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DVD reviews: Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer, Watchmen: Director's Cut

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Marshall Fine, Watchmen, Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

O'Day was never a household name in the way Ella Fitzgerald or even Billie Holliday were. Except to jazz fans: she was a stylist and innovator who could transform a song.

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10 Best Films of 2009 (1st Half Edition)

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Marshall Fine, Watchmen, The Hangover, Two Lovers, Departures, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

The movie year has reached the halfway mark -- which, in terms of the Oscar and most critics' year-end 10-best lists, means it hasn't even started.

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Sci-Fi Morality: Could Aliens Save Us from Prejudice?

Jamil Zaki | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Rwanda, Emotions, Neuroscience, Implicit Bias, Independence Day, Altruism, Science, Hurricane Katrina, Morality, Psychology, Watchmen, Israel, Prejudice, Science Fiction, World News
Jamil Zaki

Mountains of evidence suggest that being part of a group changes our perceptions of members of other groups at startlingly basic levels.

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Harry Potter 6/Transformers IMAX Overlap - Paramount Called Dibs on IMAX Before the Harry Potter Date Change

Scott Mendelson | Posted 07.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Warner Bros, Entertainment Weekly, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Terminator Salvation, Transformers 2, Watchmen, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Imax, News, Movies, Paramount, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

This will not be the last turf war that is waged over IMAX screens, and the company is already taking steps to theoretically insure that there is plenty of IMAX for every studio's overbudgeted sequel.

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Terminating the Darkness: Hope Floats, but Anxiety Abides

William Bradley | Posted 07.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Christian Bale, Battlestar Galactica, Mcg, Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ron Moore, Star Trek, James Cameron, The Outer LImits, Harlan Ellison, John Connor, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Terminator Salvation, The Matrix, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Colossus: The Forbin Project, Sarah Connor, Star Trek: First Contact, Borg, Linda Hamilton, Sam Worthington, Roland Kickinger, J.J. Abrams, X-Men, HAL 9000, Batman, Wolverine, Watchmen, Avatar, Danny Elfman, See Arnold Run, Skynet, Summer Glau, Rambaldi, Entertainment News
William Bradley

Is the era of the dark comic book movie fable coming to an end? Or is it more a matter of a spate of seemingly underperforming dark would-be blockbusters?

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HuffPost Box Office Rundown: Fast & Furious Pulls in $72 Million

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Observe and Report, Haunting in Connecticut, Box Office, Watchmen, Hannah Montana, Knowing, Adventureland, Fast & Furious, I Love You Man, Monsters vs Aliens, Lost, Movies, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Fast & Furious has grossed $72.5 million over three days. Universal smartly sold it as a class reunion of sorts and also as a 'true sequel' to the 2001 original.

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Watching Watchmen Again

Dennis Perrin | Posted 04.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Watchmen, The Watchmen, Watchmen Trailer, Entertainment News
Dennis Perrin

To those who flocked to see Watchmen the first weekend, expecting a typical superhero popcorn flick, it doubtless confused and angered them, poisoning word of mouth.

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Watchmen continues to bleed, Witch Mountain races to #1, and Taken will not die (weekend box office rundown for 03-15-09)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 04.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Box Office, Taken, Entertainment, Watchmen, Coraline, Madea Goes to Jail, Left House on the Left, Race to Witch Moutain, Movies, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Well, the bleeding clotted somewhat on Watchmen, with a 'mere' 68% drop in weekend two, ending with $17.7 million. It's ten-day take is now at a trou...

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'Witch Mountain' Cooks 'Watchmen' At The Box Office

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 04.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Watchmen, Film, Dwayne Johnson, Race to Witch Mountain, Box Office, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Disney's "Race to Witch Mountain" raced to No. 1 at the weekend box office, bypassing expectations with $25 million in ticket sale...

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"Watchmen" Writer Alan Moore Reclusive, Making No Film Royalties

Mail Online | Posted 04.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Alan Moore, Film, Watchmen, Entertainment News

The movie adaptation of his comic book Watchmen has raked in more than £65million since its release this month. But writer Alan Moore will not rec...

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Watchmen Goes Down Hard (Friday box office numbers for 3/13/09)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 04.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Taken, Entertainment, Watchmen, Box Office, Coraline, Race to Witch Mountain, Last House on the Left, Movies, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

While we can argue about the relative success of last weekend's opening, it can no longer be denied that Watchmen will cost Warner Bros. quite a bit of money.

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Watchmen, Love and Misunderstanding

Paul Snyder | Posted 04.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Deconstruction, Bourne Supremacy, Superheroes, Zack Snyder, Alan Moore, Transformers, Watchmen, Mars, Hulk, X-Men, 300, The Dark Knight, Ethics, Violence, Nuclear Weapons, Spectacle, John Higgins, Dave Gibbons, Rorschach, Entertainment News
Paul Snyder

There has been a lot of press about audiences seeing the movie more than once, but that would really only reward aesthetes and those who found the basic plot incomprehensible the first time.

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Malin Akerman Loves Nerds But Not At 6 AM (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 04.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Funny or Die, Malin Akerman, Silk Spectre, Malin Akerman Tours, Malin Akerman Videos, Malin Akerman Sleeping, Watchmen, Watchmen Tours, Malin Akerman Roommate, Malin Akerman Funny or Die, Malin Akerman's Roommate, Malin Funny or Die, Comedy News

Let's be honest, if you were a struggling actress living with a famous one, you'd probably try to exploit that. Well, that's just what Funny or Die th...

