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Movie Monday: Underworld Awakens Box Office

The setup of the Underworld franchise sounds like something that a couple of 12-year-old boys would plot during a lazy Saturday afternoon. “So what if,

Dude, Where’s the Talking?

At some point in our lives, most of us have probably found ourselves sitting in a theater watching a film that wasn’t what we expected.

Movie Monday: Contraband

There was a full-fledged exorcism at the box office this weekend. Just seven days after The Devil Inside topped the charts with a shocking $34.5

Movie Monday: The Devil Inside

How does one explain the strange, disturbing weekend success of The Devil Inside? How does one rationalize how a dumb, throwaway film like this can

The Girl With the NFL Tattoo

The first round of the NFL playoffs is set, and as fate would have it, one Golden Globe-nominated actress has a rooting interest in both

War Horse and My Mom

Film has the power to move us in profound ways, both positively and negatively—sometimes even in the same movie. I was reminded of that truism

Sherlock Holmes and Sluggish Sequels

Consider: The original Sherlock Holmes earned more than $62 million its opening weekend two years ago when it debuted on approximately 3,600 screens. The sequel,

Golden Globes’ Positive Picks

Every year about this time, Hollywood’s cognoscenti gather in undisclosed locations with furrowed brows to decide which of the year’s hundreds of theatrical offerings are

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