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  • Fantastic Fest Announces First Wave Of Programming

    Right now everyone is buzzing about Comic-Con, but Fantastic Fest is right around the corner.  The 2010 festival is scheduled for September 23-30 in Austin, Texas. Fantastic Fest is a genre…

  • Box Office: ‘Inception’ Wins The Weekend

    Cerebral movie lovers can rejoice.  Christopher Nolan’s Inception handily won at the box office over the weekend, raking in over $60 Million. The film made over $3 Million on midnight showings…

  • Review: ‘Inception’

    I guess statistically speaking, it was bound to happen.  If you see enough movies, eventually you are going to witness a great movie that just doesn’t do it for you.  Such…

  • Box Office: Not Despicable At All

    Animated films are having a pretty stellar summer. This weekend, Toy Story 3 just became the highest grossing Pixar film of all time (surpassing Finding Nemo.)   Illumination Entertainment just released…

  • Review: ‘Despicable Me’

    Who would have thought that two of the best movies of the summer would be animated family fare?  First we had Pixar’s wonderful Toy Story 3, and now we are treated…

  • Review: ‘Predators’

    While its 1987 predecessor Predator took its sweet time setting up the action, Predators starts off at breakneck speed, with a man hurtling through air,  frantically trying to get his parachute…

  • Box Office: ‘Eclipse’ Leads an Explosive Weekend

    *Note: this column was written on Sunday, so four-day totals that include Monday’s receipts will differ from these numbers. It was no surprise that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse dominated the weekend…

  • Review: ‘The Last Airbender’

    How the mighty have fallen.  In 1999, M. Knight Shyamalan was poised to become Hollywood’s next great director. His breakout hit The Sixth Sense energized audiences with its iconic twist and fresh…