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Breaking Dawn—Part 2
Eats Up Box Office

Nov 18, 2012 2:27 PM CST

Breaking Dawn—Part 2 Eats Up Box Office

'Skyfall' becomes top-grossing Bond film ever

(Newser) - Critics are thrilled it's finally over . Fans, it seems, not so much: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 2 wrapped up the Twilight series with a rocking $340 million worldwide debut and $141.3 million at home, says the Hollywood Reporter . Its franchise-high CinemaScore of A and highest grade...

Cusack
Making Film
About Rush
Limbaugh

Nov 3, 2012 9:33 AM CDT

Cusack Making Film About Rush Limbaugh

And the liberal actor is playing Rush himself

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is getting the Hollywood treatment, courtesy of John Cusack. The (liberal) actor's production company plans to start work next year on a movie about Limbaugh, with Cusack playing the leading role himself, reports AP . Except for the fact that Betty Thomas is directing, no other details are...

Cloud Atlas Fizzles

box office

Oct 28, 2012 1:38 PM CDT

Cloud Atlas Fizzles

While Ben Affleck's 'Argo' rises to the top

(Newser) - Either Argo triumphed at the weekend box office, or Hollywood's other offerings were just too weak to compete, the LA Times reports. Ben Affleck's rescue thriller snagged the top spot in its third week with $12.4 million—the year's second-lowest No.1—followed by The Possession...

Ben Affleck's
Argo Can't
Unseat the
No. 1 Film

box office

Oct 14, 2012 4:40 PM CDT

Ben Affleck's Argo Can't Unseat the No. 1 Film

Liam Neeson wins again with 'Taken 2'

(Newser) - Liam Neeson edged Ben Affleck at the box office this weekend as Taken 2 banked $22.5 million and the Affleck-directed political thriller Argo debuted at $20.1 million, says the Hollywood Reporter . The micro-budgeted horror film Sinister ($18.3 million) beat expectations by taking third, followed by Hotel Transylvania ...

Best Movies of the 1990s

Oct 13, 2012 8:56 AM CDT

Best Movies of the 1990s

'Goodfellas,' 'Dazed And Confused' crack AV Club's top five

(Newser) - The AV Club counted down the top 50 movies of the 1990s this week, with Goodfellas coming out on top. It doesn't just hold up after more than a decade, it keeps getting better. "Every return trip also reveals how much is at work in Martin Scorsese's...

What Reviews?
Taken 2 Kicks
More Butt

box office

Oct 7, 2012 5:37 PM CDT

What Reviews? Taken 2 Kicks More Butt

Tim Burton's 3-D 'Frankenweenie' fizzles in fifth

(Newser) - Reviews notwithstanding , Taken 2 stomped the weekend box office with a $50 million bow—the best October opening ever for a PG-13 film, says the Hollywood Reporter. The Liam Neeson action-film sequel also shot up overseas competition by raking in $55 million more. Domestically, Hotel Transylvania ($27 million) slid...

Transylvania Terrifies With Record Debut

Transylvania
Scares Up
Record Debut

box office

Sep 30, 2012 4:21 PM CDT

Transylvania Scares Up Record Debut

'Looper' takes second while 'Won't Back Down' tanks

(Newser) - Hotel Transylvania scared off the competition this weekend with the strongest debut since The Dark Knight Rises and the best September bow ever, says the Hollywood Reporter. The animation film's $43 million opening ousted Sweet Home Alabama, which banked $35.6 million on its first weekend, albeit without premium...

End of Watch,
Scary House
Tie on Slow
Weekend

box office

Sep 23, 2012 4:57 PM CDT

End of Watch, Scary House Tie on Slow Weekend

'Dredd 3D' underwhelms after all the Comic-Con hype

(Newser) - Ticket sales continued to sag this weekend as Jake Gyllenhaal and Jennifer Lawrence tied at the box office and sci-fi action flick Dredd 3D fared poorly, the LA Times reports. Gyllenhaal's police drama End of Watch and Lawrence's horror film House at the End of the Street each...

Trailer Arrives
for Spielberg's
Lincoln

Sep 14, 2012 8:28 AM CDT

Trailer Arrives for Spielberg's Lincoln

Daniel Day-Lewis looks to be in usual form

(Newser) - One of the year's biggest movies is expected to be Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, with Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. The movie is out November 9, and it looks like a winner to Mashable based on the newly released trailer. "We could do without the overly stirring...

Expendables 2 Limps Into 1st

box office

Aug 19, 2012 4:09 PM CDT

Expendables 2 Limps Into 1st

Whitney Houston's last movie, 'Sparkle,' takes fifth

(Newser) - Seems Americans aren’t beating the heat in the cool refuge of movie theaters. Expendables 2 hobbled to No. 1 this weekend with $28.8 million, $6 million behind The Expendables' debut, despite having some extra star power (Liam Hemsworth and Chuck Norris are among the "newbies"). Bourne ...

