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.
The title refers to a fictionalized posh district in Mexico City fenced off from the slums with razor wire.
Osbourne Cox, a CIA agent, is summoned to the office of his superiors and sacked, apparently for having a drinking problem.
Import/Export is a bizarre, horrifying, challenging work, often brilliant and spectacular, often troubling and indeed objectionable.
Forget the fanboys and their comic-book movies, it's time to hail a long-neglected fan base-the mature women who kept "Mamma Mia!" on top in the international market.
Big laughs are to be had in this rip-roaring Hollywood satire, directed by Ben Stiller.
Perhaps, in part, because of the enormous popularity of Randy Pausch's Last Lecture, in which the 46-year-old college professor revealed that he was dying of cancer, there's a lot of talk these days about saying goodbye to loved ones.
The story opens at the turn of the 20th century and closes as Hitler prepares to start World War II.
Universal Pictures The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is proving to be a money winner on the Chinese mainland despite extensive criticism and controversy.
"Wipe us out, and see what's left" is Weisman's challenge. Based on interviews with evolutionary biologists and materials scientists, archaeologists and art conservators, this morbidly fascinating nonfiction eco-thriller depicts a world turning back into wilderness.