Kick-Ass movie box office: Starring Aaron Johnson as a ‘superhero,’ Matthew Vaughn’s action satire was - sorta - the top title on the domestic chart.
Action Movies
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Anna Paquin, Cindy Lauper, Whoopi Goldberg, are some of those featured in a new PSA for the Give a Damn campaign, started by Lauper’s True Colors Fund which fights for…
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Worst Actress Sandra Bullock, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers 2 director Michael Bay, and Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, and Joe Jonas were the rock-bottom winners at the 2010 Razzie…
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3D: Film history repeats itself. Picture above: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with Rupert Grint. (Jaap Buitendijk / Warner Bros.). ‘Hatty Potter’ & ‘Clash of the Titans’ in 3D:…
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Spider-Man reboot getting new actor and director. Pictured: Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 3. Star Tobey Maguire (above, in Spider-Man 3) and director Sam Raimi will not be back for the…
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Remember Me poster Besides Robert Pattinson, Allen Coulter’s romantic melodrama Remember Me has Emilie de Ravin, Chris Cooper, Lena Olin, and Martha Plimpton, and it was co-written by Jenny Lumet…
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“When Worlds Collide: The Science of Movies” is the title of the Academy’s Science and Technology Council’s program about the physics behind some of Hollywood’s best-known action and science-fiction scenes.…
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Quantum of Solace box office: Starring Daniel Craig, the $200 million actioner had the best domestic opening ever for a James Bond movie.
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Tropic Thunder box office: Ben Stiller action comedy dethroned The Dark Knight and was dethroned by a Nicolas Cage dud.
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The Dark Knight box office: Is Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed Batman movie truly trailing only James Cameron’s Titanic in North America?
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Hancock box office: The big-budget Will Smith superhero movie is about to become one of the year’s most notable hits. Peter Berg directed and Charlize Theron costars.
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The Incredible Hulk box office: Marvel’s mega-production will reach low-to-mid nine figures globally. But will that be enough to make it profitable?
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Iron Man box office: Marvel’s superhero movie became the year’s second biggest blockbuster in the domestic market. Robert Downey Jr. stars.
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The Forbidden Kingdom box office: U.S./China wuxia starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li is a domestic flop. Michael Angarano costars.
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Sean Faris’ Never Back Down movie and Neil Marshall’s thriller Doomsday were trampled by a computer-animated elephant.
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Resident Evil: Extinction box office: Starring Milla Jovovich, the action/horror movie franchise seems to be losing steam in the domestic market.
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Transformers movie box office: Mega-budget Michael Bay actioner on its way to becoming one of the mega-blockbusters of 2007. Shia LaBeouf stars.
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Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer movie box office: The sequel was the no. 1 title in the domestic market. But will it surpass the original’s total?
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Tobey Maguire is in great shape in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 (2007), which, despite its qualities, is hindered by an overabundance of villains and subplots.
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Marcus Nispel’s remake of the Oscar-nominated drama Pathfinder is unnecessarily gruesome and arrogantly simple-minded. Karl Urban stars.
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Shooter movie: A graduate of the George W. Bush School of Peace and Democracy, Mark Wahlberg gives a demonstration of his skills as global peacemaker. When former marine corps scout sniper…
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Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 action classic Seven Samurai is one of those rare films that get better and better with each new viewing. Toshiro Mifune stars.
Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Vanity Fair strikes again. No, no photo shoots this time. Just the list of Hollywood’s Top 40 moneymakers in 2009, based on estimates…
Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Taylor Kitsch, Liev Schreiber, Lynn Collins, Will.i.am at the world premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine at Harkin’s Theaters Tempe Marketplace on April 27, ’09, in Tempe,…
Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Bruce Willis looks none too cheerful. The original Die Hard (1988) will have a special 20th anniversary screening on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 7:30…
Hulk 2008: Edward Horton in The Incredible Hulk. Those who missed Ang Lee’s box office underperformer Hulk with Eric Bana will now be able to check out The Incredible Hulk,…
Superbad box office: Greg Mottola’s teen comedy with Michael Cera and Jonah Hill has topped the domestic chart for two weekends and it’s a summer sleeper hit.
The pornographically violent 2007 Steve Austin actioner The Condemned wants to denounce bloodshed while glorifying it.
First-rate athlete Tony Jaa is the one positive element in the juvenile and reactionary martial arts actioner Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior.