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Slasher movie countdown
An assortment of lurid, macabre movies that are decidedly not romantic comedies.
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Which romantic movie character are you?
Answer these 11 questions to see which character from a romantic film you are most like.
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The controversial Princess Diana documentary
Well, the 64th Cannes Film Festival hasn't even begun yet...
New releases
- '13 Assassins'
- 'Meek's Cutoff'
- 'Beautiful Darling'
- 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams'
- 'Jumping the Broom'
- 'Thor'
- 'The Beaver'
- 'Queen to Play'
- 'Something Borrowed'
- 'There Be Dragons'
Last week's releases
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Weekend box office
(Week of May 6/Source: IMDB)
1. 'Thor' |
$66M |
2. 'Fast Five' |
$32.5M |
3. 'Jumping the Broom' |
$13.7M |
4. 'Something Borrowed' |
$13.2M |
5. 'Rio' |
$8.2M |
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Baseball on film
Catch some off-season baseball fever with these films that center on our national pastime.
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Scenes from the People's Choice Awards
Check out show highlights and stars on the special blue carpet.
Hollywood in Boston
As more movie studios use Boston as their set, the Hub increases its star power.
Boston.com's top 50 scariest movies
Watch "The Ring" (above) and these other flicks if you're in the mood for a scare. If you dare.
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10 great Boston films
Critics Ty Burr and Mark Feeney offer up contenders for the best Boston flick ever.
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Summer movies preview
Amid a rash of sequels, we pin our hopes on movies like the female-centric Judd Apatow raunchfest, Bridesmaids, or Cowboys & Aliens.
Featured reviews
'Thor'
This pre-summer 3-D action entry devoted to Marvel’s hammer-wielding Dude of Thunder is a mere pit stop on the road to the “Avengers’’ film.
'The Beaver'
Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster star in this story of a CEO who falls apart and starts living life through a mangy beaver puppet. It strangely mirrors Gibsons personal travails.
'13 Assassins'
Epic in scope, ambition, and execution, this is a classic swords-and-samurai film with postmodern blood and guts, and its completely satisfying.
'Cave of Forgotten Dreams'
What we come to love about Werner Herzogs documentary is Herzogs love itself. This is a man who has risked his life and the lives of others to get movies made.
'Meek's Cutoff'
This is a spare period piece about a band of pioneers lost in the wastelands of the Oregon High Desert, desperate to find water and slowly realizing their leader might be delusional.
'Beautiful Darling'
Like Edie Sedgwick and Jackie Curtis, fellow "superstars" of Andy Warhols Factory, Candy Darling now gets her own documentary, and proves a more than worthy subject.
'Jumping the Broom'
This is a self-conscious, inherently absurd tale of a rich black family invaded by secrets, lies, working-class loudmouths, and one or two pairs of pants found down around the ankles.
'Water for Elephants'
This beautiful and boring movie liberates Robert Pattinson from "Twilight" and puts him beside Reese Witherspoon and an elephant.
'Rio'
Traveling from the jungles of Rio de Janeiro to Minnesotas tundra then back to Brazil is a happy mark of the ambition guiding this animated movie.
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