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'Borat', Ferrell as Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

Sacha Baron Cohen will take the role of legendary fictional detective Holmes, while Will Ferrell portrays his sidekick Watson in a movie inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novels and short stories. Matt Tolmach, co-president of Columbia Pictures who are producing the movie ...  Read Article

 
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In theatres this week: Will Smith is 'Hancock'

Will Smith stars as Hancock, a disgruntled, conflicted, sarcastic, and misunderstood superhero whose well-intentioned heroics might get the job done and save countless lives, but always seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake. The film is directed by Peter Berg ('The Kingdom') ...  Read Article

 
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The 2008 Winter Movie Season Preview

With the release of 'Iron Man,' begins the U.S summer movie season. Coming our way are a few sequels, movies based on comic books characters, comedies from the likes of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and even a musical featuring songs from ABBA. We take a look at the ...  Read Article

 
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Sharkwater

Sharkwater

Profoundly disturbed to discover just how much damage mankind is doing to one of natures most majestic and misunderstood creatures, filmmaker Rob Stewart sets out on a passionate mission to debunk stereotypes about sharks and show just how important a role they play in the planet's fragile eco-system ... Read Story
What Happens In Vegas

What Happens In Vegas

Two strangers (Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher) find themselves wed and in bed after a wild night of Las Vegas shenanigans in this 20th Century Fox comedy. When they both recover to find that one of them won a jackpot the night before, the game is on as the two greedily vie for the loot, eventually discovering that ... Read Story
Sex and the City: The Movie

Sex and the City: The Movie

The hit cable series Sex and the City catwalks its way onto the big screen in this feature-film continuation that fans all over have been clamoring for. Sarah Jessica Parker returns once again as Carrie Bradshaw, the style-maven journalist whose romantic exploits were the key focus of the show ... Read Story
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The adventure continues as producer/director Andrew Adamson teams with screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely to tell the tale of the dashing Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) -- who sets out to defeat a tyrannical king who has overtaken Narnia and secure his rightful place on the throne ... Read Story
Speed Racer

Speed Racer

The Matrix masterminds Andy and Larry Wachowski usher anime icon Tatsuo Yoshida's classic 1960s-era hit into the new millennium with this family-friendly story of a young racecar driver who takes on the mysterious Racer X in a custom-made, gadget-loaded speed machine named the Mach 5 ... Read Story
The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk

Mild-mannered scientist Bruce Banner has been traveling the globe in search of the antidote that will allow him to break free from his primal alter ego, but both the warmongers who long to exploit him for their own gain and a horrific creature known as The Abomination are determined ... Read Story
You Don't Mess With The Zohan

You Don't Mess With The Zohan

Judd Apatow teams up with his former roommate Adam Sandler to write a star comedy vehicle for the actor in You Don't Mess With the Zohan, the tale of an Israeli commando who fakes his own death so he can follow his dream -- to be a hairstylist in New York City ... Read Story
The Happening

The Happening

Lady in the Water director M. Night Shyamalan puts PG-13 suspense on pause to tell this grim apocalyptic tale about a family fleeing a natural disaster that poses a grave threat to the whole of humanity. Mark Wahlberg and Spencer Breslin star ... Read Story
Meet Dave

Meet Dave

With their home planet in danger and no place in the known universe to seek shelter, a desperate crew of miniature alien humanoids boards a human spacecraft in hopes of saving their doomed world. Eddie Murphy stars in a sci-fi comedy that re-teams the longtime comic actor with Norbit director Brian Robbins ... Read Story
Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda

A clumsy panda bear becomes an unlikely kung fu hero when a treacherous enemy spreads chaos throughout the countryside in this animated martial arts adventure featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, and Jackie Chan. On the surface, Po (voice of Black) may look like just ... Read Story

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Standard Operating Procedure

Behind the mindset behind the photos from Abu Ghraib is a system that was rotten to the core.

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White Stripes' White pens poem about Detroit

DETROIT (AP) _ Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown. White said he was frustrated by a sense that his thou...

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