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Weekend Box Office Review: Avatar Defies Skeptics and Snowstorms, Earns $73 Million in Debut Weekend

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Avatar, Entertainment, Scott Mendelson, Sherlock Holmes, Titanic, Iron Man 2, Robert Downey Jr, Movies, Politics, Box Office, Up in the Air, Reviews, Princess and the Frog, James Cameron, 3d, News, Christmas Carol, Entertainment News

The much anticipated and debated (amongst film nerds at least) Avatar debuted this weekend with $73 million. One thing we learned this weekend: never, ever bet against James Cameron.

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Huff Post Review: Avatar: The 3D IMAX Experience

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Oscar, Reviews, News, Scott Mendelson, Avatar, Movies, James Cameron, Entertainment News

The 3D work is truly immersive, creating the kind of 'you are there' effect that was before only achieved in cartoons like Coraline and The Polar Express.

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HuffPost Review: Up in the Air

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Politics, Lay-Offs, Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air, Reviews, Current Events, Economy, Jason Reitman, Jason Bateman, George Clooney, JK Simmons, News, Movies, Juno, Zach Galifianakis, Entertainment News

Up in the Air is not revolutionary and its thesis, however insightful, is not one-of-a-kind. But it is the kind of thing we used to take for granted in Hollywood. It is well-written and sharply observational.

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Book Review Roundup

Posted 11.30.2009 | Books

Here's your weekly book review roundup, in case you missed the weekend's reviews in the midst of your food coma. "Family Album", Penelope Lively The ...

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GeekGirl Reviews: E-Book Readers - Sony Reader Pocket Edition

Stephanie Vaughn Hapke | Posted 11.30.2009 | Technology

Read More: Sony Reader, Pocket Edition, Sony, Reviews, E-Book Readers, Nook E-Reader, Kindle, Barnes and Noble, E-Readers, Technology Reviews, Amazon, Technology News

If you are looking for a no-frills e-book reader that supports all the common formats and does not need wireless access, the Sony Reader Pocket Edition could be the reader for you.

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GeekGirl Reviews: E-Book Readers - Amazon Kindle 2

Stephanie Vaughn Hapke | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology

Read More: Kindle 2, Reviews, Amazon, E-Book Readers, Technology News

If you are looking for a solid e-book reader, with the backing of the leading online bookseller, and are not willing to wait, go for it. I definitely think you will be impressed. I know I was.

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Nathan Rabin's "The Big Rewind" Needed a Little Re-Edit

Alex Remington | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Nathan Rabin, The Big Rewind, Av Club, The Onion, Books, Onion AV Club, Book Reviews, Authors, Pop Culture, Reviews, Memoir, Books News

Emotional honesty is a lot harder to take seriouslywhen you constantly undercut it by using the same hoary one-liners and jokes from Mr. Show.

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Huff Post Review: Saw VI (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Saw-Movies, Saw Movie Review, Saw VI, Lionsgate, Reviews, Scott Mendelson, Entertainment News

Saw VI still has many of the problems that have plagued the series from the get-go. But, despite this, it's a breath of fresh air for those who have followed the series since the beginning.

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If It's Art, Must It Be Pornography?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Women, Children, Books, Writing, Media, Sexual Abuse, Strip Clubs, Pornography, Amazon.com, New Yourk Times, Art, Boston Globe, Reviews, Times Picayune, Eve Ensler, Strippers, Andre Dubus, Book Reviews, New Orleans, Army Corps of Engineers, Vagina Monologues, Books News

I'm all for freedom expression even when it comes to veiled pornography, but I don't want to be tricked into buying it for God's sake.

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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

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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Restaurant Review: Founding Farmers, Washington, D.C.

Maria Rodale | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Washington DC, Organic Food, Reviews, Restaurants, Washington Restaurants, Local Food, Restaurant Reviews, Family Farms, Living News

I had to check out Founding Farmers in Washington this past weekend. The idea is appealing: a casual, family restaurant that's supplied and owned by a collective of American family farmers.

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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

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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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

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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Not DOA But DIY: Resurrecting The Book Review Section

The Huffington Post | Patricia Holt | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Book Review Sections, Book Reviews, Reading, Books, Literary Criticism, Readers, Reviews, Newspapers, Books News

I know readers are supposed to mourn the loss of book review sections in newspapers and magazines across the country, but at this point -- well, in fa...

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HuffPost Review: Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Public Enemies, Scott Mendelson. Movies, Superman, Reviews, News, Batman, Blu Ray, Dvd, Entertainment News

If Public Enemies was merely a three-part episode of Superman: The Animated Series, it would be a good one. But it falls short as a stand-alone movie.

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Huff Post Review: Whip It (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Roller Derby, Whip It, Reviews, News, Scott Mendelson, Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Movies, Entertainment News

Whip It is one of the most enjoyable film experiences of 2009. It's a formula picture through and through, but it is a truly entertaining one.

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Huff Post Review - Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins; Cartoon Network; Blu Ray; DVD; Warner Bros; Batman Begins;, Reviews, Scott Mendelson, News, Movies, Entertainment News

I'm not a particularly die-hard fan of the Scooby Doo franchise, but I have a passing interest. I was shocked at how enjoyable this movie is. It just plain works on every level.

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HuffPost Review - Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tarp, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Reviews, Michael Moore, Scott Mendelson, George W. Bush, Propaganda, Documentary, Chris Dodd, Capitalism: A Love Story, Bank Bailout, News, Barack Obama, Movies, Entertainment News

For the first time that I can remember, a Michael Moore documentary/propaganda piece is less about the subject at hand and more about Michael Moore himself.

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Dan Brown's Lost Symbol: NYTimes Breaks Embargo

Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 11.14.2009 | Books

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The Times did it again, they published a review of a book that was embargoed before publication date. Or did the publisher encourage it by imposing an...

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District 9

Will Menaker | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Slate.com, District 9, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Sharlto Copley, Daniel Engber, Eileen Jones, Movies, South Africa, Entertainment News

Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience may have been the smartest movie I've seen this year, but Neill Blomkamp's District 9 is definitely the most fun.

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The Second Trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (With Helpful Narration)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Teaser, Trailer, Reviews, Scott Mendelson, New Moon, Twilight, Preview, News, Movies, Entertainment News

I love the fact that someone in the studio chain thought that Taylor Lautner had to literally explain the character arcs in the trailer for the the second Twilight picture, New Moon.

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The Hurt Locker

Will Menaker | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Hurt Locker, Ieds, Katherine Bigelow, Iraq War, David Morse, Jeremy Renner, Ralph Fiennes, Reviews, War Movies, Movies, Entertainment News

This film approaches the kind of unaffected, unmediated portrayal of war and the men who live within its strange, parallel reality.

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Movie Review: The Time Traveler's Wife

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Audrey Niffienegger, Marshall Fine, The Time Traveler's Wife, Journey Man, Time Travel, Rachel McAdams, Marshall Fine Movie Review, The Time Traveler's Wife Movie Review, Eric Bana, Movie Reviews, Reviews, Entertainment News

The TIme Traveler's Wife is the movie equivalent of an Oprah book -- full of feeling with just enough ideas to make you think about it (but not too hard).

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