Your weekend box office results: 1. Watchmen - $55.7 million. The non-stop barrage viral marketing wasn't enough to push Zack Snyder's latest past his previous March opener, 300, which had no viral marketing except the promise of some dudes fucking some other dudes up and someone getting foot-pushed...

Like thousands of others, I lost an important source of income earlier this year, so I've keenly felt the impact of the current economic recession on my greatest passion: watching movies. But though it may "sound counterintuitive," CNN reports that "movie ticket sales are way up in this down economy...

They honor our drunken Cinderellas, and they humor our aging, slap-happy sirens. But when it comes to allowing the Paul Blart: Mall Cop phenomenon through customs this weekend, the British resistance has spoken. The Guardian took one look at the film's trailer and its backers at Happy Madison before...

I know there's a certain "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" movie out there that might have ruined the whole "mall security guard" comedy sub-genre. I haven't watched it, but I heard it was terrible. His name rhymes with fart? No wonder it stinks. If you still have faith in the humor that comes from your mall s...

January and February always seem to feature movies that scare the crap out of us. Makes me wonder if we’re just so horrified at what might possibly happen in the coming year that we steel ourselves with scary movies. Any theories on that? At any rate, “Taken,� the movie about a teen being sold...

Sony may have a big hit (and new, Bob Dole-approved franchise) on its hands with Paul Blart: Mall Cop , but did the studio pay hush money to take out a potential Cop killer? That's the allegation of one set spy, who sent Indiewire this account of some secret, backdoor Blart action: During production...

Your box office report, sirs and madams: 1. Taken - $24.6 million. Now you know: never take anything from Liam Neeson. 2. Paul Blart: Mall Cop - $14 million. I'm starting to think Kevin James might have a shot at stealing the Blockbuster Comedy Go-To Fat Guy crown. Jack Black, watch your back. 3. Th...

What color is your Monday morning misery? Pink slip? Blue pregnancy-test result? Black asymmetrical mole? Desaturate the pain with some box office numbers: 1. Paul Blart: Mall Cop — $21.5 million Stunning industry watchers by landing in the top slot for the second week in a row, Kevin James's ...

Apparently no one realized a new Brendan Fraser movie opened this weekend, and instead everyone saw these movies: 1. Paul Blart: Mall Cop - $21.5 million. Maybe let's not all see Paul Blart next weekend, just to give something else a shot. We'll divide it up: last names beginning with A-M, you get t...

Well, my fears were confirmed. I had heard these stories that Paul Blart: Mall Cop was tracking well and was possibly going to win the box office, even though a lot of other people were predicting and even hoping that other movies would do better. Anyway, all the predictions are down the drain, beca...