Movie audiences apparently aren’t as tired of being Taken as all of us movie critics are. Liam Neeson’s third PG-13 patriarchal vengeance fantasy took in an estimated
When Peter Jackson gets his hooks into a work of Tolkien, you can count on the movies stretching out a bit. The Lord of the
Despite a challenge from two formidable newcomers, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies once again stood at the summit of the box office’s lonely mountain,
What was the secret to having a successful movie this past weekend? Colons. Four of the week’s Top Five box-office finishers sported that oft-overlooked double-decker
Well, Exodus: Gods and Kings didn’t exactly part the waters. But during a slow December weekend, Ridley Scott’s biblical epic still showed enough Old Testament oomph
If you’ve seen The Hunger Games movies, you know that the mockingjay is known for its ability to imitate: Whistle a few bars and the mockingjays
In this battle of the birds, the penguins never really had a chance. They’re flightless, for one thing. And while the titular stars of the
Under normal circumstances, a movie that raked in an estimated $123 million in its opening weekend—the biggest debut of 2014—would be considered an unqualified smash-mouth
Sometimes, we go to a movie expecting one thing and getting something entirely different. Not necessary bad, mind you … just different. We buy tickets
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