Who Will Replace Tom Cruise Next?
When news broke today that Tom Cruise had dropped out of the lead role in Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim — a monster movie presumably starring creatures who peak-a-boo you to death — eyebrows were...
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Poster Decoder: The Secret Messages in the One-Sheets for Hugo, Dragon...
Each week, marketers release new movie posters, many for films whose releases are still months away. But for those who know where to look, one-sheets can reveal studios’ hopes and insecurities about...
View ArticleTrailers of the Week: Mission Impossible 4, The Muppets, and Into the Abyss
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (December 21) It’s his first foray into live action, but this new trailer for M:I 4 bears traces of director Brad Bird’s The Incredibles. Taking a page from Nolan,...
View ArticleDecember Razzie Odds: Can Iron Lady, We Bought a Zoo, or New Year’s Eve Go...
Welcome to December, RazzieWatchers! We’re in the home stretch. We have to say, this is the most exciting Razzie season in years — every time we think a movie’s a shoo-in, something else comes along...
View ArticleBox Office Recap: Welcome Back to Movie Stardom, Tom Cruise!
For a while there, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol looked like an embattled production. Its biggest issue was its star: with his latter-day appeal a question mark, the forces-that-be seemed to be...
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Always Give the Naked Man Your Motorcycle, and Other Lessons From Action Movies
A happy moment in my life was when I watched Mortal Kombat for the first time with my sons. They were 6 years old, and I will freely admit that’s maybe a little too young to watch Mortal Kombat. I will...
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Some of the Right Moves: Tom Cruise, the Athlete
In his heather-gray short-shorts ensemble, Tom Cruise drains a long-range sky hook with deliberate nonchalance. He shirtlessly ducks the bare fist of a suspendered barroom behemoth and later socks an...
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