Underworld Awakening

Chronicle and The Woman In Black are both low-budget over/under $15 million releases that are somewhat abnormal in terms of what's considered a mainstream release, both were exceedingly well-marketed and both are unqualified hits after their first three days.

In a somewhat refreshing turn of events, this weekend had three wide releases, all budgeted below $45 million and all technically geared towards adults. And for the fourth straight weekend this month, an R-rated new release topped the box office.

The Underworld franchise's relentless, death-dealing vampire, Selene, goes under ice at the beginning of Underworld: Awakening, and so does most of the series' political intrigue.

Maybe George Lucas should have made sure 20th Century Fox released "Red Tails" last weekend. Not only would its true story of an early civil rights vi...