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After a couple poor weekends out of the gate, ‘John Carter’ is poised to become one of the worst movie investments in history. Analysts expect the Walt Disney Co. to take a $165 million loss that will earn it the indignity cast upon forgettable films like ‘Ishtar’ and ‘Howard the Duck.’ A variety of reasons for the movie’s poor performance have been floated — from casting to plot to promotion. Wha

In one corner, we have ‘The Hunger Games,’ the acclaimed book series by Suzanne Collins that some say will turn into a bigger franchise than ‘Twilight,’ what with the upcoming movie version starring Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson. The story takes place in an alternate future where 12 boys and 12 girls are randomly chosen to fight to the death in a televised event. What’d you

One of the big statements director Ridley Scott has made about his upcoming horror thriller “Prometheus” is that it’s got almost nothing whatsoever to do with the first “Alien” movie. Aside from, as this trailer tells us, like, everything.

There are many important questions in life. Why are we here? What’s life all about? If the 1989 Batmobile and the 1966 Batmobile got in a race, who would win? Now, we have an answer.

Growing up, Johnny Depp was so obsessed with Barnabas Collins, the lead character from the Gothic soap opera ‘Dark Shadows,’ that he later admitted he wanted to be him. Now Depp gets to play Collins, a vampire who was buried alive in 1752 and then mistakenly dug up in 1972, in Tim Burton’s film adaptation of the legendary cult series.  (Depp playing a fish-out-of-water weirdo? Say it ain’t so!) Re

When the ‘Harry Potter‘ franchise was all the rage, some students brought the fictional game of Quidditch to life, even giving the sport a league of its own. With the impending release of the next big teen franchise, ‘The Hunger Games,’ a high school in Connecticut has created a real life version of the game — minus the ‘battle-to-your-death’ part. And would you believe it’s being hosted by the sc

For years, pop culture experts have been making lists of various character-types seen in movies and TV shows.  But no one’s made a list of the top Pop Culture Experts in Pop Culture. Until now!

For the entire week before the Academy Awards, Uggie the dog appeared on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live‘ to gain Oscar buzz for his film ‘The Artist.’ The adorable Jack Russell terrier, who was the real star of the Best Picture-winning silent film, made Oscar picks for Kimmel and was generally one charming pooch. Everybody was happy with the way his appearance went. Until earlier this week, that is, when an e

If you’re a child of the ’80s, you might remember ‘Can’t Buy Me Love,’ the Patrick Dempsey high school comedy which hit theaters on August 14, 1987. Smack dab in the middle of the film, Seth Green, who plays Dempsey’s younger brother, strikes a pose which modern audiences would immediately recognize as ‘Tebowing.”

‘Twilight‘-themed weddings? Done a hundred times. ‘Harry Potter‘-themed weddings? It’s passe. With several major franchises having come to a conclusion thanks to their big budget movie adaptations, themed-weddings are on the lookout for the “next big thing.” Enter ‘The Hunger Games,’ the best-selling book trilogy and soon to be blockbuster film.

‘Twi-hards’ around the world let out a collective shriek when a clip from the final film in the ‘Twilight’ franchise, ‘The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part 2,’ was leaked online. The clip, recorded by Twi-hards at a Target store, shows the newlywed and newly-turned-into-a-vampire Bella (Kristen Stewart) having a chat with her pale-faced husband Edward (Robert Pattinson).

Lionsgate So in case you haven't figured out from the flood of Twitter comments, 'The Hunger Games' premiered last night. Tons of media personalities and celebs, like Darren Criss, Kelly Osbourne and Miranda Lambert, came out to the red carpet to get the first look at Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson and the rest of the cast's hard work. But the questi ...