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Sci-fi worthy of Malthus

2013-05-02 00:00:00

In the new sci-fi movie "Oblivion," Earth's most precious resource is Tom Cruise. But running a close second (spoiler alert) is water. Aliens want it. All of it. This is old hat, science fiction-wise. In "The War of the Worlds," H.G. Wells had...

Leave liberal Hollywood to the liberals

2013-02-21 00:00:00

"We need to buy a movie studio." Amid the umpteen conferences, panels, meetings and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through...

Can Orioles overcome 'Curse of the Titanic' in 2012?

2012-03-26 06:17:00

When I was watching television while completing an online fantasy baseball draft last night, I had a revelation -- the Orioles are going to finish with a winning record in 2012. Huh? I know they're picked to finish at the bottom of the American League...

Moviegoers are showing signs of 3-D fatigue

2011-06-24 15:59:00

Debora Bell would be glad "if 3-D went away." The Rockville printer is just the kind of filmgoer Hollywood wants to keep happy. Her family goes to movies every week. They get to the first screenings they can, usually at the 3-D-equipped AMC Columbia or...

'Fast & Furious 6': Michelle Rodriguez, Gina Carano can kick your rear

2013-05-24 07:00:00

If Michelle Rodriguez and Gina Carano share a single regret, it's having not risked spinal injury together to film a key sequence for the thriller "Fast & Furious 6" last year. The action actresses get downright aw-shucks-y — wistful, even —...

'Ice Age' director labors eight years to get 'Epic' on the screen

2013-05-22 11:20:04

ORLANDO, Fla. All those years since "Ice Age" and "Robots," you'd figure Chris Wedge had retired on the "Scrat" bucks he and Blue Sky Animation pulled in from that saber-toothed squirrel. "Yeah, I'd have starved, like Scrat, if I'd done that," he jokes....

From Star Wars to comics to gamers, Florida has events to satisfy your inner nerd

2013-05-20 06:14:00

Florida's got fanboy down. Where else can you count on an annual Wookie sighting? Disney's Star Wars Weekends,�though, going on from May 17 to June 9 at Disney's Hollywood Studios, is just one of Florida's great offerings for movies, TV, comics and...

SeaWorld's Antarctica could further tilt Orlando's tourism market

2013-05-18 16:31:00

Three years ago, Harry Potter loosened Mickey Mouse's grip on Orlando's theme-park market. Now, Puck the Penguin is ready to try pulling Mickey's fingers even farther apart. After more than a year of construction, SeaWorld Orlando this week will...

Director James Cameron to broadcast 3D 'Swan Lake' live from Russia

2013-05-13 08:21:04

LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - "Avatar" director James Cameron and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev will beam the world's first live 3D ballet broadcast to 50 countries from Russia's Mariinsky theatre in June. Cinema audiences across Europe, the United...

Korean movies to reclaim box office from 'Iron Man 3' Jin Eun-soo in Seoul

2013-05-13 00:34:02

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN) -- Superhero sequel "Iron Man 3" has dominated Korea's box office for over three weeks, showing strong ticket sales since its opening on April 25. It is estimated to have sold about 7 million tickets as of May 12. However,...

'Iron Man 3' rockets to second-best opening ever

2013-05-05 08:56:00

"Iron Man 3" surpassed everything except "The Avengers." The third Tony Stark movie from Disney’s Marvel Studios enjoyed the second-best opening in box-office history, grossing an estimated $175.3 million in its debut weekend, Disney said Sunday....

'Iron Man 3' One-Ups U.S. Debut With Huge 2nd Week at Overseas Box Office

2013-05-05 14:43:02

May 05 (TheWrap.com) - It's not easy to upstage a $175.3 million, second-best-ever debut at the U.S. box office, but that's what "Iron Man 3" did this weekend. Disney and Marvel's superhero sequel actually topped that figure, behind only the $207 million...

An entire land with rides, shops and restaurants based on the James Cameron blockbuster film 'Avatar' will be built as part of Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom.

2012-12-06 15:47:00

Guy meets girl in a bar. They wake up together. Yikes! This kinky comedy, starring Joel David Moore ("Avatar" and "Dodgeball") and Madeline Zima, is FLIFF's Centerpiece Film, and director Stuart Archer will be on hand when the audience takes an after-movie walk along the New River to, where else, a

2012-10-19 00:00:00

Sure-thing nomination: Best Picture Probable: Best Director, Ang Lee Ideal award: 'Avatar' award For Visually Impressive Film With a Story That's Nowhere Near As Impressive

2012-08-31 00:00:00