Movie Box Office

Don't say the Jonas Brothers fell flat. Say that Hollywood still finds it remarkably difficult to predict the movie-going habits of teenage girls.

Kidman is emblematic of the obsession with opening weekend dollars and how women still can't rate like the guys. Instead of blaming the actresses why don't we figure out a way for them to succeed?

Both critics and moviegoers seem to like quality and not crap. Is this revelatory? In a society that dismisses quality, and that holds up crap for imitation, it certainly feels revelatory.