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7 High-Profile Missing Movie Props

Ruby slippers, Maltese Falcon, Spider-Man costume have all disappeared

(Newser) - Important things vanish in movies all the time—ghosts, ninjas, starlets' clothing. But what happens to important props that may have aftermarket value? Quite often, they go missing. Mental Floss lists seven iconic movie props that mysteriously disappeared:
  • The Easy Rider motorcycle: Two copies of each bike in the counterculture
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Hail Pixar: Toy Story 3 Is Film of the Year

Incredible studio turns out another incredible movie

(Newser) - It's only June, but Toy Story 3 already has one call for best movie of the year. In fact, Dan Kois of the Awl goes so far as to declare that “the people of Pixar are currently America's most important filmmakers.” This movie is “totally bonkers,”...

Don't Waste Time on Jonah Hex
 Don't Waste Time 
 on Jonah Hex 
movie review
Jun 18, 2010 1:42 PM CDT

Don't Waste Time on Jonah Hex

Josh Brolin and Megan Fox are stuck in a badly executed flop

(Newser) - Critics pretty much hate Jonah Hex, the new Westernish flick with Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, and John Malkovich.
  • Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times : A "smoldering ash heap. ... Brolin's intermittent voice-over narration proves to be the most powerful stuff, with the rest curiously sputtering."
  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Angelina Will Play Cleopatra
 Angelina Will Play Cleopatra 
Jun 12, 2010 9:55 AM CDT

Angelina Will Play Cleopatra

But will Brad Pitt play Marc Antony?

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie has signed on to play Cleopatra in an upcoming movie about the Queen of the Nile, reports US Weekly . Producer Scott Rudin bought the rights to the book Cleopatra: A Life, with nobody but Jolie in mind. The book is out in November; no word on film plans....

Tom Cruise's Les Grossman Gets Movie Deal

Tropic Thunder media mogul to star in comedy

(Newser) - Foul-mouthed movie producer Les Grossman—fresh from a show-stealing performance at the MTV Movie Awards —is getting a movie deal of his own. Paramount and MTV Films have announced plans to develop a film that will star the obnoxious Tropic Thunder character, played by Tom Cruise. Cruise and his...

Lost Hollywood Films Found in New Zealand

Silent-era gems will be shipped back home

(Newser) - Films Hollywood thought had been lost forever have been discovered buried deep in New Zealand's national archives. The 75 rare silent films are like a "time capsule of American film production from the 1910s and 1920s," said a statement from the US National Film Preservation Foundation. The finds...

Same Newspaper Prop Recurs in TV, Movies

Everybody's been reading the same news for years

(Newser) - Watch the commercial and notice the quick image of the newspaper at about the 12-second mark. Then go to Slashfilm to see how that very same newspaper page has been showing up in all kinds of TV shows (hey, there's Al Bundy reading it) and movies for decades. It's apparently...

Killers Deserves Slow Death
 Killers Deserves Slow Death 
movie review
Jun 4, 2010 1:09 PM CDT

Killers Deserves Slow Death

Heigl, Kutcher can't revive a stale romantic comedy

(Newser) - The makers of Killers, the new rom-com with Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher, didn't let critics screen it. Always a great sign. From the few reviews out there:
  • Geoff Berkshire, Metromix : "Utterly unconvincing as action, comedy or romance, it’s a colossal waste of time and a shocking choice
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8 TV Shows Set to Become Movies

Hopefully, some will be better than SATC2

(Newser) - Sex and the City 2 may have gotten downright awful reviews, but that doesn’t mean you must give up hope for all future TV-to-movie projects. The Frisky takes a look at eight that are particularly exciting:
  1. The Smurfs: Seems like a terrible idea…until you hear that Neil Patrick
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Moviegoers More Into Shrek Than Sex
 Moviegoers 
 More Into Shrek 
 Than Sex 
BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP
May 30, 2010 2:51 PM CDT

Moviegoers More Into Shrek Than Sex

Carrie Bradshaw & Co. have to settle for second place

(Newser) - Movie audiences are showing more appetite for Shrek than sex over Memorial Day weekend. The animated sequel Shrek Forever After remained the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with $43.3 million from Friday to today. The film raised its domestic total to $133.1 million.

