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Top 10 Young Box-Office Draws

Matt Cantor — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:03:00 CDT

Which of Hollywood’s young guns can claim the title of most likely to get you to the multiplex? Entertainment Weekly crunched the numbers to find out. Here they are by name, age, and box office average: Sam Worthington , 34, $329.6M Daniel Radcliffe , 21, $244.7M Taylor Lautner , 18, $186....

Critics Can Take or Leave Takers

Rob Quinn — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:16:00 CDT

The makers of Takers borrowed a lot of good bits from other movies in making their heist thriller, with fairly satisfying but not stellar results, say critics. The story of an upscale gang of Los Angeles thieves is "a buffet of Gritty Crime Drama clichés that offers no surprises but...

10 'Yeah, Right' Movie Couples

Harry Kimball — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:01:54 CST

The silver screen has seen countless memorable romances; unfortunately, it has also produced a host of bizarre on-screen hook-ups. Yahoo! Movies runs down the 10 worst: Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte in I Love Trouble The original Bennifer in Gigli Anne Heche and Harrison Ford in Six Days, Seven Nights...

Jumper Lands With a Thud

Marcia Greenwood — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:47:10 CST

The concept for Jumper seems promising: An awkward teenage boy who discovers he has the power to instantly teleport himself to anywhere on the globe is targeted for elimination by religious fanatics. And in some respects the film delivers on that promise. "The jumping effect is faultlessly executed," writes Empire...