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Movies

February 9, 2010
By ROB LOWMAN - Los Angeles Daily News
Here’s what’s new on DVD and Blu-ray today.
February 5, 2010
February 4, 2010
By JAKE COYLE - The Associated Press
Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”) is only the fourth female director to be nominated for an Academy Award. If she wins, she’ll be the first woman to ever take home a directing Oscar.
February 2, 2010
By DAVID GERMAIN - The Associated Press
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The science-fiction sensation "Avatar" and the war-on-terror thriller "The Hurt Locker" lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for James Cameron and ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow.
January 28, 2010
By GLENN WHIPP - The Associated Press
The last time Mel Gibson starred in a movie, he was grappling with alien invaders and a misplaced faith in the sci-fi thriller “Signs.”
By JEFFREY WESTHOFF - sidetracks@nwherald.com
Mel Gibson’s latest movie, “Edge of Darkness,” is a morose but taut thriller that is prescient in a way the filmmakers likely didn’t expect.
January 26, 2010
By ROB LOWMAN - Los Angeles Daily News
Here’s what’s new on DVD and Blu-ray today.
January 24, 2010
By AP Entertainment Writer LYNN ELBER (The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The cast of the 1960s Madison Avenue saga “Mad Men” has won the trophy for best drama series ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for the second year in a row.
January 21, 2010
By JAKE COYLE - The Associated Press
NEW YORK – As the credits of "Fantastic Mr. Fox" began to roll and the Bobby Fuller Four's "Let Her Dance" blared through the theater at a recent showing of the movie, a young girl leapt to her feet and joined the on-screen characters, dancing in the aisle.
By JEFFREY WESTHOFF - sidetracks@nwherald.com
The medical drama “Extraordinary Measures” is the first feature from CBS Films, and if not for Harrison Ford it would be mistaken for a made-for-TV movie.
January 19, 2010
By Rob Lowman Los Angeles Daily News
Here’s what’s new on DVD today.
January 18, 2010
By DAVID GERMAIN - The Associated Press
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal­if. – The science-fiction blockbuster “Avatar” won best drama at the Golden Globes and picked up the directing honor for James Cameron on Sunday, raising the “Titanic” filmmaker’s prospects for another Academy Awards triumph.
January 15, 2010
By DAVID GERMAIN - The Associated Press
Hollywood may find it tough to match 2009's record box-office revenue. Yet studios have a cast of characters this year to make a run for their money.
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
Highlights of Hollywood's 2010 film slate. Some films open in limited release, and release dates are subject to change:
January 14, 2010
By JEFFREY WESTHOFF - Sidetracks@nwherald.com
“The Lovely Bones,” as directed by Peter Jackson, floats on the screen just out of reach like a gorgeous, unrealized dream.
By ROB LOWMAN - Los Angeles Daily News
LOS ANGELES – Sitting down with Denzel Washington about a week before Christmas, I found the actor turning the tables on me.
January 8, 2010
January 7, 2010
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES – The heart-wrenching story of an illiterate and abused Harlem teen who finds hope in a classroom of misfits led the nominations announced Wednesday for the 41st annual NAACP Image Awards.
By DAVID GERMAIN - The Associated Press
The only lesson to take away from Ethan Hawke's horror-action tale "Daybreakers" is that vampires cannot run the world's affairs any better than we tasty humans can.
January 5, 2010
By The WASHINGTON POST
Here’s what’s debuting on DVD today.
December 31, 2009
By JEFFREY WESTHOFF - 
sidetracks@nwherald.com
Any year that begins with “Bride Wars” bodes poorly for moviegoers.
December 29, 2009
By The WASHINGTON POST
Here’s what debuts on DVD today.
December 24, 2009
By GLENN WHIPP - The Associated Press
"Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel"
By JEFFREY WESTHOFF - sidetracks@nwherald.com
The literary Holmes could be melancholy, but Downey’s version is manic-depressive.
By JILL LAWLESS - The Associated Press
LONDON – Robert Downey Jr. is an actor at the top of his game – already a big-screen superhero, now an iconic super-sleuth.
By JAKE COYLE - The Associated Press
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"

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