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Box Office: What's Behind the Woozy Debut of 'The Hangover Part III'?
It was supposed to be a close race. Ages ago, when Universal and Warner Bros. scheduled "Fast & Furious 6" and "The Hangover Part III" to open against each other on Memorial Day weekend 2013, it...
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The Most Unlikely Actors in Disney Animated Features
It's a little weird to watch a trailer for an upcoming Disney cartoon like "Planes" and hear among the characters the voice of Dane Cook. What's a typically adults-only comic like Cook doing in the...
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'Finding Nemo' Turns 10: 25 Things You Didn't Know About Pixar's Classic Fish...
Hard to believe it's been a full 10 years since Disney and Pixar released "Finding Nemo" (on May 30, 2003). That means that you and your kids (or you and your parents) have watched it on DVD...
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Box Office: How Did 'The Purge' Surge Past 'The Internship'?
Before the summer started, anyone handicapping this past weekend's "The Internship"-vs.-"The Purge" showdown would likely have picked the former. After all, "Internship" is a broad comedy about the...
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'Jurassic Park': 25 Things You Didn't Know About the Classic Dinosaur Movie
Maybe you think of "Jurassic Park" as the movie that surpassed "E.T." to become the biggest Steven Spielberg film ever, as well as one of the biggest hits of all time. Or maybe you think of it as the...
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Oscars 2013: Is There Still Time to Campaign?
If you search the Academy Awards acceptance speech database, you'll find that, over the past four decades or so, winners have thanked Jesus three times and Harvey Weinstein 20. Which sort of makes...
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Box Office: Where in the World Did 'Escape From Planet Earth' Come From?
At the box office, President's Day weekend offered one big out-of-this-world shocker.Sure, "A Good Day to Die Hard" opened at No. 1, as expected, and "Safe Haven" did well over Valentine's Day weekend,...
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'The King of Comedy' at 30: Why Martin Scorsese's Bleak Celebrity Satire...
In Jerry Lewis' original "The Nutty Professor," when his nerdy Julius Kelp transformed into oily, abrasive lounge lizard Buddy Love, many viewers thought Lewis was making fun of his old partner, Dean...
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'How the West Was Won': 25 Things You Didn't Know About the Classic Western
When they say, "They don't make 'em like that anymore," this is what they're talking about. "How the West Was Won," released in America 50 years ago this week (on February 20, 1963) was probably the...
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Oscars Predictions 2013: Who Will Win?
Remember back in ancient times -- oh, about eight weeks ago -- when it seemed "Zero Dark Thirty" was going to sweep the Academy Awards? The Oscar race has twisted and mutated a lot over the past two...
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Box Office: How Big a Bounce Have the Best Picture Oscar Nominees Enjoyed?
Lest we forget, the Oscars are, on the most basic level, a marketing tool for the film industry. The Academy's seal of approval is supposed to be accompanied by a financial windfall for each honored...
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Oscars 2013: Snubs and Surprises
Let's face it: we actually like it when Oscar night provides us with snubs and surprises. They add suspense to what is often a predictable show, they remind us that the conventional wisdom is not...
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Oscars 2013: How Did Seth MacFarlane Do as Host?
To use the kind of arbitrary pop culture reference Seth MacFarlane loves, hosting the Oscars is sort of like the opening sequence of "Raiders of the Lost Ark." It's your job to get that giant boulder...
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'Hairspray' Cast: Where Are They Now?
"Hairspray" was a radical movie by the standards of radical filmmaker John Waters: it was his first film to earn a family-friendly PG rating, and the result was his most popular foray into mainstream...
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Box Office: 'Jack the Giant Slayer' Bombs; Is Fairy-Tale Movie Boom Over?
"Jack the Giant Slayer" may have easily won this weekend's box-office race with an estimated $28 million, but its victory over a weak field of new releases and moldy holdovers may not be worth a hill...
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John Garfield at 100: Remembering Hollywood's Original Rebel
Given how fond we are of our anti-heroes, it's a wonder that John Garfield doesn't loom larger in our moviegoing memory. We love our Sean Penns and Ryan Goslings, our Al Pacinos and Robert De Niros,...
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Box Office: How Did 'Oz the Great and Powerful' Succeed Where 'Jack the Giant...
On the surface, this week's "Oz the Great and Powerful" and last week's "Jack the Giant Slayer" would seem to have a lot in common. Both are lavish, modern updates of familiar fantasy tales, inspired...
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Box Office: How Did Halle Berry's 'The Call' Beat Steve Carell and Jim...
A repeat box office victory for "Oz the Great and Powerful" was a given this weekend, so all the action was on the undercard with the battle for second place between newbies "The Call" and "The...
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Box Office: Five Reasons 'Olympus Has Fallen' Deserves to Brag
White-House-under-siege thriller "Olympus Has Fallen" debuted this weekend in second place with an estimated $30.5 million, a full $14 million behind the top finisher, new cartoon "The Croods."...
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'The Birds': 25 Things You Didn't Know About Alfred Hitchcock's Terrifying...
Fifty years after its release (on March 28, 1963), we can't stop talking about Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." We're still terrified by it, perhaps because Hitchcock wisely avoided providing any...
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