'Blind Side' gains B.O. yardage(12/5 7:42AM)
Box Office News: Football drama makes $6.8 million, 'New Moon' soaks up $5.2 million.
Bennett Miller circles 'Moneyball'(12/4 4:00PM)
Film: Columbia in negotations with the 'Capote' director; Brad Pitt still attached to star in the film.
Jack Black eyes animation project(12/4 5:00PM)
Film: 'Kung Fu Panda' thesp to produce untitled film for Illumination Entertainment.
'Anvil' rocks IDA(12/4 8:00PM)
Award Central: Rock doc wins the top feature award from the Intl. Documentary Assn.
Youth Impact Report '09(12/4 6:13AM)
Features: Meet the 25 under-21 talents and adult mentors who transformed youth entertainment in 2009.
Ripe for pipe dreams(12/4 2:24PM)
Film/TV: NBC Universal deal makes Comcast CEO Brian Roberts a showbiz player.
As is typical in the Friday following the Thanksgiving holiday stretch, moviegoing relaxed.
Sony had pulled the plug on 'Moneyball' after Steven Soderbergh fell off the project this past summer.
The untitled pic is centered in the world of Cryptozoology, which is the search for legendary creatures.
Rock doc 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil' has won the top feature award from the Intl. Documentary Assn.
Top properties such as The Harry Potter series demand decade-or-more commitments from moppets.
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said of the NBC Universal deal: "I don't look backward. I look forward."
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TV Review: Men of a Certain Age
Ray Romano's TV return has the bittersweet sensibility of an independent film.
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Film Review: Nine
Rob Marshall's film is a savvy piece of musical filmmaking; sophisticated, sexy and stylishly decked out. |
Campaigning for Oscar
Tip to nominee hopefuls: Be sure to have some fun while on the road. |
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Polanski moves to chalet
A media storm greeted Roman Polanski at his Swiss chalet on Friday. |
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Writers left behind
The writers of 'Up' and other animated box office hits are left out in the cold when it comes to residuals. |
Film Reviews
Sophisticated, sexy and stylishly decked out.
Overplotted and underwhelming, virtually nothing rings true or holds attention.
Award Central
"Anvil! The Story of Anvil" has won the top feature award from the Intl. Documentary Assn.
The National Board of Review gave "Up in the Air" multiple awards, including best film of the year.
TV Reviews
Clever, colorful and adds a nifty ornament to the customary lineup of perennial holiday specials.
This promising dramedy will need the fidelity of women to reach TV's equivalent of puberty.
Films Now Playing
A so-so heist-gone-awry thriller, "Armored" doesn't exactly take its audience captive.
Writer-director John Lee Hancock takes the field with another feel-good sports drama.
Legit Reviews
How do you make a musical out of an empty paper bag?
If it isn't success of earlier entries, the fault lies with Jacques Offenbach, the opera's composer.
Weekend Box Office
In their third Fridays, "Blind Side" beat "New Moon," $6.8 million to $5.2 million.
New releases will have a tough task eclipsing holdovers "New Moon" and "The Blind Side."
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