25 Greatest Sports Films

Aug 19, 2012 9:38 AM CDT

25 Greatest Sports Films

Scorsese's 'Raging Bull' takes top spot

(Newser) - Missing the heart-pounding drama and heartwarming victories of the Olympics? Allow Paste to help you out with the 25 greatest sports movies of all time. The top five:

Raging Bull: The Martin Scorsese film stars Robert De Niro as boxer Jake LaMotta, and the "compelling character study" is "

...

Bourne Wins
But Doesn't
Wow Box
Office

Aug 12, 2012 2:16 PM CDT

Bourne Wins But Doesn't Wow Box Office

'The Campaign' and 'Hope Springs' fare well in top 5

(Newser) - The Bourne Legacy gunned down the box office this weekend but didn't hit a bull's eye like former Bourne flicks. The franchise reboot opened at No.1 with $40.3 million, outpacing R-rated comedy The Campaign ($27.4 million) and dropping The Dark Knight Rises to third ($19....

Greatest Movie
Ever Is ...

critics' poll

Aug 1, 2012 7:05 PM CDT

Greatest Movie Ever Is ...

'Vertigo' unseats 'Citizen Kane' for first time in BFI survey

(Newser) - Citizen Kane has to take a rare step back: Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo has claimed its long-held title as "greatest film of all time" in a well-regarded survey, according to the Hollywood Reporter . Sight & Sound, the magazine published by the British Film Institute, says the 1958 movie with...

Florida Man
Busted for
Ruckus at
Dark Knight

Aug 1, 2012 10:11 AM CDT

Florida Man Busted for Ruckus at Dark Knight

David Escamillo reeked of alcohol, yelled 'this is it!' Patrons unamused

(Newser) - A South Florida man faces disorderly conduct charges after a disturbance at a theater showing The Dark Knight Rises. Miami Beach police say more than 100 moviegoers fled early yesterday after David Escamillo yelled "This is it!" during the film. Witnesses say they saw Escamillo leave the theater...

Ice Age
Freezes Out
Spider-Man

box office

Jul 15, 2012 4:31 PM CDT

Ice Age Freezes Out Spider-Man

Fox cartoon sequel opens with $46 million

(Newser) - Ice Age: Prehistoric Drift scored a $46 million debut this weekend and beat out The Amazing Spider-Man ($35 million), but failed to match the Ice Age best bow ever. That crown goes to Ice Age: The Meltdown, which opened to $68 million in 2006. Among other weekend films, Oliver Stone'...

Hollywood's
New Tactic:
Remake Duds

Hollywood's New Tactic: Remake Duds

Get ready for reboots of 'Daredevil' and 'Judge Dredd'

(Newser) - The Ben Affleck-helmed Daredevil was a flop, but it may be getting a reboot, compliments of 20th Century Fox. Ditto for Judge Dredd (coming in September as just Dredd, and minus Sylvester Stallone), the moderately successful Fantastic Four, and the often re-interpreted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Sure, Hollywood has long...

Social Network Team
Making 50 Shades Movie

Jul 10, 2012 4:33 AM CDT

Social Network Team Making 50 Shades Movie

Erotic bestseller headed for the big screen

(Newser) - The producers behind The Social Network are teaming up again for a story a lot steamier than the founding of Facebook. Michael de Luca and Dana Brunetti are producing the movie adaptation of the best-selling Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy of erotic novels. EL James' trilogy about an affair between...

Hollywood's Next Move: 4-D

Jul 7, 2012 10:31 AM CDT

Hollywood's Next Move: 4-D

Get ready for fog, scents, moving seats

(Newser) - Hollywood needs to get people back in theaters, so it's about to add a new dimension—think 4-D, instead of 3-D. Get ready to be enveloped in fog, smell scents, and feel your seat rumble while in the theater, reports the Los Angeles Times . The big push is coming...

Top Actors
Cut From
Big Movies

Jun 23, 2012 6:45 AM CDT

Top Actors Cut From Big Movies

Big names not enough to save actors from the edit splice

(Newser) - Bloated running times, terrible performances, a 60-pound weight gain—there are a host of reasons why even the most well-known actors are sometimes cut from films. The Huffington Post takes a look at 11 notable instances of big names getting axed from big movies:

Ryan Gosling, The Lovely Bones: Gosling

...

Tom Cruise
Can't Make It Rock

box office

Jun 17, 2012 1:27 PM CDT

Tom Cruise Can't Make It Rock

'Rock of Ages,' Adam Sandler's 'That's My Boy' open weak

(Newser) - Veteran stars Tom Cruise and Adam Sandler aren't breaking any box office records this weekend, Huffington Post reports. Cruise's much-hyped Rock of Ages banked just $15 million, behind Madagascar 3's $35.5 million and Prometheus' $20.2 million. Snow White and the Huntsman took fourth with $13....