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John Cusack prepares for end of the world in '2012'

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:59:47 -0500

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. - At the Four Seasons resort in the Rockies, not far from Yellowstone National Park, where pivotal events in "2012" take place, the film's...

'Pirate Radio' rocks Talulah Riley's view of Swinging '60s

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:52:53 -0500

LONDON - Kids today - they just don't get "free love." Talulah Riley, the 24-year-old English actress who co-stars in "Pirate Radio," was taken...

Local filmmaker's look at urban teen entrepreneurs pays dividends

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:47:13 -0500

A teen drops out of high school every nine seconds, according to statistics. Wellesley-based filmmaker Mary Mazzio ("A Hero for Daisy") followed several teens...

Carrey's 'Christmas Carol' wraps up $31M weekend

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:59:10 -0500

LOS ANGELES - Jim Carrey's Scrooge is collecting holiday donations from movie fans with a $31 million opening weekend to take the No. 1 spot with his new take on "A...

UP

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:43:04 -0500

Hard to believe "Up" was once expected to be a summer dud. This charming animated flick from Pixar/Disney centers on Carl, a grumpy elderly widower (voice of Ed...

Spaced-out 'Fourth Kind' is strictly third-rate

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:08:05 -0500

A new "Plan 9 from Outer Space," "The Fourth Kind" is hoping to ride the coattails of a certain box-office phenom. Presented as a true story, the...

Night of the living Scrooge

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:07:16 -0500

You've probably seen your share of zombie movies, but you've never seen a zombie "A Christmas Carol." It's heeeere. "Disney's A Christmas...

'Goats': Cheesy

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:20:33 -0500

An overlong "Seinfeld" episode featuring ruminants, "The Men Who Stare at Goats" is based on a true story. Who cares? Once you get past the stranger-than-fiction...

'Broncos' bucks humor aside

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:25:04 -0500

Idiotic, infantile and worst of all not very funny, Jared Hess' "Gentlemen Broncos" is hampered by predictable plotting and equally predictable weirdness. ...

'Horse Boy' hero is part rein man

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:23:21 -0500

"When Rowan was born and we began living as a family, it was like everything had finally fallen into place," relates Rupert Isaacson in voice-over. "And then,...

Think outside of 'The Box'

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:21:29 -0500

By turns grandiose and silly, writer-director Richard Kelly's "The Box" is an elaborate, paranoid science-fiction fable set in 1976 with a 21st century resonance. ...

Characters are more 'Hideous' than revealing

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:15:55 -0500

With "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men," Newton-born actor John Krasinski ("The Office," "Leatherheads") pays sincere tribute to the late author...

Footage fest stocked with humor

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:30:48 -0500

Long before YouTube transformed pop culture, there was a primitive form of sharing videos using patch cords and two VCRs. Funny clips would spread across the country through...