Walt Disney Pictures
In cinemas nationwide on Friday
When I was in the eighth grade, my friends and I walked from our school to the nearest cinema to see “The Lion King.”  It was probably not the movie event of the summer, but it was pretty terrific.  They all were – “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little [...]

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“New Moon,” the biggest movie of the fall, won’t be out until after the leaves are off the trees. But there are plenty of reasons to make regular visits to the cinema before that. Megan Fox eats boys, Michael Jackson sings, men stare at goats, meatballs rain from the sky. And “The Road” is finally [...]

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Let’s be honest, it’s been a pretty bleak summer movie season. But alas, District 9 is here to save us all from the barren slate of failed attempts to entertain the masses.
As you may know young director Neill Blomkamp and Peter Jackson were in talks to adapt the million-dollar video game franchise ‘Halo’ but, after [...]

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The list begins with D.W. Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation” (1915) and goes up to “Star Wars” (1977).
In other words, no influential movies have been produced since I was born. And I really thought “Harold and Kumar” woulda been a contender…

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On 10 March, this amazing little gem of a film will be nationwide on the DVD. While Anne Hathaway may not take home an Oscar this year, in my humble opinion she totally deserves it. Also noteworthy are: the screenplay by Jenny Lumet, Jonathan Demme’s direction (sure, the hand-held bit takes some getting used [...]

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Bonnie and Clyde. Warrren Beatty and Faye Dunaway!!!
Hilary Duff and Kevin Zagers???
You’ve got to be kidding… but apparently not. Variety reports that Cypress Moon Studios has cast Duff and Zagers in The Story of Bonnie and Clyde, an adaptation of the Bonnie and Clyde gangster story, not a remake of the 1967 film starring Dunaway [...]

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Ok, yeah, so there are DVD picks all year round, but January is such a dumpy time for cinema, we thought we’d toss you a list of some new and juicy DVDs for the top of the year.

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