The Denzel Washington/Ryan Reynolds thriller ‘Safe House’ kept movie-goers on the edge of their seats this holiday weekend, earning $28.4 million to land at the top of the charts in its second week of release.
Ticket prices for movies recently hit an all-time high of almost $8.00, and with the current state of the economy, that’s meant a lot of people don’t head to cineplexes as often as they used to.
But that doesn’t mean folks aren’t seeing movies — they’re just finding more cost-effective ways to do it.
There are only two new movies in wide release this weekend, but they both feature marquis names.
Cowabunga, dude! The mega-popular ’80s franchise ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ is ready to make a big return to movie theaters in advance of their upcoming 30th anniversary. Paramount, Nickelodeon and producer Michael Bay are teaming up to bring back the “Heroes in a Half-Shell” with an all new reboot of the classic series.
The American Film Institute created a list of the 100 most romantic movies ever made. Because their list spans a good 7 or 8 decades, and doesn’t go past the ’90s, it doesn’t include a lot of our favorites. The movies that shaped our ideas of romance.
Nobody makes movies like Hollywood makes movies, so every year it’s important that we take several moments to congratulate them for their entertaining efforts. And make fun of what they’re wearing. No moment is better than the Oscars, which will air on ABC, Sunday, February 26th at 7 p.m. Eastern, 4 p.m. Pacific and all times in between.
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‘The Vow’ proved women do go to the movies, as the chick flick romance earned $41.7 million in its box office debut, making it the most popular movie in cineplexes this weekend.
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Skrillex swept both dance awards at the 2012 Grammy Awards, winning Best Dance Recording and Best Dance/Electronica Album in succession for ‘Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.’ The wins followed his earlier victory for Best Remixed Recording, giving him three awards in just over an hour.
Years of action hero-ing have caught up to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, who found themselves recuperating from surgery in the same hospital this week. Quick, somebody see if that’s Bruce Willis in room 201.
Three new movies — and one that’s not so new, but has been revamped in 3D — will be vying for your entertainment dollars in theaters this weekend.
The full-length trailer for ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ hit the Web, offering a sneak peek at one of summer 2012′s most-anticipated blockbusters.
