, writes Nina Shen Rastogi on Slate's Explainer blog. If the old Carl character were using typical party balloons, he'd need somewhere around 9.4...

Land of the Lost
Better Off Extinct

movie review

Jun 5, 2009 8:26 AM CDT

Land of the Lost Better Off Extinct

Will Ferrell not enough to save picture

(Newser) - Land of the Lost remakes the 1970s TV series, sucking Will Ferrell into a parallel universe that mushes past, present, and future together. Keep this flick out of your own future, critics say:

“The only marginally interesting, if unsurprising, thing about the pricey movie spinoff is that a lot

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Carradine: An 'Actor's Actor'

APPRECIATION

Jun 4, 2009 2:33 PM CDT

Carradine: An 'Actor's Actor'

(Newser) - David Carradine was “an actor's actor,” Brian Warmoth writes on MTV.com, “a performer who left an indelible mark on everything he did with adeptly conceived roles in even the campiest environments.” Though best known for his '70s role on the TV show Kung Fu and...

Festival Aims to
Slay Zombie Record

Jun 4, 2009 2:56 AM CDT

Festival Aims to Slay Zombie Record

Moviemakers invite music fans to shamble along for record-breaking zombie walk

(Newser) - A British music festival is planning the biggest night of the living dead in history, reports the Telegraph. Organizers of the Big Chill have invited all festival-goers to appear as zombie extras for a scene from the upcoming movie I Spit on Your Rave. They hope to send the existing...

Strange Movie Facts, Take 1

Jun 3, 2009 5:33 PM CDT

Strange Movie Facts, Take 1

Discover lists 20 little-known cinematic tidbits

(Newser) - Did you know film’s been around since 1887? Or that an IMAX projector is so bright, if aimed upward it could be seen from space? Discover lists 20 little-known movie facts:

Thomas Edison’s firm made the first motion-picture camera in 1891—but didn’t invent a projector.
The

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