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Clint Eastwood’s ‘Hereafter’ Adds Three French Cast Members; Starts Shooting In Paris Late October

October 14, 2009 11:49 pm

79-year-old Clint Eastwood is just simply not slowing down. Last year he had two films released in 2008, the child-stolen, courtroom drama, "Changeling," and the grumpy-old-man-befriends-Korean-kids feel-doe'r,...

Moviegoers Are ‘Just Not Into’ Staying Home: Another Impressive Weekend At The B.O.

Gabe Toro

February 9, 2009 1:13 am

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The box office crown fell to lower middlebrow interests as the WB supersized romance flick "He's Just Not That Into You" nailed the top spot at this weekend's box office, taking in $27.5 million worth of sad ho...

‘Paul Blart’ Has #1 Spot ‘Taken’ From Him In, But Still Rakes In Ill-Gotten Gross

Gabe Toro

February 1, 2009 11:24 pm

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Over the usually quiet Super Bowl weekend, moviegoers opted for Euro-tinged asskicking, sending actioner "Taken" to a $24.6 million gross, well above projections and proof that star Liam Neeson is in those resp...

Box Office: Did You Know?

Rodrigo Perez

January 23, 2009 3:31 am

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If The Oscar Best Picture Goes By Populism: The five 2008 Best Picture nominees go like this so far:- "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" - $104 million total- "Slumdog Millionaire" - $44.7 million total- "Mi...

Silent But Deadly ‘Blart’: Kevin James Scores Another Hit

Gabe Toro

January 18, 2009 5:22 pm

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Lots of people speculated that the first year of the Obama administration would spark hope, and lead moviegoers attracted to darker rough-and-tumble material to change their mind and align themselves with more ...

Mickey Pagels’ Top 10 For 2008

M. P.

January 12, 2009 10:43 pm

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I would like to start off by sort of introducing myself a little bit. My name is Mickey Pagels and I am a 17 year-old dance student from Chicago who also loves movies . The Playlist gives me more than ample opp...

No Country For Old Men? ‘Gran Torino’ Roars Past The Box-Office Competition

Rodrigo Perez

January 11, 2009 7:16 pm

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No country for old men? Hardly. Man, Warner Bros. has got to be happy. Despite being in theaters for five weeks now, albeit in limited release, Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino" took the number one spot on the box...

Weekend Box Office Options: Jan. 9th

Seth Valentine

January 9, 2009 8:42 pm

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As the first full week of 2009 comes to a close, it's time for us to look once again at the choices moviegoers will face in the coming weekend. It's predictably slow--usual for the post-Oscarbait season that t...

‘Day The Earth Stood Still’ Tops Box-Office; ‘Doubt,’ Gran Torino’ And ‘Che’ Do Great Per-Screen Indie Business

Rodrigo Perez

December 15, 2008 3:23 pm

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As you probably figured, Keanu Reeves, "The Day The Earth Stood Still," won the box-office derby this weekend with a $31 million," cume, but the earth didn't really move and a lot of pundits are calling this a...

Weekend Box-Office For December 12; ‘Doubt,’ ‘The Reader’ ‘Gran Torino,’ ‘Wendy & Lucy,’ ‘Che’ More…

Rodrigo Perez

December 12, 2008 10:36 pm

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For once, this is actually a very crowded, movie-going weekend with tons of Oscar-bait going head to head. Of course garbage like "The Day The Earth Stood Still" with Keenooo Reeves is probably going to rule th...

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