While Watchmen delivered a robust opening of about $55.7 million in North America, it came in lower than expectations--and much lower than Snyder's last film, the blockbuster 300--both domestically and overseas. Finally, Watchmen works best as the narratively complex, visually dazzling comics series...

Well, the movie industry doesn't mind that audiences are returning to theaters in droves during a recession. It's obviously good news all around. But David Poland debunks the NYT's recession "hype." While the studios may have been smart enough to not only give the audiences what they want but market...

Remarkably, on its fourth weekend, the well-reviewed Coraline is still hanging in there--it grossed more than $5 million and placed eighth on its way to some $70-million in total domestic gross--even though new opener Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience took over its 3-D theaters. Writer-dire...

It's hard to believe, but it's almost been a year since Brokeback Mountain actor Heath Ledger died suddenly in January of 2007. The 28-year-old left behind daughter Matilda Ledger, his child with Michelle Wililams, as well as two films.The Dark Knight, which starred Ledger as as the Joker, smashed.....

- Hasn't she gotten through her list yet? Damn, she is a serial dater, always trying to fill that crevasse in her heart! We won't say with what. Here's Drew Barrymore sporting an Iron Maiden t-shirt (ten bucks she can't name one song by them other than "Number of......

The movie my family and I went to see on Christmas Day was chosen by many others over the holiday: Marley & Me, a cannily crafted family film starring a restrained Owen Wilson, a charming Jennifer Aniston and a series of delightful rambunctious Labrador retrievers as the titular dog, Marley. My fami...

By Steven Zeitchik Throw all the naughty and nice cliches out the window. Today, Christmas Day, begins a four-day run the likes of which box office hasn't seen since reindeer roamed the earth. Disney releases its biggest live-action pic of the year in Adam Sandler's "Bedtime Stories.&qu...

-While still hashing out the custody issues with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie over their children, Madonna might possibly be moving forward with the adoption of another child from Malawi. The Hard Candy singer is reportedly flying to Malawi with her new man Alex Rodriguez. She's already signed papers ...

Well, Australia's second-weekend drop indicates that it isn't doing well enough with adult audiences to ever make it into a success here. Here are some of the reasons this movie couldn't make it. The heart of the movie--the part that works--is the story of the half-breed Aborigine boy (Brandon Walte...

Sometimes when so many things are going wrong, some things do go right: Like retail holiday sales getting off to a robust start. Like a strong holiday weekend at the boxoffice, well up from last year. Like the best-reviewed two movies, Milk and Slumdog Millionaire, doing great in limited release ove...