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Tie-In Novels for ‘Psych,’ ‘Burn Notice’

After the success of several tie-in novels featuring characters from the USA Network detec...

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Cheerful Juno, National Treasure: Book of Secrets Still Going Strong

The witty, charming comedy Juno, about an unmarried, pregnant teenager who decides to bear...

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A Bad Sign for Christian Cinema—UPDATE

A year ago, upon the release of the Fox Faith theatrical film Facing the Giants, I reporte...

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Lighthearted Fare Remains Strong at U.S. Box Office

Old-fashioned entertainment once again emerged as the strong preference of American movieg...

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2007 at the Movies

New The American Culture correspondent Mike Long has put together a very contrarian and ve...

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Escapism, Star Power Drive Movie Box Office

The weekend U.S. box office totals once again show American audiences as having a str...

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Golden Compass Sliding Outside U.S.

Planned sequels to failed pro-atheism children's film are increasingly unlikely. ...

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“Legend,” “Chipmunks” Dominate Movie Box Office

As expected, the Will Smith-starring intellectual zombie film I Am Legend opened very stro...

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Thanks but No Bloody Thanks, Sen. Kerry

Senator's thinly veiled threat of congressional action to ensure fans see New England foot...

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Atheists Offended by Movie Trailer

Our friend Jeff Emanuel reports that atheist parents who took their kids to see The Golden...

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Fantasy Film Not Golden at the Box Office

The epic fantasy film The Golden Compass, based on the first book in British author Philip...

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“Golden Compass” Movie Opens Today

The controversial fantasy film The Golden Compass opens today in theaters across the Unite...

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Heroes Audience Shrinks Due to Producers’ Missteps

Program's mistakes show the importance of narrative coherence. The NBC TV show Heroes...

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Movie Audiences Remain Enchanted by Charming Disney Fantasy

Disney's Enchanted, which generated the second-biggest Thanksgiving opening weekend ever a...

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TV Networks Are Making Big Money Online: Report

There's good news and bad news for the TV networks in recent figures released by Starcom, ...

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The Idea Behind the FCC’s Intrusive,Coercive Regulatory Agenda

National Review Online has just published an interesting article praising FCC Chairman Kev...

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Disney’s “Enchanted” Opens Strong at Box Office

 U.S. film audiences are continung to make it clear that their preference these days ...

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Film Directors Criticize Media Treatment of Iraq War As Too Passive

Film directors Brian De Palma and Paul Haggis have attacked the media for not reporting en...

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“Lions for Lambs” Continues Run of Unpopular Films Opposing Iraq War

Robert Redford's oppressively earnest Lions for Lambs opened very weakly at the box office...

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DeGeneres Breaks Writers’ Strike

Daytime syndicated talk show hostess Ellen DeGeneres has decide to return to work, defying...

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New TV Series Continue Precipitous Decline

As the movie studios and TV channels and production companies contemplate the writers unio...

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NBC Goes Green

Everything's Gone Green, as the New Order song has it. As you may know, NBC TV has gone gr...

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Advertisers Moving to Internet—and Fast

Big-name and -money advertisers have hitherto been reluctant to put much money into web ad...

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American Gangster, Bee Movie Open Big; Anti-Bush Films Continue Free-Fall

American Gangster, the story of a 1970s crime lord (played by Denzel Washington) and the u...

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Hollywood Writers Strike Begins

The Hollywood writers went on strike as planned at 12:01 a.m. EST today. Writers Guild of ...

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Hollywood Writers to Strike

The Writers Guild of America—the union representing oppressed professional screenwri...

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Oscar Hopefuls in Box Office Freefall

The horror-suspense movie Saw IV handily won the weekend's movie box office competition, s...

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Viva Laughlin Cancelled

CBS has cancelled Viva Laughlin after just two episodes, in response to very low audience ...

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Horror Film, Comedies Strong in Weekend Box Office; Political Thriller “Rendition” Struggles

The new horror movie Thirty Days of Night led the weekend U.S. movie box office—and ...

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Perry Buries Competition at Weekend Movie Box Office

This past weekend's movie box office tallies provided more evidence that U.S. audiences ar...

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Joyless New TV Series Continue Ratings Freefall

The unintelligent and unpleasant new TV series Cavemen (ABC), Carpoolers (ABC), and Cane (...

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Dark Honeymoon Comedy Off to a Bad Start at Box Office

The past weekend's movie box office statistics provide another reminder that many people a...

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Amazon.com Holds Novel-Writing Contest

Amazon.com is holding a contest to find the best unpublished debut novel. The winner will ...