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: March 10, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Comic Books, Great Journalism, Video, Saturday Night Live, Media Criticism, Washington DC, Watchmen, Washington Post, Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh, Porn, Movies, Gene Weingarten, Politics News

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but readers of Romenesko's Obscure Store and Reading Room know that as the weather turns warmer, the uptick in ne...

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What's With The Energy Talk In "The Watchmen?"

Grist | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Watchmen, Green Energy, Green News

I hardly dare to write this post, to even edge my pinky toe toward the waters of Watchmen analysis, but I will say this: as a newcomer to the story, I...

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The Shelf Talker: Hip-Hop, Watchmen and New Zealand

Kevin Smokler | Posted 04.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Authors, Alf, Dalton-Conley, Books, Nelson-George, Touring, Watchmen, Hip-Hop, Reading, Linda-Olsson, Chris Rock, Media News
Kevin Smokler

Nelson George is a one man Harlem Renaissance, more responsible than nearly any other writer for chronicling hip-hop and contemporary black culture's conversion into the lingua franca of our age.

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Whither Watchmen? Is This Big, Dark, Geeky, Lefty Movie The Next Comic Book Blockbuster?

William Bradley | Posted 04.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: John F. Kennedy, The Golden Compass, Alan Moore, Alternate History, Lord of the Rings, McLaughlin Group, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Soviet Union, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Constantine, From Hell, Batman, Anarchy, 300, Fascism, Nuclear War, The Dark Knight, Watchmen, Richard Nixon, Vietnam War, Dirty Harry, Dave Gibbons, V for Vendetta, Watergate, Bruce Wayne, Woodward and Bernstein, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Video, Zack Snyder, Entertainment News
William Bradley

Watchmen lays out and alternate America in a stunning opening sequence that presents the 20th century as a relentless slog of war and murder. If hope is on the menu, it's in short supply.

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'Watchmen' Slays Competition With $55.7 Million

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 04.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, Watchmen, Box Office, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — "Watchmen" easily ruled the weekend box office with the biggest opening of 2009 _ and at a time when movie attendance continues to...

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Watchmen Does $55 Million Over Opening Weekend -- Why this is Good News and Bad News

Scott Mendelson | Posted 04.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dark Knight, Jonas Brothers, Box Office, Taken, Watchmen, Superman Returns, Paul Blart, Gran Torino, Madea Goes to Jail, Batman Begins, Slumdog Millionaire, Movies, 300, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

When you factor in the money earned, as well as the gender neutral demographics, Watchmen comes off as a male version of Sex & The City.

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Review: Watchmen (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 04.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Warner Bros, Zack Snyder, Entertainment, Reviews, Watchmen, Comic Book, Scott Mendelson, Movies, 300, The Silk Spectre, Warner Bros., Charleton Comics, DC Comics, The Comedian, Ozymandias, The Watchmen, Superheroes, Dave Gibbons, Wagner, Comic Books, Entertainment News, Dr. Malcolm Long, Edward Blake, Dan Dreiberg, Stanley Kramer, Nite Owl, Captain Atom, Hollis Mason, Iron Man, The Dark Knight, Sin City, World Trade Center, Doctor Manhattan, The Lord of the Rings, Twin Towers, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

The production is handsome, the acting is exceptional, and the special effects are mostly effective. But, at the end of the day, Watchmen is not an exciting story.

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Watchmen: The Latest Distraction

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dark Knight, Zack Snyder, Movie Review, Watchmen, Slumdog Millionaire, 300, Movies, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Seriously: What is Watchmen but yet another distraction - a bit of apocalyptic storytelling meant to take our minds off the apocalypse now?

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Watchmen: Who's Watching The Watchmen?

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Warner Bros., The Silk Spectre, The Comedian, The Watchmen, Dr. Malcolm Long, Nite Owl, Hollis Mason, Sin City, Watchmen, Entertainment News, World Trade Center, Doctor Manhattan, The Lord of the Rings, Charleton Comics, DC Comics, Dave Gibbons, Zack Snyder, Edward Blake, Dan Dreiberg, Superheroes, Stanley Kramer, Captain Atom, Iron Man, Comic Books, The Dark Knight, Twin Towers, Ozymandias, Wagner, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Based on one of the most collected and memorable comic book runs in history, the movie Watchmen tries to be all things cosmic and ambiguously moral to all of us.

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: February 18, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Matt Taibbi, Thomas Friedman, Unemployment, Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, Afghanistan, George Will, Watchmen, New Republic, Fred Hiatt, Politics News

You know, yesterday, as I read The New Republic's attempt to tell me that it was up to me and President Obama to save newspapers through a sustained c...

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Rejoice! "Watchmen" Deal Reached

AP | ANTHONY McCARTNEY | Posted 02.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Watchmen, Film, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — The superhero film "Watchmen" will be watched by audiences after all _ and on time. Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox settled the...

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End of 2008 wrap-up Part II - Trailers, Posters, and Two Films of Dubious Distinction.

Scott Mendelson | Posted 01.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Quantum of Solace, Entertainment, Spirit, Dark Knight, Harry Potter, Watchmen, Delgo, Star Trek, Movies, One Missed Call, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Best teaser: (tie) Star Trek and Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince One was a subtle and chilling teaser, one that featured almost no footage of...

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