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It's all about face
Actress Melissa Leo's looks in "Frozen River" put a wrinkle in the pursuit of youth.
Yanking 'Harry' stirs pot
The decision to postpone the release of the next "Harry Potter" film has started an avalanche of rescheduling.
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Actors who direct
Here is a sampling of a new crowd of actors who have taken a seat in the director's chair.
Hollywood invades Boston
As more movie studios use Boston as their set, the Hub increases its star power.
Through the years
The brothers Affleck
Ben and Casey Affleck went from humble Cambridge beginnings to Hollywood fame.
This week's new releases
Globe critics
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Weekend box office
(Week of Aug. 22/Source: IMDB)
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1. 'Tropic Thunder' |
$16.1M |
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2. 'The House Bunny' |
$15.1M |
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3. 'Death Race' | $12.3M |
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4. 'The Dark Knight' |
$10.3M |
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5. 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' |
$5.66M |
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80th Academy Awards
Complete Oscars coverage
Razzie Awards
SAG Awards
- Photos Red carpet
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65th Golden Globe Awards
13th Critics' Choice Awards
2007, the year in movies
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DVD Report (Aug. 17, 2008) |
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'Redbelt' (2008) |
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'Never Back Down' (2008) |
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Thriller ramps up
complexity, anxiety
"Traitor" is a propulsive international espionage thriller, built on the hurry-scurry bones of the "Bourne" movies. - Video Watch the trailer
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The Circle closes
It was inevitable, I suppose, that the Circle Cinemas...
Review
'The Rocker'
The film has heart, as well as its share of metal-headed humor. It's a grubby little redemption comedy that feels like a consignment-shop Jack Black vehicle.-
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- Photos Bands created for movies
- Rainn Wilson trades his 'Office' job for a heavy metal gig
Review
'Frozen River'
The film does what too many independent American movies only pretend to do: Takes you to an unnoticed corner of our country and shows what it's like to actually live there.- Video Watch the trailer
Review
'The House Bunny'
The film doesn't turn any corners, it's lazy, and it's content to keep playing dumb long after it's really funny - "Illegally Blonde." Review
'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
The film continues Woody Allen's European sojourn. For his last four movies, Allen has been working in Europe - three in London and this new one in Barcelona.- Video Watch the trailer
- Video Globe critics on 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' and more
- Photos 'Barcelona' stars make a red-carpet splash
- Photos The female leads of Woody Allen's films
- What's the secret for keeping stars off movie billings?
Review
'Star Wars: The Clone Wars'
In the end, the colorful, computer-animated "Clone Wars" is a Cartoon Network pilot that's been dropped into a decidedly un-eventful late-summer release slot.Review
'Tropic Thunder'
This movie is a satire of the Hollywood industrial complex that also feels very much a product of that complex.Review
'Pineapple Express'
Disappointingly, "Pineapple Express" is less than the sum of its ingredients, even if it's still a good stupid time at the movies.Review
'The Dark Knight'
Two hours and 32 minutes long, the movie is grimly magisterial. The late Heath Ledger's Joker brings a twisted smile to a brooding Batman sequel.- Critic's Notebook The 'Knight' that shook the world
- Video Globe critics on 'The Dark Knight,' and more
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