Sex and the City 2 Opens Strong

Despite scathing reviews

(Newser) - Eh, who cares if critics think it's god-awful . Sex and the City 2 is off to a strong start for the Memorial Day weekend. The movie took in $14.2 million yesterday, which puts it on track to exceed expectations of a $60 million holiday weekend, says the Hollywood Reporter...

Shocker: Thai Film Wins at Cannes

'Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives' captures Palme d'Or

(Newser) - In a major upset, the Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives has won the top honor at Cannes, according to the Hollywood Reporter . "I'd like to send a message home," director Apichatpong Weerasethakul said in accepting the Palme d'Or. "This prize is for...

Ghostbusters Fans Take Over NY Library
 Ghostbusters Fans 
 Take Over NY Library 
in case you missed it
May 23, 2010 1:25 PM CDT

Ghostbusters Fans Take Over NY Library

Improv troupe performs scene based on movie; stunt was library's idea

(Newser) - The ghosts arrive first, and they're barely in their seats when the Ghostbusters show up to chase them out of the reading room at the New York Public Library. Both the Ghostbusters and their prey spread laughter throughout the Fifth Avenue landmark before receiving a round of applause as they...

MacGruber a Mixed Bag
 MacGruber a Mixed Bag 
Movie Review
May 21, 2010 10:30 AM CDT

MacGruber a Mixed Bag

Low-ball comedy splits the critics

(Newser) - The latest big-screen foray by Saturday Night Live cast members has split critics, with some loving and others despising MacGruber's raunchy satire:
  • SNL movies tend to suck, “but MacGruber breaks the jinx,” writes Peter Travers of Rolling Stone . It sends up '80s action flicks “with a sense
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Bret Easton Ellis: Women Can't Direct

Female directors lack 'male gaze,' author says

(Newser) - Bret Easton Ellis is likely to find himself scratched from a few Christmas card lists over a MovieLine interview in which he insists women aren't made to be good movie directors. "There’s something about the medium of film itself that I think requires the male gaze," said...

Facebook Movie Paints Zuckerberg as 'Sex Maniac'

Dramatized account of website's early years depicts founder as 'conniver'

(Newser) - The screenplay for a forthcoming movie about the origins of Facebook depicts founder Mark Zuckerberg as a "borderline-autistic conniver" and "sex maniac," the Times of London reports . The Social Network dates the start of the website to February 2004, when—according to the "highly dramatized" script—...

For Sale: Field of Dreams
 For Sale: Field of Dreams 
May 14, 2010 2:55 PM CDT

For Sale: Field of Dreams

$5.4M pricetag for Iowa landmark includes place in film history

(Newser) - For sale: 193 acres of Iowa farmland, worth about $1 million but priced at $5.4 million. For the extra money, you get a world-famous baseball diamond that attracts some 65,000 annual visitors, and maybe a bunch of ghosts. That's right—it's the property from Field of Dreams. "...

America's 40% Overpriced
 America's 40% Overpriced 
OPINION
May 12, 2010 1:56 PM CDT

America's 40% Overpriced

Take in some discount movies, you'll understand

(Newser) - Joe Queenan has figured out the real problem with the US economy: It's overpriced. Queenan came to this revelation after he and his buddies made a habit of going to see movies on Tuesday nights, when they only cost $6 instead of $10.25. At that price, even bombs like...

Best Movie Cliffhangers
 Best Movie Cliffhangers 
May 8, 2010 1:15 PM CDT

Best Movie Cliffhangers

Original 'Italian Job' and 'Thelma & Louise' make the cut

(Newser) - Hollywood still makes movies that end with cliffhangers, some of them literal cliff hangers. Writing for Maxim , Eric Alt rounds up some favorites:
  1. The Italian Job (1969). Note this is the original flick. Will the gang survive that tipping bus and get the loot? We get only the classic line,
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Cops Mistake Movie Robbery for Real One

Officer nearly shoots actor in Long Island convenience store

(Newser) - Note to filmmakers: There's such a thing as too much realism. To wit, an actor almost got shot yesterday when a New York cop, responding to a 911 call about a robbery in progress, came upon what looked like, well, a robbery in progress. The scene: There was the actor,...

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