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Off the Shelf and on to the Big Screen!

Regina Brooks | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Young Adult, Writing, HUnger Games, Fiction, Twilight, Teen, Harry Potter, Vampire's Assistant, Movies, Books News
Regina Brooks

Hollywood continues to bring out the movies based on popular YA books, because the guarantee of an audience is just too good to pass up.

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Can the "Yes Men" and Michael Moore Fix Capitalism?

Sheri and Allan Rivlin | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore, Movies, The Yes Men Fix the World, Michael Moore Capitalism: A Love Story, Entertainment News
Sheri and Allan Rivlin

The Yes Men have a firm Michael Moore legacy (he appears in the trailer for their 2003 film, The Yes Men) but they do not yet have his audiences.

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Don't You Just Love When They Use The Movie Title As A Line In The Movie? (VIDEO)

Posted 11.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Quotes, Names, Titles, Movie Titles, Movies, Famous, Clips, Funny Videos, Comedy News

Videogum blogger Gabe Delahaye does not love it. Not even a little bit. He's spent what looks like countless hours compiling every instance of this ph...

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Berenstain Bears Are Latest Kids' Books To Become Movie

The Washington Post | Borys Kit | Posted 11.04.2009 | Books

Read More: Children's Book Series, Movies Based on Books, Kids' Books, Berenstain Bears Movie, Walden Media, Books, Children's Books, Berenstain Bears, Movies, Narnia, Books News

The Berenstain Bears are heading to the big screen. Walden Media, the family-friendly studio behind the "Narnia" feature franchise, has picked up the...

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This Is It

Hermene Hartman | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Movie Reviews, This Is It Tour, This Is It, Movies, Muic, Entertainment News
Hermene Hartman

Michael was at home on stage. He commanded it. He walked it, owned it, like a panther stalking prey. He knew every inch of the stage. It was his, and there's no denying it.

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The Fourth Kind Review

Jenna Busch | Posted 11.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Abduction, Aliens, The Fourth Kind, Will Patton, Movie, Horror, Milla Jovovich, Movies, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

The Fourth Kind was one of the scariest things I've seen in years. I'm going out to see it again, which tells you how much I care.

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Review: Henry Jaglom's New Play Rocks

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Plays, Tanna Frederick, Henry Jalom, Theatre, Just 45 Minutes From Broadway, Lara Croft, Movies, Entertainment News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Just 45 Minutes From Broadway is a stunning tribute to showbiz folks. It offers us a glimpse into family life that explores: sibling rivalry, long-term marriage, happiness and the secrets we keep.

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Paranormal Legislative Activity

Jake Brewer | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Read the Bill, Mary Katharine Ham, H.Res 554, Sunlight Foundation, Comedy, Movies, Jake Brewer, Parody, Paranormal Activity, Politics News
Jake Brewer

Some really strange stuff went down when the Sunlight Foundation gave a Congressional bill and a camera to a couple. Totally unexplainable.

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Enough With the Whiny Vampires Already

Mark Morford | Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: True Blood, Fleshlight, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dracula, Sex Toys, Movies, Vampires, Succu-Dry, Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, Entertainment News
Mark Morford

How much more can an exhausted pop culture take, after the Twilight phenom and its never-ending cavalcade of Walmart-ready tchotkes?

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Scariest Movies For Halloween Night: What's Your Favorite? (VIDEO)

Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Halloween, Video, Scariest Halloween Movies, Halloween Movies, Movies, Slidepoll, Entertainment News

With Halloween here, and with many enjoying it for the wild parties and the sexy costumes, we thought we would go back to the basics. We want to be s...

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Antichrist Might Be God-Awful, But That Doesn't Make It Misogynistic

Melissa Lafsky | Posted 10.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Misogyny, Antichrist, Lars Von Trier, Cannes Film Festival, Movies, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Melissa Lafsky

I don't have to tell you that Antichrist sucks. But if this audience-chafing, Cannes-enraging glob of rubbish is so irredeemable, why the hell is every publication still in existence racing to write about it?

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"Amelia" Earhart: A Different Kind of "Chick Flick"

Dan Glickman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Chick Flicks, The Shriver Report, Hilary Swank, Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Maria Shriver, Amelia Movie Review, Movies, Entertainment News
Dan Glickman

We may love our Mad Men on television. But increasingly our society is moving beyond "the problem that has no name," as Betty Friedan once famously put it.

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DVDs -- Rock N Roll Heaven

Michael Giltz | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Britcoms, Spongebob, Futurama, TV Shows, Simpsons, Marlene Dietrich, Movies, Dvds, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Nothing can replace being in the room, of course, but the 9 DVD set Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Museum Live takes some of the sting out of not being there.

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Just in Time for Halloween: The 10 Best Modern 'Direct-to-DVD' Horror Films

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Frontiers, Lionsgate; Weinstein Company, Halloween, From Within, Scary Movies, Midnight Movie, 2001 Maniacs, Inside, Scott Mendelson, Movies, Even Stevens, Reviews, Midnight Meat Train, Dvd, Murder Party, Mega Snake, Simon Says, News, Crispin Glover, The Children, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

The Children isn't the most violent film, nor the goriest or showiest. It haunts because it boils itself down to an unanswerable question: would you kill your own sick children to prevent them from killing you?

