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This Is So Last Week
Weekly pop culture quiz.
This week: Celebrities are overpaid, extorted, unplugged and assaulted with panties. Plus: It's deja vu for the Sexiest Man Alive. Enjoy our weekly pop culture review, presented in an convenient quiz format.
New Moon Weekend
When you're a lycanthrope, you're a lycanthrope all the way....
New Moon will rule theaters this weekend, and we've got a box office forecast on its prospects. Also, if you're struggling and deciding which movie to watch, there's a handy system to help make your decision easier.

Weekend Forecast
This Weekend, Watch This


New Moon has broken the midnight sneak box office record with $26.3 million.

Read the analysis.
     



 
A-List
*brain explodes*
Let's get down to this week's A-List, the first part of, in some ways, a four-part series: the best movies and television shows of the 2000s.
AFInity
Trivia: That is not Anne Bancroft's leg.
The Graduate has a "questing" character in Benjamin Braddock, and even if he's disaffected in the process, his story is as relatable and engaging as Mike Nichols' other filmic personalities.
Top Chef Recap
Judge this!
It's the pre-finale episode of Top Chef: Las Vegas and I'm nervous, praying that Jennifer finally steps up her game.
Are You With Us?
For the ladies, Terence Stamp wears the heck out of a pair of jeans.
Even before Out of Sight was released, director Steven Soderbergh was already planning on directing The Limey by writer Lem Dobbs, who had just received rave reviews for his previous film Dark City.
Rocky Movie Quotes
Rocky Movie Quotes quiz
You may like calling on good ol’ fashion blunt force trauma, but how well do you know Rocky movie quotes?
Selling Out
That might be a better movie than some he suggests.
Today, people can have almost any cinematic viewing environment they desire.
Hollywood Psych
Well, the tagline does say we *were* warned.
In alleged director Roland Emmerich's previous disaster porn opus, The Day After Tomorrow, New York City is explicitly displayed as the victim of cataclysmic climate change.
Chapter Two
It's good to be king?
The Godfather: Part II has 57 positive reviews and one negative review out on Rotten Tomatoes.
Take Five
Oh, I'm so disaffected.
If you need a few suggestions you should check these five films out.
Trailer Hitch
Looks more like he's defying the past.
This week: Jeff Bridges emulates Mickey Rourke, Steve Carell and Tina Fey pitch a slow ball and Jake Gyllenhaal still doesn't look Persian.
Movie Taglines III
Movie Taglines Quiz
Movies have catchphrases. Sure, these clever turns of phrase have largely been dialed down in the ubiquitous trailer era that lets the characters bring catchphrases to life.
The Big Picture
Recent & upcoming films, awards and, if we're lucky, home phone numbers

November 21, 2009
Career notes, awards, recent and upcoming movies.

Featured today:

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Movie News
  The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
    Summit goes with Spanish helmer
  The Avengers
    Marvel stakes claim on summer 2011
  Captain America: The First Avenger
    Marvel stakes claim on summer 2011
  Thor
    Marvel stakes claim on summer 2011
  Spider-Man 4
    Marvel stakes claim on summer 2011
  Journey to the Center of the Earth 2
    New Line, Walden fire up sequel
 
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Upcoming Releases
Friday, November 20
Planet 51
The Blind Side
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Limited)

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Other Updates

Trivia
This week's question:

A commemorative Blue Plaque in England marks the former lodgings of the creator of this 1990s movie's title character. (question submitted by Karlyn Lewis)

Answer:
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Top 5
Jennifer Turnock's
Top 5 Acting Siblings Who Got the Short End of the Genetic Stick
  1. Randy Quaid
  2. Eric Roberts
  3. Daniel Baldwin
  4. Joan Cusack
  5. Clint Howard
This Date in Film History
  1931:

James Whale's Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff, debuts.


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