The Big Smooch: Start the New Year With a Movie Kiss

Devra Maza, 12.31.2009

Screenwriter, Journalist and Actor

It's the chance to kiss on a turning point as the magical minute marks both happy endings and new beginnings with a brush of the lips. That kiss can be consequential. It can be a movie kiss.

Seeing Stars in Hollywood and New York

David Finkle, 12.28.2009

Writer, Drama Critic

Just as the Hollywood Powers That Be are beginning to consider the lessening impact of box-office stars, the Broadway Powers That Be are concluding the only box-office sure-things are star names.

HuffPost Weekend Box Office Review: Princess and the Frog Puts Disney 2D Animation on Top

Scott Mendelson, 12.16.2009

Film Critic and Pundit for Film Threat, Huffington Post, and Mendelson's Memos

When you consider the publicity that this film received for its 'groundbreaking' African American characters, I'm pretty sure Disney was hoping for a bigger opening for The Princess and the Frog.

Vampires: Immortal, and Recession Proof

Janet Ginsburg, 12.14.2009

Vampires would fare significantly better than most in our current crisis, because they have a few things most citizens do not: old fashion common sense, a fiscally prudent nature -- and a very long memory.

HuffPost Weekend Box Office in Review: Blind Side Finally Takes the Top Spot

Scott Mendelson, 12.08.2009

Film Critic and Pundit for Film Threat, Huffington Post, and Mendelson's Memos

Ninja Assassin dropped on account of being terrible and shockingly boring for the first half of the picture. It's a bunch of ninjas trying to kill each other and James McTeigue found a way to make that unexciting and tedious.

Twilight: Fact, Fiction & Fantasy

Sara Taney Humphreys, 12.01.2009

Paranormal novelist

What's most fascinating is that the media acts like the "vampire phenomenon" is a new thing. That couldn't be further from the truth. Hello? Buffy, Angel, The Lost Boys, Interview with a Vampire and of course Dracula.

New Moon Hits New Low In Boredom

Ben Mankiewicz, 11.30.2009

Host at Turner Classic Movies

Here's what happens in New Moon. Three teenagers spend nearly two hours frowning and moping and not screwing. Also, there's a tremendous amount of male shirt removal.

Team Edward, Team Jacob: New Moon's Gender Revolution

Jay Michaelson, 11.30.2009

Columnist, activist and author of "Everything is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism"

Now that New Moon looks poised to enter the top tier of box office receipts (some are now projecting $400m domestic), "Team Edward" and "Team Jacob" h...

Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office Review: Sandra Bullock Blind Sides New Moon

Scott Mendelson, 11.29.2009

Film Critic and Pundit for Film Threat, Huffington Post, and Mendelson's Memos

Please, let's not turn this film's success into a The Blind Side vs. Precious debate, with alleged implications for Barack Obama and/or Sarah Palin in the next election cycle. Don't be that idiot.

Palin And Twilight: American Pilgrimages

Stuart Whatley, 11.26.2009

We're in hard times, it's reasonable to expect that people will look for saviors and fantastical escapes -- be they in the form of vegetarian vampires or meat eating pseudo-author/pseudo-politicians.

Adam Lambert Breaks Through The Glass Ceiling, America Pouts

Greg Archer, 11.24.2009

Professional writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area

We live in a day and age, sadly, where more children and teens are exposed to graphic materials, whether it be of the sexual or violent nature. Adam Lambert is just another example of this.

Bella Is a Lousy Role Model, but Do We Only Care Because She's a Girl?

Scott Mendelson, 11.24.2009

Film Critic and Pundit for Film Threat, Huffington Post, and Mendelson's Memos

What is worth noting is that all of these male characters are basically users and abusers of their friends, family, and lovers. Yet Bella is attacked in various circles because she allows herself to be abused and used.

The Scariest Bite (Hint: It's Not from a Vampire)

Scott Case, 11.23.2009

Chief Executive Officer of Malaria No More

Malaria isn't trendy, it isn't sexy, and it isn't on the cover of every magazine this week. But, in comparison with even the most villainous vampire in the "Twilight Saga", malaria wins one contest: it's definitely scarier.

New Moon, Same Old Sexist Story

Katherine Spillar, 11.23.2009

Executive Editor, Ms. magazine

New Moon is a film full of gender stereotypes -- testosterone-driven male aggression, females who pine away over lost loves, boys who fix motorcycles and the girls who watch them.

Three Reasons Why 'Twilight' Bit Into the Box Office

Greg Archer, 11.23.2009

Professional writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area

The Twilight Saga: New Moon raked in a monstrous $140.7 million over the weekend. Three reasons why the second film of the popular book series may have the biggest autumn opening weekend in history.

New Moon Brings a New Dawn in Hollywood

Melissa Silverstein, 11.23.2009

Writes about Women and Pop Culture

While Hollywood felt comfortable dismissing Sex and the City, Mamma Mia, and even Twilight, there is no way that the numbers for New Moon could be dismissed as a fluke.

A $78 Blu-Ray Player @ Wal*Mart: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 23, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 11.23.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Walmart continues to roll out holiday specials including a $78 Blu-ray player sale on Black Friday. In addition to the low price Blu-ray consoles,...

Weekend Box Office Review: Cedric Diggory Crushes Harry Potter -- Twilight Saga: New Moon Opens With $142 Million

Scott Mendelson, 11.23.2009

Film Critic and Pundit for Film Threat, Huffington Post, and Mendelson's Memos

The audience for this huge weekend for Twilight was 80% female. So, if you looked anything like Robert Pattinson and were willing to tag along at the movies, there's a healthy chance you got laid over the last 72 hours.

Twilight Saga: New Moon Shatters Single-Day Record

Scott Mendelson, 11.23.2009

Film Critic and Pundit for Film Threat, Huffington Post, and Mendelson's Memos

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?

Stop the Twilight Insanity!

Mara Reinstein, 11.22.2009

Writer, Us Weekly

To put it bluntly, Twilight sucks. (Sorry, that pun is too irresistible). One moody high school girl lusts after an even moodier vampire and the result is a potential $100 million opening weekend at the box office?

New Moon Cast Members On Kristen & Rob, And Health Care

Liz Glover, 11.21.2009

Reporter at The Washington Times

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