Jack Black Remakes Movie History in Be Kind Rewind

Jack Black stars as Jerry, an accident prone mechanic who gets caught in an electromagnetic field, in the New Line Cinema comedy Be Kind Rewind. Wandering the aisles of the video store where his best friend works, Jerry’s magnetized brain causes every single video tape in the small-time neighborhood store to erase itself. The store’s owner doesn’t believe in DVDs and so the loss of all the video tapes causes an immediate problem. Fortunately, Jerry and Mike (Mos Def) come up with a plan to keep the customers satisfied. They remake the erased films using homemade props and a lot of imagination. Read On...

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Top 10 Films for 3-Day Weekend Ending 02/18/08
1) Jumper - $31,700,000
2) The Spiderwick Chronicles - $24,500,000
3) Step Up 2 The Streets - $21,500,000
4) Fool's Gold - $15,000,000
5) Definitely, Maybe - $11,400,000
6) Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins - $10,400,000
7) Juno - $5,500,000
8) The Bucket List - $4,600,000
9) Hannah Montana - $3,900,000
10) 27 Dresses - $3,700,000
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George Romero Returns to the World of Zombies
George A Romero will always be known as the filmmaker with an affection for – some may even call it an obsession with – zombies. It definitely wasn’t what Romero had in mind when he began making movies, but he knows the undead will always be connected to his name. “I'd love to be able to go in and pitch another kind of film and be taken seriously, but I'm generally not taken seriously,” admitted Romero. “If I were to walk in there with a little romantic comedy, they'd say, ‘What?’ So that's a bit frustrating because you don't grow up wanting to be a horror filmmaker. You grow up wanting to be a filmmaker, and I wish I had a wider range. I tried early on to do several films that were not genre and nine people saw them, so I don't have the credentials in that regard.” Read On...
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The Spiderwick Chronicles Movie Review
It’s not often a fantasy film aimed at the younger set is just as appealing to adults, but The Spiderwick Chronicles manages to capture that E.T.-ish/Goonies spirit and transcend generational boundaries. The Spiderwick Chronicles is not only good, clean fun, but also packs a surprisingly powerful emotional punch that makes it something really special. Read On...
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