Movie News & Rumors

George Lucas is about to get his due

Star Wars News - Feb 4, 2010, 4:10 PM CST

I'll be honest, when I first saw Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, I wanted to run up and punch George Lucas in... (read more)

It's official: 'Avatar' is #1

Box Office News - Feb 3, 2010, 3:36 PM CST

I'm sure this article will be met by the same people rehashing the same tired argument that any number that doesn't take into account inflation,... (read more)

'Avatar', 'Hurt Locker' lead this year's Oscar nominations

Awards News - Feb 2, 2010, 12:01 AM CST

There were no big surprises when the nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards were handed out this morning. Blockbuster film Avatar and upstart hit... (read more)

Prepare to get 'Lost' on DVD for the final time on Aug. 24 (Updated!)

DVD News - Jan 29, 2010, 9:55 AM CST

This Tuesday millions of Losties (myself included) will huddle around their TV sets and begin the final, uninterrupted journey of our favorite air travel-impaired characters.... (read more)

Disney shutters the Miramax shingle

Studio News - Jan 28, 2010, 4:41 PM CST

Disney officially shut down the Miramax line today with little to no fan fare bringing an end to the label that epitomized the underdog mentality... (read more)

Formula for success: 53 new photos of the beautiful cast from 'Valentine's Day'

Movie Poster and Photo News - Jan 27, 2010, 9:25 AM CST

Hollywood loves a successful formula. No matter how trite, if a film recipe makes money, it's worth doing again and again. Let's say a movie... (read more)

'Hangover' vs. 'Up' for Best Picture, what are the odds?

Awards News - Jan 21, 2010, 4:26 PM CST

Back in 2008, when WALL-E failed to garner an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, there were some grumblings, but most people accepted it given that... (read more)

James Cameron weighs in on breaking his own box office record

Box Office News - Jan 20, 2010, 4:12 PM CST

All of you Titanic fanatics out there (and I truly underestimated your number immensely), I have some bad news for you. It's no longer a... (read more)

Red Band trailer shows off 'MacGruber's funny side

Movie Trailer News - Jan 19, 2010, 4:45 PM CST

What does a stalk of celery, an upper-decker and date rape have in common? Well, if you said MacGruber and its hilarious red band trailer... (read more)

Martin Scorsese's Golden moment shines brightest of all

Awards News - Jan 18, 2010, 4:24 PM CST

I was just going to update Tim's main Golden Globes story, but then I realized that it was a.) a really slow news day and... (read more)

A lazy look at the winners of the 2010 Golden Globe Awards

Awards News - Jan 18, 2010, 12:37 PM CST

Oh, hey. Apparently the Golden Globe Awards were last night. No disrespect to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association but I just barely remembered they were... (read more)

Prepare to 'Rock out...'

Movie Poster and Photo News - Jan 14, 2010, 4:20 PM CST

"...with your glock out." At least that's what the tagline for Kevin Smith's new movie Cop Out challenges you to do. So, Smith can't use "Dicks"... (read more)

Of baseball and box office, yep more 'Avatar' talk

Box Office News - Jan 13, 2010, 4:52 PM CST

While Mark McGwire's admission this week that he took performance enhancing drugs while he played baseball provides one comparison to the box office numbers for... (read more)

Reader Feedback: Your choices for great unappreciated films

Reader Feedback - Jan 12, 2010, 3:18 PM CST

We put out the call for under appreciated movies and you over performed. The purpose was to totally belittle the Chicago Tribune's feeble attempt of... (read more)

Best movies of 2010 that you don't know about yet: John's list

Top X Lists - Jan 8, 2010, 5:01 PM CST

Alright, alright Tim, I'm up. Sorry about that. You may have read Tim's part of this story (and if not, go do it now!) and... (read more)

Best movies of 2010 that you don't know about yet: Tim's list

Top X Lists - Jan 8, 2010, 3:47 PM CST

There are movie fans and then there are movie fanatics. The fanatics -- God love 'em -- can name the director of every Best Picture... (read more)

We've got the Iron-clad list of the top ten movies of 2010

Box Office News - Jan 7, 2010, 4:33 PM CST

Recently, we predicted that Avatar will break Titanic's box office record and that got us thinking that it was roughly time for us to get... (read more)

USA Today's recent films on DVD you may have missed

Check This Out - Jan 6, 2010, 3:43 PM CST

Have you hit the DVD doldrums? You've watched all the big movies like Transformers 2 and The Hangover. Now what? Thankfully there's a veritable ocean of... (read more)

Seven movie finalists up for visual effects Oscar

Awards News - Jan 6, 2010, 12:29 PM CST

It's kinda ironic. Visual effects probably put more butts in theater seats than acting or story but yet, the subject gets only a brief mention... (read more)

Avatar will break Titanic's box office record: we've got the numbers

Box Office News - Jan 5, 2010, 4:59 PM CST

You may remember a little opinion piece I wrote last week in which I crunched a couple of numbers and proclaimed that my gut told... (read more)

Chicago Tribune's list of unappreciated films; send in your choices

Top X Lists - Jan 4, 2010, 9:47 AM CST

The Chicago Tribune recently published a very well-meaning list of "10 unappreciated films that deserved better." Writer Christopher Borrelli chronicled a set of movies he... (read more)

Ready for a vacation? Go to Dagobah!

General News - Dec 30, 2009, 4:52 PM CST

So, it's not often that we simply repost something that we find on another site, but hey, it's an incredibly slow news week what with... (read more)

Top movies, people and news on our site in 2009

Top X Lists - Dec 30, 2009, 2:42 PM CST

OK, I'll admit it from the outset. This is one of those posts that will only appeal to stats nerds like myself. Well, it might... (read more)

It's a James Cameron world and we simply live in it

Box Office News - Dec 29, 2009, 4:42 PM CST

Well, I'm sure by now you've heard that director James Cameron has this "little" movie called Avatar out in theaters. It's his first live-action feature... (read more)

The Decade That Was: Ho, Ho, Holiday movies strike back in a big, bad way

Commentary - Dec 23, 2009, 11:03 AM CST

If you were take a poll in the street asking 20 random strangers to name their favorite holiday movie, it's very possible that you would... (read more)