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April 12, 2007

Box Office Guru Preview: "Perfect Stranger" Heads A Crowded Field Opens in new window

This weekend Hollywood just doesn't know its limits. Six new releases will jam into an already crowded marketplace on Friday trying to connect with spring moviegoers. More...

April 5, 2007

Box Office Guru Preview: "Grindhouse" Prepares for Easter Carnage Opens in new window

Easter weekend sees four new wide releases hopping into the marketplace aiming to give the spring box office a boost. More...

July 7, 2006

Cast Your Vote in the Teen Choice Awards Opens in new window

Are you between the ages of 13 and 19? Do you like ... stuff? Then click right here and cast your votes for the 329th annual Teen Choice Awards, which is where you can tell the universe that Puffy is more illing than Snoop Dogg, Will Ferrell is funnier than Brad Pitt, and Katie Holmes is cuter than Katey Sagal. Or something. More...

April 17, 2006

"Scary" Weekend for Spoof Competitors Opens in new window

WeinsteinCo's Scary Movie 4 made a huge pile of cash over the holiday weekend, demolishing Panic Room's $30 million Easter haul from a few years back. The silly sequel scared up an amazing $41 million from more than 3,600 screens -- and yes, Scary Movie 5 will be hitting theaters at this time next year. (Shocker, eh?) More...

April 10, 2006

"Ice Age 2" Skates Through a Second Weekend Opens in new window

Fox's big-money cash cow Ice Age: The Meltdown reigned supreme for a second consecutive weekend at the box office, fending off a few newcomers who probably made a bit more money than they deserved. Playing on nearly 4,000 screens, Meltdown made another $34.5 million (!) over the weekend, upping its grand total to an icy cool $116.4 million. More...

April 6, 2006

Critical Consensus: Take Or Leave This "Lead,: An Odd "Number," "Benchwarmers" Opens in new window

This week at the movies, we explore the joys of dance ("Take the Lead"), mistaken identity ("Lucky Number Slevin"), our national pastime ("The Benchwarmers"), and the search for love ("Phat Girlz"). What do the critics say? More...

April 3, 2006

Mega-Meltdown at the Weekend Box Office! Opens in new window

Silly Scrat and his "Ice Age" buddies have returned to the multiplexes ... and the result was an absolutely mammoth opening weekend frame. Fox's CG-animated sequel squeezed about $70.5 million from the first-weekend moviegoers, making "Ice Age: The Meltdown" the year's first bona-fide box office bonanza. (By comparison, the original "Ice Age" made just over $46 million during its own opening weekend.) More...

March 31, 2006

Banderas Lets the "Puss" Spin-Off Out of the Bag Opens in new window

During an interview with MTV to promote his upcoming dance drama "Take the Lead," actor Antonio Banderas mentioned that he's to start voice-recording for "Shrek 3" this week ... and then he also dropped a few hints regarding his very own spin-off flick, which will be titled "Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer." More...

November 2, 2005

Trailer Bulletin: Take the Lead Opens in new window

Want to see a movie about a dedicated teacher who, after much struggle and drama, manages to "connect" with a gruff group of inner-city schoolkids ... through the magic of dance? Yes, it's "Lean On Me" meets "Dirty Dancing" when Antonio Banderas shows up in "Take the Lead." Here's the trailer. More...