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  "Star Trek: Into Darkness" arrives in theaters as every studio's dream--a sequel with more heat than the original. Paramount and J.J. Abrams' reboot beamed up $75M in its 2009 debut, and went on to gross $257M domestic and $385M...
May 16, 2013

Summer is off to a blazing start thank to "Iron Man 3," but the second weekend of summer is always a bit of a bummer, right? "Dark Shadows" sort of fizzled in the same spot last year, but that hasn't stopped  Warner Bros. from trying...
May 9, 2013

Ah, summer. Beach blanket bingo, bikini babes, bodacious boat rides and box office behemoths! What more could you possibly ask for? Well, besides additional alliterations and  "Iron Man 3" opening day-and-date, you mean? Becoming...
May 2, 2013

This week is such a tease. Next Friday, Hollywood’s summer season kicks off with “Iron Man 3,” so don’t be surprised if the two new wide releases this weekend--“Pain & Gain” and “The Big...
Apr 26, 2013

Can you smell it? Can you smell the  popcorn wafting in your general direction? Summer blockbusters are just around the corner, but if Universal's "Oblivion" has anything to say about it, the summer swelter pops off  this Friday. Or,...
Apr 18, 2013

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DISNEY AND DISNEY • PIXAR FAVORITES POISED TO RETURN TO THEATERS IN 3D   ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ ‘Finding Nemo,’ ‘Monsters, Inc.’ and ‘The Little Mermaid’ Will Make 3D...
Oct 4, 2011

LOS ANGELES (Dec. 16, 2010) — Nominees for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2010 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for film and television stunt...
Dec 16, 2010

Every summer in the midst of the box office bonanza, a small underdog of a film crops up and takes everyone by surprise.  Released in the summer of 2002, My Big Fat Greek Wedding caught on through word of mouth and went on to gross an...
Apr 12, 2010

DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for the year 2009 (January 07, 2010)   LOS ANGELES, CA: Directors Guild of America President President Taylor Hackford...
Jan 7, 2010

Online Film Critics 2009 Awards   Best Picture The Hurt Locker Best Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Best Actor Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker Best Actress Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds Best...
Jan 6, 2010

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  Los Angeles, Calif., September 19, 2012 —Disney began production today on “Saving Mr. Banks,” the account of Walt Disney’s twenty-year pursuit of the film rights to P.L. Travers’ popular novel, Mary...
Sep 19, 2012

  My Top 10 favorite things of summer: no school, suicide shushes from 7-11, Slip ‘N Slide parties, Cape Cod, black bathing suit tops w/ cut-off jeans, cruising the beach in convertibles, badminton, a good book in a swinging...
May 2, 2012

Christmas has come early for fans of “Piranha 3D.” No, the horror comedy, which became an instant cult classic when it was released in theatres this past summer, still won’t appear under trees this holiday season as it...
Dec 2, 2010

Boo-hoo! The haunting season is now just a smashed pumpkin, its innards strewn along the curb, and the holiday season, at least according to major retail outlets and Hollywood, officially began at 12:01am November 1st.  As we look back at...
Nov 2, 2010

Every so often a small film comes along that is simply pitch perfect. The Weinstein Company’s “Nowhere Boy,” directed by first-time feature filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood, is one such film. While it just happens that the...
Oct 14, 2010

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