Category: Movies

Life Lessons from Middle-Earth (Part II)

The blogosphere continues to buzz with news about the production of The Hobbit. Can you believe we are exactly one year away from that film’s

Movie Monday: New Year’s Eve

Don’t let the headline fool you: In an ugly, ugly weekend at the box office, New Year’s Eve didn’t so much win the week as

Movie Monday: Breaking Muppets

Is there a better way to work off that tryptophan trough than a good family-friendly movie? Well, probably, but don’t tell studio execs that. The

Movie Monday: Immortals

In these uncertain and disturbing economic times, there’s at least one thing that’s looking a bit (ahem) bullish: Immortals. The R-rated fantasy—loosely pegged to the

Movie Monday: Tower Heist Gets Booted

We were supposed to witness a heist this weekend—as in Tower Heist, a comedy caper that was intended to yoke economic angst to a bevy

A Little Horror Exorcise

On Friday, Bob Hoose posted about why our society has a collective yen for horror flicks. It is a curious phenomenon: None of us love

Movie Monday: Puss in Boots

Leave it to a swashbuckling, animated cat to do a little trick-or-treating this Halloween weekend. Puss in Boots, a spinoff from DreamWorks’ Shrek series, flouted

Screeching with a Mouthful of Popcorn

Well, it’s Halloween time again. Jack-o-lanterns are in the windows, fake cobwebs are strung over the doorframes and Paranormal Activity 3 is raking in big

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