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The Box Office is ‘Taken’

Taken surprised Hollywood this weekend with an estimated $24.6 million, proving that a male-driven film can excel on Super Bowl weekend. Liam Neeson isn’t known as an action star, but the kinetic “Jason Bourne as a dad” trailers and a straightforward plot connected with audiences.  Good reviews helped, too. Coming in second was two-week champ Paul Blart: [...]

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A Guide to Oscar Snubs

As a follow-up to the Oscar nomination announcements this morning, we figured we’d run down the high-profile list of films and celebrities who didn’t get nominated, but whom many were predicting would: THE DARK KNIGHT AND CHRISTOPHER NOLAN Most people thought The Dark Knight would be nominated for Best Picture and Christopher Nolan would be nominated for [...]

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Oscar Nominations Announced Tomorrow

Forest Whitaker will join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences president Sid Ganis to announce the Academy Award nominations tomorrow morning at 5:30 a.m. PST. We’re no experts — okay, we are, but strictly in a “beat all our friends in the annual Oscar pool because we read Oscar blogs” kind of way — [...]

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‘Paul Blart’: Box Office Winner?

Kevin James was the unlikely star at the box office this weekend with Paul Blart: Mall Cop, but pretty much everything that opened also did well. Blart — which had a PG rating that was pivotal to getting kids and families out to the theaters along with the usual troupes of 14-year-old boys — is estimated [...]

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Warner Bros. Conjures Up Its 2009 Film Slate

Warner Bros. led the 2008 North American box office with $1.79 billion in ticket sales.  What does the studio have in store for 2009?  A few long stagnat franchises, a revered children’s tale and a boy wizard to name a few. Gran Torino (Jan 9th) - Clint Eastwood takes on an Asian gang and develops an [...]

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