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April 30, 2009
Box Office Guru Preview: Wolverine Sinks Claws Into Summer Box Office
Six sharp adamantium blades kick off the summer movie season as Fox unleashes its most popular comic book character in his own film with X-Men Origins: Wolverine with Hugh Jackman starring and producing. The North American box office is set for... More...
April 23, 2008
UK Box Office Breakdown: Craig's Fool Has Disasterous Opening
Daniel Craig's new film - Flashbacks of a Fool - suffers a disastrous opening weekend, coming in at only 11th in the charts. Fool's Gold and Happy Go Lucky are the big successes More...
April 04, 2008
McConaughey P.I.?
It's been rumored for so long, it's taken on something like urban legend status -- but a Magnum P.I. feature film starring Matthew McConaughey may actually come to pass. More...
February 07, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: Fool's Gold Hopes to Shine in Battle of New Comedies
Hollywood plays the race card this weekend opening a pair of star-driven comedies, one for white moviegoers and the other for black audiences. Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson get the wider release with the romantic adventure comedy Fool's Gold... More...
December 20, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: Five New Films Fight For Holiday Cheer
Moviegoers are in for a feast as studios will unleash a wide menu of new options on Friday trying to reach holiday patrons on the weekend before Santa comes to town. With so many choices, there should be something for everyone allowing the overall... More...
October 17, 2007
Total Recall: Ben (Affleck's) Bits
In Gone Baby Gone, Ben Affleck directs younger brother Casey in a mystery surrounding the case of a missing Boston girl. In the spirit of Total Recall, we decided to take a look at some of the lesser-known roles from way back in the filmography of... More...
September 19, 2007
Matthew McConaughey Replaces Owen Wilson in Tropic Thunder
A paid week in Hawaii? With a craft service table? Dude, Matthew McConaughey is so there. More...
March 09, 2007
The Weekly Ketchup: "FF2"'s Dr. Doom Costume Talk, Tobey Maguire Leaving Spider-Man(?), George Lucas Speaks, And More!
In this week's Ketchup, Julian McMahon spoke of Dr. Doom wardrobe issues in "Fantastic Four 2," Tobey Maguire discussed his questionable "Spider-Man" future, and George Lucas covered everything of relevance in his upcoming... More...
March 08, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: "300" Prepares to Conquer Multiplexes
For the first time in nearly a month, North America's most popular movie won't be about motorcycles. Warner Bros. goes back in time 2,500 years for the epic war saga "300" which aims to conquer the box office with ease. More...
February 05, 2007
Novelist and Producer Point Fingers in Court; Whose Fault Was "Sahara?"
Accusations are flying between author Clive Cussler and producer Philip Anschutz over who's to blame for the 2005 adventure stinker, "Sahara," which cost an estimated $130 million to produce and brought in under $70 million at the box... More...
January 18, 2007
McConaughey is "Magnum, P.I."?
It's been in development so long, you may have given up waiting on any casting news -- or forgotten about it entirely -- but IGN Movies reports that "We Are Marshall" star and bongo enthusiast Matthew McConaughey may be playing the title... More...
December 21, 2006
Critical Consensus: "Night" Falls; "Rocky" Hits Hard; "Marshall" Fumbles; "Shepherd" Wanders
This week at the movies, we've got living history hijinks ("Night at the Museum," starring Ben Stiller), the Italian Stallion's return ("Rocky Balboa," starring Sylvester Stallone), a tragedy-to-triumph pigskin drama ("We... More...
December 21, 2006
Box Office Guru Preview: Museum Open For Business Over Crowded Christmas Weekend
Moviegoers will have plenty to choose from over the long Christmas holiday weekend as four new star-driven wide releases hit the marketplace adding to an already crowded marquee. More...
November 03, 2006
The Weekly Ketchup: RT's Halloween Movie Countdown, Another "Spider-Man" Villain, "Superman" Sequel News, And More!
In this week's Ketchup, Rotten Tomatoes counted down the best reviewed horror films just in time for Halloween, "Spider-Man 3" has another villain onboard, and "Superman" will return again. More...
August 11, 2006
Weekly Ketchup: "Halo," "The Dark Knight," "Sin City 2," and More!
This week in Ketchup: Christian Bale shares his thoughts on the new "Batman Begins" sequel title, the casting of Heath Ledger as The Joker, and when we can expect him in the Dark Knight's cowl. Oh Bats, we wish we knew how to quit you. More...
April 12, 2006
How to Make a Sequel in 3 Months
Hey, guess what they're making a sequel to! Go ahead, guess. OK, I'll tell you: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Yep, a sequel, something predictably on par with Legally Blonde 2 and Miss Congeniality 2 ... only we don't yet know if the stars will be... More...
