Clik here to view.
This Week in Movies: Old 'Bears,' New Minotaurs and Sharks
Filed under: Features, New Releases, This Week in Movies This Week in 1976: Opening Day for 'The Bad News Bears' Thirty-five years ago this week (on April 6, 1976), just in time for the beginning of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bunny Russell Brand Beats Out Human Russell Brand: Box Office Report April 8...
Filed under: Movie News, Box Office, New Releases In this weekend's Russell Brand vs. Russell Brand showdown, the real Russell Brand lost. The cartoon Brand in 'Hop' ruled the box office for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Are Movie Ticket Sales Down 20 Percent This Year?
Filed under: Features, Hot Topic, Box Office I was reading a magazine article recently in which Hollywood moguls and theater owners were wringing their hands about the latest big slump in ticket...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Week in Movies: Werewolves, Slashers, Assassins and Pretty Birds
Filed under: Features, New Releases, This Week in Movies This Week in 1981: 'The Howling' Transforms Horror Movies 1981 was a good year for werewolves. Thirty summers ago, we saw 'Wolfen' and 'An...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Which Remake Do You Least Want to See?
Filed under: Features, Hot Topic, Summer Movies, Coming Soon It's not unusual for Hollywood to announce another remake or reboot in the works - in fact, it seems like they make little else these days...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Birds of 'Rio' Slay 'Scream 4': Box Office Report April 15-17
Filed under: Movie News, Box Office, New Releases The family audience that made 'Hop' the top movie of the last two weeks finally went south. To Brazil. The macaws of 'Rio' can crow over the year's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Week in Movies: Unicorns, Elephants, and a Rampaging Grandma
Filed under: Features, New Releases, This Week in Movies This Week in 1986: 'Legend' Seeks Fairytale Ending Was 'Legend' cursed or blessed? The Tom Cruise fantasy epic was fraught with production...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'Rio' Birds Still Perched at No.1: Box Office Report April 22-24
Filed under: Movie News, Box Office, New Releases Watch the birdies. The birds of 'Rio' continued to feather their nest this weekend, holding on to the top spot at the box office for the second...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Week in Movie History: 'Boyz N the Hood' Explodes Off the Screen
Filed under: Columns, This Week in Movies Movie: 'Boyz N the Hood' Release Date: July 12, 1991 How It Got Made: John Singleton was still an undergrad at the University of Southern California when he...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What the 'Harry Potter' Cast Said When They Started Out Ten Years Ago
Filed under: Celebrity Interviews, Summer Movies, New Releases, Harry PotterThe release of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2' has prompted many weepy farewells, not just from fans, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'Harry Potter' and the Shattered Records: Box Office Report July 15-17
Filed under: Movie News, Box Office, Summer Movies, New Releases, Harry Potter Spoiler Alert: Harry Potter didn't defeat just the dark lord Voldemort this weekend. He also defeated the dark Volturi...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'Harry Potter' and the Oscar Oddsmakers
Filed under: Features, Hot Topic, Oscar News, Awards, Summer Movies, Harry Potter Harry Potter may be a hero at Hogwarts, but he has never received much love from that other mysterious Academy, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Has Ron Howard Lost His Mojo?
Filed under: Features, Hot Topic You'd think Ron Howard's name alone would be enough to get a project made at Universal, the studio he's called home for nearly a quarter-century. Even when that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Week in Movie History: 'Trainspotting' Smacks Moviegoers
Filed under: Columns, This Week in Movies Movie: 'Trainspotting' Release Date: July 19, 1996 How It Got Made: Reading Irvine Welsh's 1993 literary sensation about the highs and lows of a group of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'Captain America' Yanks Top Spot From 'Harry Potter': Box Office Report July...
Filed under: Movie News, Box Office, Summer Movies, Comic-Con, New Releases Sorry, British wizards. It's time for an all-American hero to reign at the box office. 'Captain America: The First Avenger'...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sarah Palin Doc 'The Undefeated' Plummets at Box Office, Heads for PPV and DVD
Filed under: Features, DocumentariesDoes it matter that, in its second weekend in theaters, the Sarah Palin documentary 'The Undefeated' slumped nearly two-thirds in sales, despite increasing its...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What's the Saddest Movie Ever Made? Science Knows the Answer
Filed under: Features, Hot Topic, Best and WorstIt's easy to make someone cry. Just show them a key two-and-a-half-minute scene from what scientists have determined is the Saddest Movie Ever Made....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kevin Smith Plans Talk Show -- What Other Celebs Should Consider Doing One?
Filed under: Features, Movie News, Hot TopicKevin Smith may be a hit-or-miss filmmaker, but he's an excellent raconteur. The 'Cop Out' director has shown off his conversational skills in numerous...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Is Film's Best Wyatt Earp Performance?
Filed under: Features, Best and Worst Call it 'Cowboys & Mobsters.' Harrison Ford is following up his elder statesman role in 'Cowboys & Aliens' by playing a venerable Western lawman, Wyatt...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Week in Movie History: 'Blow Out' Blows Into Theaters
Filed under: Columns, This Week in Movies Movie: 'Blow Out' Release Date: July 24, 1981 How It Got Made: That 'Blow Out' got made at all was pretty remarkable. Its 1960s and '70s-style political...
View Article