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Five High School Movie Pranks That Don’t Involve Yearbook Profanity

18 June 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

It’s not every day that a high school prank hits the newswire. A high school senior in Shaker Heights, Ohio, made headlines by designing a yearbook cover that hid an a F-bomb of a farewell salute. He was forced to apologize and the school quickly recalled the yearbooks, but most seniors are holding onto their obscene copies in salute to their artistic prankster. At Shaker’s graduation ceremony last week, he was hailed as a hero of the senior class, receiving loudest applause and the most cheers of any student as he accepted his diploma.

So, to salute the hero of Shaker Heights and every other senior prankster, I’ve compiled five of the best high school movie pranks. It’s hard to narrow it down to just five because they’re a staple of comedies, drama and horror alike. Keep that genre-spanning in mind if you’re dreaming

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Elisabeth Rappe

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Cult of the Week: The Ancient Mystic Order of Homeroom

1 June 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | From SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news

Art imitates life. Until art gets so thoroughly processed by focus groups and marketing departments that it wins an MTV Movie Award. Then, art turns into product, which is imitated by the single-brain-celled form of life that spends a small fortune of its parents’ money texting in random strings of consonants to PunchMuch. And it’s these creatures that feed off the circle of high school films imitating life imitating art. And what they shit out is what becomes the next film in the cycle. High school cinema mainly relies on a very simple premise; teen life is entirely driven by social hierarchy and tribal culture. By transforming high school into a cross between The Warriors and Abercrombie and Fitch ads, films like The New Guy and Clueless depend entirely on this compartmentalization of social circles. Which is, of course, complete and utter bullshit. I have lurked in several high schools while trolling for dates,

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Al

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Townsend Coleman Reminisces on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

22 May 2009 2:23 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

The voice of Michelangelo on the highly-popular animated series takes a look back on the 25th anniversary of this creation.

Townsend Coleman was a DJ and radio personality in Cleveland, Ohio for many years, when he decided it was time to pursue his dreams of becoming an actor, and moved his family to Hollywood in 1984. Due to his radio experience, he found more work as a voice actor and in 1987 he took on the voice of a character that would be part of a cultural phenomena in the 80s and 90s: the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series. Coleman performed the voice of my personal favorite turtle, Michelangelo, and I recently had the chance to speak with him over the phone about the 25th anniversary of these wonderful characters' creation and the four-part Season 7 DVD set that was broken off into four "slices" - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 7, Pt.

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Movies We Love: Almost Famous

20 May 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news

Almost Famous (2000) "I am a Golden God!" Synopsis William Miller (Patrick Fugit) is on the verge of being a 15 year-old high school graduate when he gets the break of a lifetime. Rolling Stone Magazine sends him on tour with Stillwater, a rock band on the rise. While on tour he gets to know the band members, including lead singer Jeff Bebe (Jason Lee) and incendiary guitar hero Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup), as well as one of the famous band-aids, Penny Lane (Kate Hudson). All this, while getting advice from rock critic Lester Bangs (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and avoiding the wrath of his mother, Elaine (Frances McDormand). William learns that as a burgeoning talent, he may be a little too influenced by the people around him to be an objective reporter. Note: This article is referencing the theatrical version, but I will comment on Untitled, the Bootleg Version as well. Why We Love It As a fan of

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Josh Radde

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Hey, Paulington: Time for Timer, Fast Times: The Series, and Southland

7 May 2009 2:03 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

Hey, Paulington! Is a new Cinephile advice column that looks at life, love, and the movies. Anyone can send in a question, and Paulington will answer it. Sure, it's a really cryptic, cliched concept that has been around since the dawn of time. But we're going to spice it up a little bit. Topics can range from anything: Sex, violence, haints and taints, your favorite movie! Paulington doesn't care. He's basically doing it for a paycheck. He's not really an expert on anything. But he sure does know a lot about movies and human nature. You can send your questions to (as in, click on the giant red letters and you will automatically be sent to his email):

Hey, Paulington!

And he will be sure to answer all of them in a very timely manner. Here are this week's letters. Enjoy!

Hey, Paulington!

I'm having a mad argument with my roommate,

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Penn, Del Toro, and Carrey are the ‘Three Stooges’

26 March 2009 8:22 PM, PDT | From newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news

In what is either the greatest practical joke since Joaquin Phoenix’s rap career or the strangest casting line-up ever, MGM has selected three A-list actors to play The Three Stooges for the Farrelly brothers (There’s Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber).

Sean Penn will play Larry, Benicio Del Toro will play Moe, and Jim Carrey will play Curly.  No, seriously.

MGM told the trades this week they’ve already locked in this year’s “Best Actor” for the part and are in final negotiations with Carrey, who is already planning to gain 40 pounds for the role.  The studio is still attempting to sign Del Toro as the third Stooge.

The Farrellys have been trying to make this movie for over a decade.  Last November they even set an aggressive release date of November 2009 for the movie, but with production starting this fall that obviously won’t be the case anymore.

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Jeff Leins

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Surprise Casting Choices in The Three Stooges

26 March 2009 10:14 AM, PDT | From Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news

Directors Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly finally found a home for their Three Stooges movie at MGM last year, and it looks like they have finally put together a surprising cast for the movie..

