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By Christopher Rosen 7/23/09 4:47pm

The Twitter Effect: Could This Be a Good Thing?

You’ve got to hand it to Hollywood. As a collective, the town is quite good finding scapegoats to blame for their mistakes. Case in point: Twitter. Did you know that the reason some movies—cough, Brüno—have done poorly at the box office this summer is because of the Twitter Effect? The answer is Read More

By Christopher Rosen 6/15/09 12:20pm

Box Office Breakdown: The Hangover Keeps the Charts Hungover, Pelham Takes the Local and Eddie Murphy Bombs Again!

Hollywood is officially on a bender. For a second straight week, The Hangover narrowly topped Pixar’s Up to earn the number one spot at the box office, grossing an astonishing $33.4 million in the process. Among the new releases, it was a tale of have and have not: The Taking of Read More

By Christopher Rosen 6/08/09 11:55am

Box Office Breakdown: Up Continues to Soar, The Hangover ‘Surprises’ and Land of the Lost Goes Extinct

Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zack Galifianakis just got a whole lot more famous. The troika of funnymen scored big over the weekend as their Vegas romp, The Hangover, cashed in $43.2 million at the box office, finishing just about $1 million behind Pixar’s Up for second place. The news wasn’t as good Read More

By Christopher Rosen 6/05/09 12:06pm

Opening this Weekend: Will Ferrell Gets Lost, Sam Mendes Goes Indie and… The Funniest Movie of the Summer?

We hope you’ve got some free time this weekend! The first week of June ends with four movies hitting theaters, and, as usual, there’s something for everyone. As we do every Friday, here’s a handy guide to the new releases.

Land of the Lost

What’s the story: Based on the cult ‘70s kid series from Read More

By Christopher Rosen 1/30/09 4:11pm

Super Bowl XLIII Preview: Forget the Game, What About the Movie Trailers?

We all know the old adage that most people only watch the Super Bowl to see the commercials. Fair enough; but that will especially be true on Sunday, as Super Bowl XLIII sees the Pittsburgh Steelers battle the Arizona Cardinals in a matchup that seemed about as believable before the season started as whatever time-travel Read More

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