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movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies
25 May 2012, 4:44 pm
They protect Earth from the dastardly aliens who roam among us, but Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones can only manage mediocre reviews from critics in "Men in Black 3."The third film in the sci-fi ...
movie Theaters Bank On Summer Blockbusters To Boost Ticket Sales
25 May 2012, 11:24 am
Follow The Daily Ticker on Facebook! This summer's crop of
movie blockbusters are already shattering box office records and driving up attendance at the nation's
movie theaters, giving big returns to major Hollywood studios and theater owners before the official start of the summer popcorn
movie season this Memorial Day weekend. Walt Disney Studios' (DIS) [...]
French movie touches global audience
25 May 2012, 8:48 am
'The Intouchables,' a comedy about a quadriplegic, white Parisian millionaire who hires a black Senegalese troublemaker as his attendant, has taken in some $340 million outside the U.S. The meteoric performance of"The Avengers"has been the buzz of Hollywood in recent weeks, with the superhero film zooming to more than $1 billion in worldwide receipts in just 19 days. But the real box-office ...
What Your Favorite Wes Anderson movie Says About You
24 May 2012, 5:09 pm
With the advent of Wes Anderson's latest entry into his compendium of eight—the
movie Moonrise Kingdom, out in New York and Las Angeles Friday—there's enough of a catalog to ensure that there's one for each of us. So, what's your favorite Wes Anderson film? You would be amazed at what your preferences say about who you are, at least according to this entirely unscientific but completely ...
movie review: Opposites attract in buddy film 'Intouchables'
24 May 2012, 4:52 pm
In the French dramatic comedy 'The Intouchables,' a wealthy quadriplegic hires a petty criminal to be his caretaker, and the clash of cultures and personalities makes for an engaging if somewhat predictable film. In the French dramatic comedy 'The Intouchables,' a wealthy quadriplegic hires a petty criminal to be his caretaker, and the clash of cultures and personalities makes for an engaging if ...
BSkyB cleared in UK pay-TV movie probe
23 May 2012, 8:29 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - BSkyB no longer dominates the British pay-TV
movie market following the arrival of new entrants Lovefilm and Netflix, a regulator said, handing a boost to the broadcaster by reversing its initial findings. "Competition between providers of
movie services on pay TV has changed materially and, as a result of these changes, consumers now have much greater choice," said Laura ...