Variety reports that Jim Carrey will play heavier Stooge Curly, and will gain 40 pounds for the role. With Carrey's history in comedies, this isn't as surprising as the next two choices: Academy Award winners Sean Penn as Larry and Benicio Del Toro as Moe.

While neither Penn or Del Toro are strangers to comedies, Penn played the iconoclastic surfer Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Del Toro has made subtle comic turns in both The Usual Suspects and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, however, they are hardly two names that typically come to mind when thinking of the slapstick comedy of The Three Stooges.

The Stooges movie is not a biopic but a complete remake,

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Ryan Gowland

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Penn, Carrey, Del Toro Are the 'Three Stooges'

25 March 2009 12:45 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

In the words of John McEnroe, "You can not be serious." Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, and Jim Carrey are reportedly in final negotiations to play Larry, Moe, and Curly in the Farrelly Brothers' Three Stooges.

There must be something terrific about the script to attract Penn, who hasn't done a straight comedy in 20 years, and it's been almost 30 years since Fast Times at Ridgemont High showcased his early abilities with comedy. But Penn as a modernized Larry Fine? Strange.

Stranger still is Carrey securing the role of Curly, although Ace Ventura will gain approximately 40 pounds to more closely resemble the most famous Stooge.

Colin Boyd

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Sean Penn Joins Three Stooges Film

25 March 2009 12:10 PM, PDT | From TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide.com - Breaking News news

Sean Penn is going to be a Stooge.

Fresh off his second Oscar win and 20-plus years of dark and dramatic roles, Sean Penn is returning to his comedic roots (remember, he was once the stoner surfer Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High) by joining the Farrelly brothers' Three Stooges project, Variety reports.

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Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio Del Toro are The Three Stooges!?!

25 March 2009 12:05 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Whenever you imagined a dream cast to play the Three Stooges in a movie, did you ever imagine an Academy Award-winning gay activist would be the first to sign? Sean Penn (?!) has agreed to play Larry in The Three Stooges, according to Variety, and Jim Carrey is negotiating for the part of Curly. Reportedly, Carrey is preparing to gain 40 pounds so he can play the role. And to play Moe? None other than Benicio Del Toro is being targeted by MGM and the Farrelly Brothers.

Jim Carrey would be a natural, of course, but Sean Penn? Does he have a funny bone in his body? His last attempt at a humorous role came in 1989's We're No Angels, a woefully unfunny film in which Penn was teamed with Robert DeNiro. Sure, he made his bones as the stoned surfer Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, but it takes

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Peter Martin

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"Adventureland" Review 2 - A pretty accurate portraying coming of age in the 80s, but it can’t hold up to a coming-of-age movie from the 80s.

24 March 2009 | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

"Adventureland" reviewby Mike Digiorgio, Writer               Had Adventureland come out when I was still a teenager in the 80s, I would have thought this was a classic.  It has sex, loud music, parties and a story about young adults trying to make it in the real world.  But with my adult perspective, I can’t help but think Adventureland is bland and a little sad.  It’s like when you see a movie from your youth as an adult, and you want to share it with someone.  You pop it in and after an hour or so you realize:  “this isn’t as funny as I remembered it.”  One wonders if writer/director Greg Mottola looked back at his youth and thought:  “Man, those where great times.  I’ve got some funny stories to tell.”  But for those of us who weren’t there with him, they aren’t that funny.

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How Many of Yahoo's '100 Movies To See Before You Die' Have You Seen?

23 March 2009 8:42 PM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

I recently made a point to see all of the films I had not seen on IMDb's Top 250 list and outside of the unavailable Safety Last! (Does anyone own this or know where I can buy it for less than $80?) I managed just that. In talking about taking on the list I discussed it with a fellow Seattle critic who said to me, "Yeah, but there are a lot of fanboy films on that list." I told them I understood that, but there are also plenty of great films on that list and also said it is always best to be sure you see all the films your potential readership has seen and also believes are great. On top of the IMDb list I have also created a spreadsheet that totals 495 films made up of the IMDb Top 250, the AFI Top 100, the complete list of Best Picture winners and Roger Ebert

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Brad Brevet

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Adventureland poster

23 March 2009 4:37 PM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

I've heard positive word on the 80s-set coming-of-age comedy Adventureland, but also that it has more in common with movies like Caddyshack and Fast Times At Ridgemont High than director Greg Mottola's last movie Superbad. This new poster for the movie would certainly have me believe otherwise, since it appears to have been run through the same retro imaging machine as the Superbad promotional material. The movie, opening April 3rd, stars Jesse Eisenberg as a college grad in the 80s forced...

Dave Davis

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David Savage Remembers The Under-rated "Foxes" (1980)

19 February 2009 5:16 PM, PST | From Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news

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Unlike the high school hellcats twenty years before them, tossing globes out of classroom windows and firing on police officers (see High School Confidential), Foxes (1980), is a portrait of teenage torpor at the dawn of the Eighties. These jaded teens, led by Jodie Foster, would rather pop a ‘lude and put on a Boston LP.

Examining the loosely woven friendship between four high school girls in the San Fernando Valley, each with typical problems of her age – and therefore seemingly insurmountable – Foxes looks at how each personality type copes with life, sex and parents, all of whom are divorced and too busy trying to find themselves rather than guide their children through the rockiest period of their lives.

Released between two movies that became classics of the L.A. High School genre, Rock ‘n Roll High School (1979) and Fast Times at Ridgemont

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