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To regain populist footing, Oscars need a hero

The Oscars are at a crossroads and Batman is standing right in the middle of the road.

Winslet's double Globes win raises questions

I would never want to rain on Kate Winslet's parade, especially when she has given two such impressive performances as she did in "Revolutionary Road" and "The Reader."

"Bride Wars" an unfunny misfire

June 6 is the anniversary of D-Day. Fox's comedy "Bride Wars," which opens on Friday, would have you believe two female best friends would go to war with a ferocity equal to the Normandy landing when their wedding dates both fall on June 6 at New York's Plaza Hotel.

What if Sundance isn't about the sales anymore?

One of the most promising indie films this winter features several stars and already has buyers circling. It sounds like a top Sundance Film Festival hopeful, except for one thing -- it isn't going to Sundance.

Red-hot and on edge - again

Director John Woo's Red Cliff grossed a record-breaking $103 million across Asia, and now the dynamo expects the film's sequel to hail a second round of box office bests.

Just say `I don't' to `Bride Wars'

The cliched comedy "Bride Wars" tosses out stereotypes about female materialism and cattiness with all the giddy gusto of a newly married woman....

"Australia" another letdown for Nicole Kidman

The movie has sold just $44.3 million worth of tickets at the U.S. and Canadian box office after five weekends, and is shaping up to be the latest in a line of disappointments for its star, Nicole Kidman.

Hollywood's happy, even without a record year

Hollywood loves breaking box-office records, yet studio executives aren't griping that their 2008 lineup will fall a bit shy of the all-time high set a year earlier.

`Valkyrie' non-flop augurs well for Cruise, UA

After the reasonably strong box office performance of "Valkyrie" over the weekend, skeptics were robbed of the chance to declare "Flop!"

`Doubt' only preaches moral ambiguity

For a film about moral ambiguity, "Doubt" does an awful lot of hand-holding.

Blindness

Directed by Fernando Meirelles, starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Don McKellar

Bond's quantum leap

Films about superheroes are a pleasant escape from a world in financial crisis and with perfect timing, James Bond's latest adventure, Quantum of Solace, hits Chinese mainland theaters on Nov 5, nine days ahead of its premiere in America.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

As ever, Zac Efron is teen cutester Troy Bolton, who totally rules the school basketball court, without his artfully contrived fringe ever becoming disordered.

Date-night dilemma at movies: musical or mayhem?

This weekend's boxoffice showdown between a Disney kids musical and an R-rated gorefest might seem like someone's idea of a sick joke, except for one simple fact: Both films likely will make out like bandits.

La Zona

The title refers to a fictionalized posh district in Mexico City fenced off from the slums with razor wire.