National Treasure: Book of Secrets refuses to go away. It topped the box office for another week. And very few moviegoers can resist a cheap horror flick like One Missed Call, which came in at number five. The movie is largely an excuse for critics to sharpen their fangs and break out some stunning insults. Wesley Morris called it, "part do-it-yourself lobotomy kit, part-David Cronenberg for the lobotomized, part anti-mobile propaganda." Ed Burns is in......

Nicolas Cage mopped up the competition this weekend with the National Treasure sequel, which looked a lot like a remake of the first one. It's basically expensive kids' movie stuff. However, a friend of ours who paid to see it pointed out that those who like the ladies will see a lot of Diane Kruger in skimpy, damp clothes. Julia Roberts is probably wishing she could beat a chipmunk with her Oscar right about now.......

There's something about Tom Brady that's a little annoying. He's talented and good-looking and all, but not all the parts come together to make a whole. In a recent Globe piece, Wesley Morris pinned down the problem with Brady by comparing him to his archrival, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning. Morris writes, "As Brady has racked up championships and magazine covers, Manning seems to have won something that eludes Brady: The rest of the country.......