A quarter of the tax breaks given to movie companies under Massachusetts’ film tax credit program have gone to help filmmakers cover the paychecks of millionaire Hollywood stars. An Associated Press review of a Department of Revenue report on the tax credit program found that $82 million of the $330 million in film spending eligible […]

David Lindsay-Abaire may have come up with the perfect exchange for two parents arguing over the grief of losing a child. “I was just trying to make things nice.” “You can’t. You just can’t. Things aren’t nice any more.” In “Rabbit Hole,” a husband and wife are eight months into the emptier lives they now […]

(01-12) 18:59 PST LOS ANGELES, (AP) — “Tangled” ascended to the top of the international box office race in its seventh weekend of release, jumping from sixth place in 21 territories to the top spot in 28 territories and earning $24.8 million as it crosses the $350 million mark in worldwide revenue. Astonishingly, at No. […]

I’ve vowed not to start any reviews this January or February with a lament about what a horrible time of year this is for movies. After all, no month — nay, no weekend — is exempt. You’re as likely to get a stinker during the so-called Oscar season (hello? Little Fockers? Gulliver’s Travels?) as you […]

Published: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 12:29 PM     Updated: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 12:33 PM By Kristi Turnquist, The Oregonian Follow Share Email Print View full sizeAP/Columbia Pictures-Sony/Jaimie TruebloodDoes Seth Rogen have the right hero stuff for “The Green Hornet”?Though early reviews haven’t been exactly ecstatic, box-office pundits are watching this weekend, to see whether […]

Family fare: Movie reviews for parents by Nell Minow Jan 12, 2011 07:40PM Share E-Mail Print “Season of the Witch” Assessments from a parent’s perspective of this week’s openings and recent titles: ‘The Green Hornet’ Rated PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content Translation: Comic-book fantasy violence, with many characters injured […]

CASINO JACK 2 stars. Kevin Spacey gives a slick but soulless performance as disgraced super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff in this tonally all-over-the-map account of hubris and greed in the nation’s capital. 1 hr. 48 R (violence, profanity, drugs, nudity, sex, adult themes) – Steven Rea. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER 2 1/2 […]

Whether you like him or hate him, Vince Vaughn has proven time and again he can carry a movie — and lead it into megahit territory. (“Wedding Crashers,” anyone?) You can say the same thing for director Ron Howard, albeit on a more refined level. Howard is A-list all the way, from “Apollo 13” to […]