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'Mr. Skin' Exposes Top 10 Nude Scenes of 2010

(Dec. 14) -- Though some critics may argue that 2010 was an unusually bad year for cinema, one movie buff is choosing to look at the bright side: At least it was a banner year for nude scenes. That's the skinny from Jim "Mr. Skin" McBride, a Chicago film lover who's made a longtime career out of tracking and recording...

Green Screen: Inside the World's Smallest Solar-Powered Movie Theater

(Dec. 8) -- Lights, camera ... environmental action? You might say it's an inconvenient truth, but the movie industry is anything but green. With their supercold ACs and flashy marquees, movie theaters require a great deal of energy. Except for England's Sol Cinema. The tiny mobile movie theater -- dubbed the world's...

Pearl Harbor Day: A Date That Will Live On in Cinema

(Dec. 7) -- Today, Americans remember the attack on Pearl Harbor. Considered a major turning point in World War II, the Japanese ambush on the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii killed or wounded over 3,000 American military personnel. In a speech to a joint session of Congress the following day, President Franklin D....

'Boardwalk Empire' Effect: 'GoodFellas' to Become a TV Series?

(Sept. 23) -- Now that Martin Scorsese's "Boardwalk Empire" is running on HBO and garnering rave reviews, TV executives are hoping the acclaimed film director will take on another television show -- "GoodFellas." Yes, television studios (only slightly less original than movie studios) are reportedly hoping to turn one of...

50 Years Later, We're Still Psycho for 'Psycho'

(June 15) -- Yes, it's really 50. Released June 16, 1960, "Psycho" -- the taut, twisted thriller from director Alfred Hitchcock -- remains one of the most iconic films in history. It gave the world unprecedented cinematic violence and sexuality, a mind-bending shocker of an ending and, of course, a two-word moment that...