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My Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now

Michael Moore | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cooperatives, Newspapers, Twitter, Civil Disobedience, Evictions, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Media, Facebook, Democratic Party, Green Energy, Single Payer, Barack Obama, Movies, Campaign Finance, Michael Pollan, Wall Street, Michael Moore, Protest, Sarah Palin, Showdown-in-Chicago, Financial Crisis, Capitalism: A Love Story, Universal Health Care, Climate Change, Foreclosure, Medicare, Unions, Global Warming, Politics News
Michael Moore

I have 15 things we can all do right now to fix the very broken system in this country and to fight back against those who have brought us to where we are. C'mon people -- we can do this!

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Beyond "Balloon Dad": Web Series Continue Startling Growth

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Comedy Series, Web Series, Funny or Die, Movies, Richard Henne, Balloon Boy, Entertainment News
Greg Mitchell

The biggest Web series news last week was the publicity for The Psyience Detectives produced by Richard Heene, the Balloon Dad. It never got off the ground, so to speak, but the genre will survive for sure.

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Weather Channel To Begin Showing Movies

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Weather Channel Movies, Movies, Weather Channel, Media News

NEW YORK — The Weather Channel plans to show movies for the first time in its 27-year history and it's easy to guess which one is leading off. ...

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Where The Wild Things Are Wins Box Office

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, Law Abiding Citizen, Invention of Lying, Surrogates, Box Office, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Where the Wild Things Are, Movies, Toy Story 3-D, Paranormal Activity, Warner Brothers, Revenue, Zombieland, Wb, Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Couples Retreat, Stepfather, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — "Where the Wild Things Are" proved a bigger hit with adult audiences than family crowds as the adaptation of Maurice Sendak's belo...

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Where The Wild Things Are Stars Reflect On The Book

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Where the Wild Things Are, Where the Wild Things Are Movie, Books, Wild Things, Children's Books, Maurice Sendak, Movies, Sendak, Books News

LOS ANGELES — Before joining the cast of "Where the Wild Things Are," the actors had fond memories of Maurice Sendak's picture book about an unr...

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HuffPost Review: Where the Wild Things Are: The IMAX Experience

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Warner Bros, Reviews, Scott Mendelson, Imax, Where the Wild Things Are, News, Spike Jonze, Movies, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

The idea of high-quality entertainment that is specifically directed at children seems to be an oxymoron in the critical community. However, Where the Wild Things Are, is very much a high-quality children's movie.

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Whip It: The Real Girl Movie of the Year

Rachel Simmons | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Movies, Roller Derby, Whip It, Entertainment News
Rachel Simmons

Here's the deal. Whip It, the new Drew Barrymore/Ellen Page film, is tanking at the box office. We have to go see it. If we don't, the money's going to dry up for girl-power films.

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ReThink Interview: Daniel Ellsberg -- the Most Dangerous Man in America Speaks, Part Two

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Battle of Algiers, Nationalism, Henry Kissinger, Afghanistan, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Rethink Reviews, Daniel Ellsberg, Film, Jonathan Kim, Movies, Paul Wolfowitz, Movie Reviews, Insurgency, Whistleblowers, Jonathan Kim Movie Reviews, Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith, Richard Nixon, Occupation, Vietnam War, Documentary, Movie Critic, Counterinsurgency, Pentagon Papers, Machiavelli, Torture, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

The second part of my interview with Daniel Ellsberg, the true American hero who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971.

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Exclusive: Nellie McKay Talks About Her Best Album Yet

Michael Giltz | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Animal Rights, Activism, Doris Day, Popular Music, Broadway Musicals, Broadway, Big Band, Music, Movies, Nellie Mckay, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Nellie McKay's fourth album, Normal As Blueberry Pie, is a warm and quietly marvelous tribute to Doris Day. It hits the sweet spot in combining her talent and sensibility (future-retro?) in one focused project.

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New York, You've Changed: Taxi Driver, Part III

Nick Carr | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Hilton Theatre, Gothic Cabinet Craft, Language of Love, Betsy, Jodie Foster, Manhattan Bridge, Martin Scorsese, Films, Travis Bickle, Madison-Square-Park, Scouting Ny, Movies, New York News
Nick Carr

I don't look back nostalgically on the grittier New York of the late 1970s. As I never experienced it first hand, I believe it's dangerous and naive to romanticize something the city has worked to rise up from.

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HuffPost Review: Paranormal Activity (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Blair Witch Project, Reviews, Scott Mendelson, Jaws, Paranormal Activity, Horror, Deep Blue Sea, News, Movies, Paramount, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Horror films work best when you realize that you cannot trust the filmmakers. But writer/director Oren Peli crafts a low-tech chiller that almost plays too fair with the audience.

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