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By Christopher Rosen 3/30/09 12:26pm

Box Office Breakdown: Monsters Big, Haunting Surprises and Julia and Clive Bottom Out

Like the 50-foot tall woman (actually 49 feet, 11 inches) that Reese Witherspoon voices in Monsters vs. Aliens, the box office over the weekend was particularly huge. The record setting 3-D release of the animated film smashed its way to the top spot with $58.2 million, while fellow newcomer, The Haunting in Connecticut, Read More

By Christopher Rosen 3/27/09 12:30pm

Rashida Jones Strikes It Big

Rashida Jones is kinda having a moment. The beautiful daughter of Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton is a proud part of the No. 1 comedy in America, I Love You, Man; she’s a co-star on the highly anticipated Parks and Recreation, which debuts on April 9—poor test screening results be Read More

By Christopher Rosen 3/20/09 12:39pm

Opening this Weekend: The Pretty Woman Returns! Plus, Rudd and Segal Become Bros and Nicholas Cage Saves the World

Last Saturday, while almost every film blogger this side of Jeffrey Wells was sitting in a crowded theater in Austin, Texas, waiting for Joe Swanberg’s Alexander the Last to unspool before them, we were curled up on our couch in Astoria getting ready to do the same thing. The film premiered Read More

By Christopher Rosen 2/17/09 1:25pm

We Love You, Hollywood’s New Trend

Whether it’s dual movies about giant asteroids hitting earth or a couple of television programs dealing with the inner workings of a late night sketch comedy show, we’re always up for a good Hollywood trend. While Entertainment Weekly has already gone ahead and proclaimed mall cops as the trend of 2009, we’ve actually Read More

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