'Harry Potter': 10 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About 'Goblet of Fire'
Based on the middle book in J.K. Rowling's series, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was a pivotal film in many ways. Released 10 years ago this week (on November 18, 2005), "Goblet" marked the...
View Article'The Hunger Games': 15 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the Blockbuster...
What's left to say about "The Hunger Games" franchise? You've seen the first three movies, you've contributed to their $2.3 billion worldwide box office haul, and you've helped make stars out of...
View Article'Toy Story': 20 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About Pixar's First Movie
These days, when a Pixar movie is as close to a sure thing as films get, it's hard to remember what a risky venture the first one was. After all, when "Toy Story" arrived 20 years ago this week (on...
View ArticleIs 'Hunger Games' $101M Opening Weekend Really a Bad Thing?
When is a movie that opens with an estimated $101.0 million a box office disappointment?Sure, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2" topped the charts, becoming the fifth biggest debut of 2015 and...
View ArticleThe 16 Greatest Boxing Movies Ever Made, Ranked
%Slideshow-342518%Who knows whether "Creed" (opening Nov. 25), in which Rocky Balboa trains old frenemy Apollo Creed's son (Michael B. Jordan), will be the last time Sylvester Stallone laces up his...
View Article11 Unforgettable Movies Featuring Transgender Characters
%Slideshow-342737%Will last winter's Oscar-winning Best Actor Eddie Redmayne earn a return trip to the podium for his starring role in "The Danish Girl?"It's certainly possible. After all, playing a...
View Article11 Thanksgiving Movies That'll Make Your Turkey Day Seem Perfect
%Slideshow-342751%In most films depicting the November holiday, Thanksgiving is a disaster. From travel nightmares to squabbling relatives to kitchen catastrophes, almost no one in the movies is able...
View ArticleThe 25 Best Christmas Movies Ever Made, Ranked
%Slideshow-342892%In the holiday spirit, here's a list of the all-time best Christmas movies ever made, the ones that acknowledge the joy and exuberance of the holiday season and its anxiety and...
View Article'The Good Dinosaur': Has Pixar Run Out of Box Office Magic?
2015 isn't just the first year with two Pixar movies. It's also the first time that their movies haven't opened at No. 1."Inside Out" missed that brass ring this summer -- only due to the unexpected...
View ArticleThe 8 Best Movies You Didn't See in 2015
%Slideshow-343844%More than 600 movies have opened in theaters in 2015, so if you missed a few while you were seeing "Jurassic World" a second time, don't feel too bad.Some of this year's most...
View ArticleThe 30 Best Disney Live-Action Movies Ever Made
%Slideshow-345773%Everyone has seen at least one Disney animated film at least twice. Or eleventy times. They're easy to keep track, as they are the bedrock of the Disney brand.But the Mouse House has...
View ArticleBox Office: How Did 'Krampus' Become a Hit?
This weekend at the box office, the most surprising good news was the unlikely success of Christmas-themed horror comedy "Krampus."No one expected much from this film. Besides the typically slow...
View Article'Brokeback Mountain': 10 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About the...
When "Brokeback Mountain" opened 10 years ago (on December 9, 2005), Hollywood's first mainstream gay love story was expected to change everything.After all, it was a huge hit, won three Oscars, made...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Indie Movies You Might Have Missed in 2015
%Slideshow-345793%The independent movie business always seems on the verge of collapse, and yet, every year, it generates a number of wonderful films -- both fictional and documentary -- that manage to...
View ArticleThe 14 Best Ron Howard Movies, Ranked
%Slideshow-346741%Do audiences take Ron Howard for granted?He's been an A-list director for more than 30 years now, a status that even recent flops like "The Dilemma" haven't tarnished. Maybe we're...
View Article2016 Golden Globes Nominations: Snubs and Surprises
If you're looking at this morning's Golden Globe movie nominations and asking yourself, "Wha...?", you're not alone.It's not that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's list was so full of surprises...
View Article'Edward Scissorhands': 11 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About the Tim...
Before 20th Century Fox released "Edward Scissorhands" 25 years ago (on December 7, 1990), the studio marketers didn't want ticketbuyers to see what Johnny Depp looked like. Why? They found his...
View ArticleOscar Race 2016: Why the Golden Globes Just Make Things More Confusing
If you expected the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations on Thursday to bring some clarity to this year's awards race, you would have been disappointed. Or maybe relieved.Most years, Oscar...
View ArticleWhy Did 'In the Heart of the Sea' Sink at the Box Office?
On paper, "In the Heart of the Sea" may have looked like a no-brainer: an IMAX-scale adventure epic, made by an A-list director and starring the guy who plays Thor. Plus, it had the weekend all to...
View Article'Heat': 11 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About Michael Mann's Crime Epic
"Heat" is arguably everyone's favorite Michael Mann movie.It's the source of a rare Robert De Niro/Al Pacino summit, one of the most gripping cops-and-robbers thrillers ever made, and a quintessential...
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