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BIG PICTURES
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Indiana Jones? Check. Batman? Yep. Will Smith? Him too. There will be no shortage of box-office draws during the 2008 summer movie season, which is so loaded with potential blockbusters that it may surpass last year’s record-setting summer grosses of $4.15 billion, the highest in Hollywood history. That is no guarantee the movies themselves will be good, of course: Just because they’ve made another Hulk picture doesn’t mean it will be any better.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Iron Man" was pure gold at the box office. The Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the guy in the metal suit, hauled in $100.7 million during its opening weekend and $104.2 million since debuting Thursday night, the second-best premiere ever for a nonsequel, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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MOVIE REVIEWS
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What Happens in Vegas
Las Vegas is a city with a lot of glitz and sparkles. It’s a place where people lose their life savings and are driven to the brink of insanity watching magic shows and Wayne Newton performances. “What happens in Vegas” is very similar to the city itself. Despite all of its flaws, you will enjoy yourself -- at least for a little while.
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Norris
Ortolano's
review
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John
Wirt's
review
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Made of Honor
Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan team up for Hollywood's latest play-on-words romantic comedy, “Made of Honor,” in theaters this May. Dempsey plays Tom, a serial dater, a man set in his ways who follows a set of clearly defined rules in order to keep himself as far away from commitment as humanly possible. He's been best friends with Hannah (Monaghan) for 10 years, ever since an awkward costumed college introduction.
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Brett
Troxler's
review
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Associated Press
Writers'
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Iron Man
Iron Man gives the summer movie season a smashing start. In the tradition of the Spider-man and Batman movies of recent years, it’s a superhero movie with a brain and a heart. It’s got mighty action sequences, too, and the most wit and humor of any superhero flick in recent memory.
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John
Wirt's
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Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Harold and Kumar, the “Odd Couple” of the slacker generation, embark on another journey together. This time, their voyage is much more outlandish than their previous trip to White Castle. Unfortunately, it also lacks the appealing brand of the renegade humor found in their first adventure.
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Patrick
Rills'
review
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Associated Press
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Deception
In “Deception,” straight-laced Jonathan McQuarry has made a new friend in lawyer Wyatt Bose.
Normally a quiet, particular accountant who lives his life mostly unsure of himself, Jonathan (Ewan McGregor) finds in Wyatt (Hugh Jackman) everything he's not. Wyatt is smooth, confident and a risk-taker. So when a cell phone switch plunges Jonathan into Wyatt's lavish lifestyle, he discovers a world of which he never knew he could be a part.
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Brett
Troxler's
review
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Associated Press
Writers'
review
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Baby Mama
Thirty-seven-year-old Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) has always put her career above her personal life. Now, however, she wants to have a baby more than anything. When Kate discovers that she only has a slim chance of having a baby on her own, she decides to find a surrogate.
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Rachel
Shepard's
review
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Associated Press
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The Forbidden Kingdom
Imagine that you have been magically whisked away to another time in which your personal heroes trained you to defeat an evil ruler and free a terrified nation -- almost as if the Terminator and James Bond or Zorro and Indiana Jones just popped up to give you a crash course in saving the day. Sounds pretty sweet, huh?
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Michael
Farrar's
review
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88 Minutes
Contrary to what you might believe, the inspiration for the title of “88 Minutes” is not its runtime. Unlike “Nick of Time,” the 1995 thriller starring Johnny Depp, “88 Minutes” is not a real-time account of a situation that lasts two minutes short of an hour and a half. It's also not very good.
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Brett
Troxler's
review
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Associated Press
Writers'
review
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Warning: Do not watch with your mother.
Those viewers familiar with the work of Judd Apatow and his crew (“Knocked Up,” “Superbad,” “The 40 Year Old Virgin”) should know to expect the unexpected. In “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” the unexpected takes form in full frontal male nudity. This display occurs in the first 10 minutes.
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Lauren
Claret's
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