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Indy 4 Title Revealed

At last night's MTV Awards, actor Shia LaBeouf revealed that the title of the upcoming fou...

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De Palma’s War on Iraq War

The anti-Iraq War push is on in Hollywood, as recent U.S movies at the Venice Film Festiva...

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Mr. Bean’s Holiday and Two Visual Comedy Traditions

During a busy three-day weekend we managed to carve out a couple of hours to see Mr. Bean'...

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Entirely Unnecessary Remake Alert: Sleuth

When I heard that Kenneth Branagh was doing a remake of Sleuth, the interesting but overbl...

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Buster Keaton Featured Today

Turner Classic Movies features one of the greatest filmmakers of all time today: Buster Ke...

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“September Dawn” a Disaster—for Studio and Filmmakers

Film critic and social commentator Michael Medved had a point recently when he observed th...

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The Important Theme of “No Reservations”

With Superbad at number 1 at the movie box office for the second week in a row and not muc...

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Dark “Oz” Film Planned

Normally I hate revisionism, but this looks like it just might work:Warner Bros. and Villa...

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“Superbad” Opens Big

 The raunchy coming-of-age comedy Superbad opened big at the box office this past wee...

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Rush Hour 3 Draws Big Audiences

The Jackie Chan-Chris Tucker action comedy Rush Hour 3, reviewed positively on this site l...

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A Real Jackie Chan Film

Having been rather disappointed by Rush Hour 2, the sequel to the immensely popular Jackie...

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Bourne Again

The Bourne Ultimatum scored the biggest August opening weekend U.S. box office take in his...

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The Case for Ingmar Bergman—and Against

 Thomas Hibbs has produced a strong defense of Ingmar Bergman's works, for National R...

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Penn and Willis, a Study in Contrasts

Two stories in the news vividly encapsulate the astonishing gulf between left and right to...

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The Legacy of Ingmar Bergman

The Swedish film director and screenwriter Ingmar Bergman died today, at the age of 88. Be...

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Origin of a Famous Movie Line

One of the most famous lines of movie dialogue of all time is Clint Eastwood's question, &...

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The Simpsons Movie

If you ever liked the Simpsons TV series, you'll enjoy The Simspsons Movie. It's basically...

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Best-Reviewed Film of the Year

The best-reviewed movie of the first half of the year was . . .Ratatouille.So reports the ...

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An Immorality Play

The Adam Sandler comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry was the top U.S. box office at...

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Harry Potter Number 5 Opens Strong; Here’s Why

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix had a very strong opening week at the box office...

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License to Degrade

When I first saw the ads and trailers for the new movie License to Wed, it appeared to me ...

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The Secret of Transformers’ Success

The mega-budget sci-fi action film Transformers hit theaters this week as the top box-offi...

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“Ratatouille” Leads Pack, Deservedly

The Disney/Pixar movie Ratatouille led in box office take over the weekend but opened weak...

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Live Free or Die Hard and Our Dependence on Technology

When a movie form achieves lasting popularity, it eventually becomes rather baroque, pursu...

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Greatest Action Movies of All Time

Coincidentally timed to align with today's premiere of Live Free or Die Hard, the magazine...

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A Cinematic Blessing

Evan Almighty, which premiered last weekend to good but not massive box office, is getting...

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“Evan Almighty” Weak at Weekend Box Office

Evan Almighty, the most expensive comedy film ever made—with an official reported co...

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The Admirable Conciseness of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer topped the U.S. box office during the past...

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The 1930s Nancy Drew Films

Our friend Mike Tooney called our attention to the following passage in William K. Everson...

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Maiden of Mysteries

Nancy Drew, the new theatrical film based on the classic girls' book series (the first the...

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Everything You Could Ever Need to Know About Ocean’s 13

 If you liked the 2001 remake of Ocean's 11 and didn't hate Ocean's 12, you'll probab...

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Movies for Good Girls

A new wave of movies aimed at young girls is coming, starting this Friday with the theatri...

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Please, No!

AP reports the horrible news:Galvanized by the success of "Shrek the Third," Jef...