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New Moon just grossed $26 million in just midnight and 3am showings, and it clocked $72 million in just the first 24 hours. Why do I feel like Tommy Lee Jones at the end of No Country For Old Men?
There's a tendency to always look askance at any film in which the story focuses on an African-American who is given a helping hand by a white person....
Rarely when fathers seek full custody of a child are the facts so stacked against the mother as in the case between "Monster Garage" star Jesse James and his ex-wife, porn star Janine Lindemulder.
In the manipulated world of movie trailers, Oher's story is a disturbing revival of the "benevolent white master" trope.
This is definitely not one of Sandra Bullock's best movies but it is one in which she makes a heroic effort to make it better than it is. That she almost succeeds says something about her talent.
Yup, summer is officially over. Now we can get to what's really important -- trying to keep up with the dozen or so new Oscar-bait releases and overestimating James Cameron's Avatar.
As Australia's number one celebrity journalist, Sal Morgan successfully turned a love for tinseltown into a bonafide business career.
Predictable? You bet. Original? Hardly. But what keeps audiences of this lite-fare comedy in their seats is the undeniable on-screen chemistry between leads Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds.
I can only guess that The Hangover is continuing to expand beyond the frat-boy core, a theory which will be tested when Transformers 2 steals each and every frat boy away next weekend.
Teaming Sandra Bullock with Ryan Reynolds seems like a winning proposition. He's a verbal ju-jitsu master for the kind of snide, withering remarks that she specializes in.
Marry Me Monday is different because the proposals take place during Bachelorette Time. And Bachelorette Time is a very special time for women.
To be fair, the movies this summer won't be all bad. There are always a few surprise gems buried amidst the muck.
On this tragic anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, 10,000 candles are being lit in Kigali. The ceremony is the beginning of a mass global remembrance, which will continue for a hundred days.
Pink whispers into the microphone, "Dear Sarah Palin, pease stop shooting things," before launching into her George W. Bush tribute song, "Dear Mr. President."
Neither Watchmen or The Proposal is out until 2009, but I mention Akerman now because when she's big-time next year, you can say you heard it here first.
