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Gary Susman

Box Office: Is 'Star Trek Into Darkness' a Hit or a Miss?

HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 05.20.2013

On paper, 'Star Trek Into Darkness' looks like a smash. It earned a starship-load of money, debuted at No. 1, and dethroned two-week box office champ ...

Gary Susman

Box Office: Why Did People Stay Away From Tyler Perry's 'Peeples'?

HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 05.13.2013

On paper, "Tyler Perry Presents Peeples" should have done decent business this weekend. Even though he didn't write or direct it, the meet-the-parents...

13 Notorious Movie Moms

Moviefone | Sharon Knolle | Posted 05.10.2013

This Mother's Day, as you fete your mom with flowers, brunch, and a homemade card, we pause to remember those movie matriarchs who never got the love ...

Why You Should Listen to the 'Gatsby' Soundtrack Now

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 05.10.2013

No matter what you think of Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" -- which opens this weekend and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the titular character, Tobey ...

11 Film Adaptations of Literary Classics That Didn't Live Up to Expectations

Moviefone | Christopher Campbell | Posted 05.08.2013

Baz Lurhman’s adaptation of “The Great Gatsby,” which opens this Friday, could be the most satisfying version of the novel yet. Author F. Scott ...

Tony Stark's Most Tony Stark Moments

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 05.02.2013

This Friday’s “Iron Man 3” is the fourth time we’ve seen Robert Downey, Jr. inhabit both the smug persona of techno-industrialist Tony Stark, ...

'King of Comedy' Legends Reunite

Moviefone | Alex Suskind | Posted 04.28.2013

Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, and Jerry Lewis all walk into a room together. There’s no real punch line to follow that, just Lewis’s brand of s...

15 Surprising Directions for Movie Directors

Moviefone | Christopher Campbell | Posted 04.25.2013

When we first heard about “Pain & Gain,” it didn’t sound like the usual Michael Bay movie. For one thing, it’s the director’s lowest budget ...

5 Unexpectedly Quiet Michael Bay Moments

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 04.24.2013

With "Pain and Gain," opening this weekend, director Michael Bay has another notch in his bombast belt -- a based-on-a-true-story tale of some bodybui...

How to Survive a Weekend With Your Ex (According to the Movies)

Moviefone | Christopher Campbell | Posted 04.24.2013

Some divorced couples need to stay far, far away from each other. And this isn’t too difficult for the most part. But if they have children together...

13 Old Movies Spotted in 'Oblivion'

Moviefone | Sharon Knolle | Posted 04.22.2013

In "Oblivion," moviegoers are guaranteed to have flashbacks to several film that the ambitious sci-fi flick clearly draws on. Reviewers are noting ...

Five Movies That Squandered Our Natural Resources

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 04.22.2013

Each year on Earth Day, we take the time to reflect on the glory of nature and (hopefully) make a concerted effort to preserve the natural resources t...

Gary Susman

Box Office: How Tom Cruise Stays on Top

HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 04.22.2013

Even before Tom Cruise's "Oblivion" opened in North America on Thursday night, the 50-year-old must have been grinning his famous grin. Before the mov...

15 Small Tribeca Films Featuring 37 Big Stars

Moviefone | Alex Suskind | Posted 04.17.2013

Unless you're a cinephile or live in New York City, odds are you haven't heard much about the Tribeca Film Festival. Launched back in 2002 by Robert D...

10 Movies That Prove Hollywood Hates Accountants

Moviefone | Sharon Knolle | Posted 04.15.2013

That's a big reason why there are very few heroic accountants in the movies (apart from, say, Ben Kingsley in "Schindler's List"). People who aren't g...

7 Things We Learned on the Set of 'Now You See Me'

Posted 04.16.2013

"Now You See Me," a heist movie with magicians standing in as the thieves, is set to hit theaters this May. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg as the cock...

Biggest Financial Failures in Film History

Moviefone | Christopher Campbell | Posted 04.15.2013

Have you finished filing your taxes? Did you make sure to write off all that you could in order to pay the lowest amount possible? Maybe you got to de...

Gary Susman

Box Office: How Did '42' Hit a Home Run?

HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 04.15.2013

Baseball may be the national pastime, but baseball movies generally don't do very well at the box office. Neither do movies with unknown stars, or tho...

18 Unintentionally Funny Horror Movies

Moviefone | Kelly Woo | Posted 04.11.2013

Murder and mayhem may not seem funny, but in the right (wrong?) hands, they can make us laugh harder than Will Ferrell. There are some horror movies, ...

Harrison Ford's Most Underrated Roles

Posted 04.10.2013

He's Indiana Jones. He's Han Solo. He's Richard Kimble. He's, well, what else? Harrison Ford has had a long and illustrious (well, parts of it, anyway...

The 17 Weirdest Movie Siblings

Moviefone | Sharon Knolle | Posted 04.10.2013

In honor of National Siblings Day (yes, it's a real holiday), we took the time to reflect on what family really means in the movies. If you've been wa...

10 Inexcusable Inaccuracies in Biopics

Moviefone | Christopher Campbell | Posted 04.10.2013

It’s quite rare for a movie about a person’s life to be 100 percent correct. Dramatic flavor, poetic license, romanticization, sugar coating, and ...

12 Things to Know About 'Elysium'

Moviefone | Alex Suskind | Posted 04.10.2013

Typically, August is known as a dumping ground for run-of-the-mill flicks -- ones that end up doing poorly critically and commercially. However, that ...

Gary Susman

Box Office: How 'Evil Dead' Grew From Indie Horror Cheapie to Studio Blockbuster in Just 32 Years

HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 04.08.2013

To no one's surprise, the remake of "The Evil Dead" opened at No. 1 this weekend, scaring up an estimated $26 million from horror film fans. Still, th...

20 Reasons We Love 'The Sandlot'

Moviefone | Dana Taddeo | Posted 04.05.2013

It's been 20 years since Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez decided to lace-up his P.F. Flyers and "pickle The Beast." Sunday, April 7 marks the original 1...