21, the blackjack movie based on the real-life exploits of card-counting MIT students, was No. 1 at the box office this week. We're happy for it in that the movie makes geekiness sexy and thrilling, even if it did jumble up a few Boston landmarks. Another doofy spoof of a movie genre, Superhero Movie, opened at No. 3, which proves no one can resist a fart joke. But we wonder if the studios could just......

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who remained on top of the box office, followed by another behemoth almost as big as family-friendly monster hits--Tyler Perry. In case you haven't heard of Tyler Perry, he was the force behind Diary of a Mad Black Woman, and Perry is fond of dressing in drag as "Madea," a take-no-prisoners old lady. Perry's latest effort, Meet the Browns, with Angela Bassett and Rick Fox (yeah, the Lakers Rick Fox--go......

This weekend, Roland Emmerich's high-budget B-Movie 10,000 BC dominated the box office because everyone likes to look at cool effects, even if the movie itself is rotten. The strategically timed, family-friendly offering College Road Trip came in second. A Globe copyeditor had fun with Ty Burr's review of 10,000 BC, titling the piece "Yabba Dabba Don't." The other new movies, The Bank Job and Mrs. Pettigrew Lives for a Day, opened at a blah No.......

The big movie news this week was the rock-bottom ratings for the Oscar telecast. People just didn't tune in. Maybe it was the fact that the big movies weren't money-makers, but do the masses really expect the Academy to nominate Spider-Man 3 for an Oscar? No. However, nominating Ratatouille for best picture instead of limiting it to the animated section might have at least piqued the interest of moviegoers. One movie that will not get......

Sci-fi flick Jumper was number-one at the box office this weekend, but the real story was the disappointing turnout for Definitely, Maybe, which was supposed to be a romantic comedy. Was it the annoying title? Maybe they should have referred to an old '80s TV show and called it My Three Moms instead. Maybe moviegoers aren't feeling Ryan Reynolds. Ty Burr blew kisses at Maybe co-star Isla Fisher, but he blew a raspberry at Reynolds:......

Audiences went for the light and frothy this weekend. Fool's Gold, with Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, triumphed at the box office, followed up by the Martin Lawrence vehicle Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins. Neither of the top two movies made local critics very happy. James Verniere dismissed Fool's Gold as "a 110-minute advertisement for celebrity lifestyles you cannot afford. You can’t afford the boats, the bodies, the hair, the clothes. You can’t afford one of......

Okay, it seems that we have a hangup on Alvin and the Chipmunks, but the success of that movie suggests that children are more in charge of their parents' dollars than ever. We're not talking teenagers controlling the box office--we're talking the little critters. Further proof of that was provided when Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour was number one at the box office. If teenagers controlled the world, the horror remake......

Darjeeling Limited Plus Q&A With Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman Brattle Theatre Thursday, October 11 7:00 pm Update: One commenter pointed out that the Brattle website isn't listing it yet and is showing Robert Reich reading at 6:00 pm and the Fantastic Film Festival starting at 10:00. Harvard Book Store, also sponsoring the Reich reading, sent out an e-mail saying the reading has been moved from the Brattle to the Swedenborg Chapel. Update to the......

Boffo Box Office, with a lecture from burlesque historian David Kruh, a screening of Lady of Burlesque and a performance from the Boston Babydolls Burlesque Troupe, will start at Coolidge Corner Theater tomorrow night at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $12. Boffo Box Office at Coolidge Corner Theater kicks off a month packed with burlesque events. Tomorrow night, historian David Kruh will talk about the Old Howard theater, which used to be Boston's home of burlesque......

Just after the MFA is set to open its "Americans in Paris: 1860 - 1900" exhibition on June 25; beginning Thursday, July 6 and running through Sunday, July 23 - the MFA hosts the 11th Annual French Film Festival. This year the Festival boasts 25 area premieres and work spanning four decades. There is much more to French cinema than Amelie, and the programming for the three weeks in July is sure to deliver......

"Michael Moore's films are great," Randy Olson has told the Kansas City Star, "but I've never seen a debate afterward." Olson's documentary, Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus, aims to provoke discussion through the filmmaker's encounters with inarticulate, media-shy evolutionary biologists and with advocates of intelligent design, a Totally Legitimate Scientific Theory that species were created miraculously appeared suddenly, designed by the Lord an intelligent entity with the power to do that kind of......

Although (this) Bostonist is not a fan of the Holiday time productions of "The Nutcracker" or "A Christmas Carol", even we can admit that there is a certain something about them which signals the beginning of all things wintry. You can currently purchase tickets for Boston Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" for $18.50 through ArtsBoston (part of which goes towards the restoration fund for the Opera House). Keep in mind that these for the......