Film Review: Battleship
An effects-laden extravaganza with as much weight as sea spray. More »
Spider-Man redux: Marc Webb spins new image for comics icon in Sony reboot
With cameras mounted on a boat, a helicopter and the Williamsburg Bridge, The Amazing Spider-Man shot for weeks on location near New York City’s East River. More »
Great Emancipator moonlights as vampire hunter: Timur Bekmambetov prepares wild fantasy about the 16th President
If there were still any lingering doubts that Hollywood has become a global marketplace, 2012 will likely lay them to rest More »
Reviews
Film Review: The Dictator
Semi-improvised political satire about a North African dictator cast adrift anonymously in New York City, who must defeat a nefarious plot to bring democracy to his country. More »
Film Review: Dark Shadows
A vampire must defeat a witch in order to resurrect his family's fortunes in director Tim Burton's retelling of a 1960s soap opera. More »
Film Review: The Avengers
Expectations delivered, promises fulfilled: The Avengers is everything you could want in a superhero movie, with larger-than-life feats believably and meaningfully executed, and beating human hearts filled with emotion, humor and pain. More »
Film Review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
This surprisingly witty and touching fable—about a group of aging Brits who “outsource” themselves to retirement in India—gets its charm and considerable zest for life from what has to be the finest cast of actors in any movie this year—or perhaps the finest in this millennium. And, yes, all of them have been around for a while. More »
Film Review: The Five-Year Engagement
A notch above the standard romantic comedy, The Five-Year Engagement gets points for its realistic premise and consistent, if mild, laughs. More »
Film Review: The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Aardman’s first stop-motion feature in 3D doesn’t overdo the now-ubiquitous special effects, but the added dimension refreshes the studio’s signature chases (one with pirates in a runaway bathtub!) without dampening its endearing drollery. More »
Blogs
Reel News
»Spotlight
The great digital outdoors: Drive-ins see the light by upgrading technology
“The coming months will see many of our theatres taking the steps needed to move them into the digital age,” said John Vincent, Jr., president of the United Drive-in Theatre Owners Association (www.UDITOA.org), back in February during their 12th annual convention and trade show in Kissimmee, Florida. More »
IMAXimum impact: Studio movies go big with large-format leader
At the end of April, IMAX chief executive officer Richard L. Gelfond had nothing but good news to share. More »
Filmmakers
Camp Collinwood: Burton reunites with Depp for tongue-in-cheek revival of '60s TV vampire series
Dressed from head to toe in his trademark black attire, Tim Burton offers a warm greeting during final editing of his latest movie, Warner Bros.’ Dark Shadows, in London. More »
Another Movie Marvel: Joss Whedon directs super cast for conclave of comic-book heroes
At the announcement that Joss Whedon was going to be tackling that tentpole of tentpoles, the multi-superhero event that this summer’s The Avengers promises to be (Thor! Iron Man! Samuel L. Jackson!), there was a sense of palpable relief from certain elements of fanboy culture. More »
Flower power for the golden years: John Madden takes magical mystery tour of India in 'Exotic Marigold Hotel'
The portal of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, in the film by that name, carries five more words in smaller-scale but amplifying script: “for the elderLY and beautiful.” More »
Memento mori: Morten Tyldum adapts Nesbo thriller about an art thief in over his head
In Headhunters, a new and arrestingly original Norwegian thriller from Magnet Releasing, both meanings of the title combatively pop up, generating genuine sparks and surprises. More »
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
| 1. | MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS | $103.05 |
| 2. | DARK SHADOWS | $29.68 |
| 3. | THINK LIKE A MAN | $5.81 |
| 4. | HUNGER GAMES, THE | $4.50 |
| 5. | LUCKY ONE, THE | $4.10 |
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