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What's Really Behind the Arguments Over 'The Help'?
Filed under: Features, Movie News, Hot Topic, New Releases The debate over 'The Help' is really getting ugly. Before the film's release a week ago, initial reviews generally praised the big-screen...
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Which Stars Should Join the Anti-Cosmetic Surgery League?
Filed under: Features, Movie News, Hot TopicThree Oscar-winning English actresses have come out this week with statements that they'll never risk their ability to emote on camera by getting plastic...
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After 18 Years, 'Paradise Lost' Subjects the West Memphis Three Are Freed
Filed under: Features, Toronto Film Festival, Movie News, Hot Topic The West Memphis Three, who were convicted as teens of killing three eight-year-old boys and who spent 18 years in prison -- while...
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This Week in Movie History: 'A Place in the Sun' Lights Up Theaters
Filed under: Features, Movie News, Columns, This Week in Movies Movie: 'A Place in the Sun' Release Date: August 14, 1951 How It Got Made: 'A Place in the Sun' is at once one of cinema's great love...
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'The Help' Mops Up Competition: Box Office Report August 19-21
Filed under: Movie News, Box Office, Family Film Guide, Summer Movies, New Releases The downtrodden housemaids of 'The Help' cleaned up at the box office. In its second weekend, the film swept away...
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A Brief History of 'The Three Musketeers'
Filed under: Features, Movie News The new version of 'The Three Musketeers' may be the first screen iteration of the 17th Century epic that includes flamethrowers, a fleet of airships, and a Milady de...
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Who Was Pauline Kael and Why Does She Still Matter?
Filed under: Features, Hot TopicPauline Kael is having a moment. The legendary New Yorker movie critic is the focus of three new books -- an anthology of her work, a biography, and a memoir by one of...
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Weekend Box Office: 'Paranormal Activity 3' Sets Horror Movie Record
Filed under: Movie News, Box Office, New Releases, Horror Horror threequel/prequel 'Paranormal Activity 3' scared up a frightful amount of money this weekend, setting a record for the biggest horror...
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What Netflix's Turmoil Means for You
Filed under: Features, DVDs, Movie News, Hot Topic, Blu-ray DVDs The business press (and even the non-business press) has been clucking about the seemingly disastrous third-quarter report delivered...
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25 Things You May Not Know About 'Donnie Darko'
Filed under: Columns, This Week in Movies Actually, there's probably a lot you don't know about 'Donnie Darko.' Like: What the hell happened? Is Donnie a time-traveling teen superhero/Christ figure...
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Weekend Box Office: 'Puss in Boots' Sets Halloween Record
Filed under: Movie News, Box Office, New Releases These 'Boots' were made for walking -- all over the box office competition. 'Shrek' spinoff 'Puss in Boots' easily won the weekend, not only outpacing...
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Let's Have a Real Adults-Only Movie Rating
Filed under: Features, Movie News, Hot Topic Last week, to no one's real surprise, the Motion Picture Association of America ratings board slapped the sex-addiction drama 'Shame' with an NC-17 rating....
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25 Things You May Not Know About 'Carrie'
Filed under: Columns, Horror, This Week in Movies Sure, 'Carrie' is a modern horror classic, one whose bloodbath-at-the-prom sequence and final shock from beyond the grave have been referenced and...
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Weekend Box Office: 'Puss in Boots' Stomps 'Tower Heist,' 'Harold & Kumar'
Filed under: Movie News, Box Office, New Releases Both of this week's new wide releases, 'Tower Heist' and 'A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas,' have an Occupy Wall Street, proles-vs.-fat-cats...
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25 Things You Didn't Know About 'Blue Velvet'
Filed under: Columns, Blu-ray DVDs, This Week in Movies 'Blue Velvet' fans, lend an ear. You may think you know all there is to know about David Lynch's twisted classic -- which effectively launched...
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Marilyn Monroe Trivia Quiz: Win a Special Screening of 'My Week With Marilyn'...
Filed under: Quizzes and Trivia, Features, DVDs, Giveaways, Coming Soon Marilyn Monroe may be the most famous movie actress who ever lived, but there's probably plenty you don't know about her....
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The Best Movies for Veteran's Day Weekend
Filed under: Features, Best Movies Ever War is an inherently cinematic subject, full of action, conflict, and spectacle, but what about after the fighting ends? It's a lot harder to make a movie about...
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Weekend Box Office: 'Immortals' Overwhelm Sandler and Eastwood
Filed under: Movie News, Box Office, New Releases Is there such a thing as a movie that's too violent? At the box office, apparently not. Exhibit A: 'Immortals,' which, despite extreme gore that...
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25 Things You Didn't Know About 'Beauty and the Beast'
Filed under: Best Movies Ever, Family Film Guide, Columns, This Week in Movies Be our guest, be our guest Put your knowledge to the test There's some trivia you may know But you might not know the...
View ArticleMovies And The Economy: Courting Adults In A Time Of Declining Film Attendance
This is the second in an occasional series examining the recession's impact on culture: The Recessionary Arts. Find out more about it here. If you see a movie at one of the handful of AMC theaters with...
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