March 13, 2006
"Failure" Fails To Fail At The Weekend Box Office
By now it's downright ridiculous, but once again the weekend's box office winners are also the week's critical duds, with the aptly named "Failure To Launch" balancing a Tomatometer of 30 percent with an opening B.O. of $24.6 mil. More...
March 09, 2006
Critical Consensus: Mangy "Dog," Rom-Com "Failure," Evil "Eye"
This week's wide releases include a pair of remakes for very different demographics ("The Shaggy Dog" and "The Hills Have Eyes"), and a romantic comedy ("Failure to Launch"). What will the critics say? More...
March 01, 2006
Clooney Claims His Batman Was Gay; Barbara Walters Interviews Other People
According to the New York Daily News, George Clooney tells Barbara Walters tonight that his 1997 film "Batman & Robin" was more like "BrokeBat Mountain..." More...
January 30, 2006
One-Named Director to Helm Unnamed Football Drama
If you were making a film about a a true-life plane crash that killed an entire college football team, whom would you hire to direct such a tale? Ang Lee? Steven Spielberg? Well, Warner Bros. IS making such a film, and they want McG to direct the... More...
January 18, 2006
Trailer Bulletin: Failure to Launch
Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker team up for Paramount's romantic comedy "Failure to Launch," which focuses on a 35-year-old man who refuses to move out of his parents' house and the professional "motivator" who... More...
January 11, 2006
The "People's Choice" is Pure Idiocy
Whenever I share a new Top Ten List or Critic's Group Nomination list, I'm always extra careful to be fair and respectful of other peoples' opinions. But after seeing what the "People's Choice Awards" handed out for 2005's movies, I just... More...
October 10, 2005
Wallace & Gromit are Big Cheese at the Weekend Box Office
DreamWorks' clay-mated "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" snagged the #1 spot at the weekend box office with a decent haul of $16.1 million from over 3,600 theaters, handily bumping Jodie Foster's "Flightplan"... More...
October 06, 2005
Critical Consensus: "Curse" Is A Blessing, "Shoes" Fit
This week at the movies brings us stories of camaraderie. We have a man and his dog ("Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"), sisters ("In Her Shoes"), disgruntled restaurant employees ("Waiting..."),... More...
August 31, 2005
A Whole Bunch of Actors Enlisted for IMAX's Walk on the "Moon"
The Hollywood Reporter brings news of the next big, swanky IMAX project; it's called "Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D" -- and it's got one heck of an A-list cast of actors to contribute the narration! More...
July 21, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: Two for the Money
Imagine "The Firm," only with elite sports bookies instead of deceptive lawyers, and you'll probably get something like "Two for the Money," and you can see the all-new trailer right here. The film stars Al Pacino, Matthew... More...
May 02, 2005
"The Guide" Reigns Supreme During Its Debut Weekend
The long-awaited movie version of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" ended up in first place during its inaugural weekend, raking in a healthy (but not staggering) $21.7 million from just over 3,300 theaters. Hanging... More...
April 15, 2005
Zooey Prepares for "Launch"
The Hollywood Reporter gets with the reporting by informing us of "Failure to Launch," an upcoming romantic comedy from Paramount. The blue-eyed Zooey Deschanel ("Mumford," "Almost Famous") will join Matthew... More...
April 11, 2005
"Sahara" Overtakes "Sin" at the Ticket Counter
Box Office Mojo shares this weekend's ticket sales, and it seems that Breck Eisner's "Sahara" was the hot new ticket. The Matthew McConaughey adventure flick grossed approximately $18.5 million in just over 3,100 theaters. Dropping to... More...
April 07, 2005
Critical Consensus: Pitch Fever Has Edge Over Sahara
With the start of Spring and the coming of Summer, this weekend presents us with a baseball movie and an action-adventure set in the Sahara desert. Baseball or hot desert sand, which will critics choose? More...
February 18, 2005
"Love Walked In" for Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker will star and co-produce Paramount's comedy-drama, "Love Walked In," according to Variety. Based on Marisa de los Santos' novel to be published later this year, the movie will center on a Philadelphia cafe manager... More...
February 17, 2005
McConaughey, Cruz Back in "The Loop"
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February 16, 2005
Rudin Moves In to "Neighborhood"
Paramount has pre-emptively purchased the comedy pitch for "Neighborhood Watch"for Scott Rudin Productions for about $750,000, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film, written by David Guion and Michael Handelman, involves three... More...
February 03, 2005
Parker Joins McConaughey in "Failure"
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January 11, 2005
Matthew McConaughey Sets Self Up For "Failure"
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