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You can't fool us, we know you're excited for "The A-Team." When director Joe Carnahan brings his modern interpretation of the classic '80s action TV series to the big screen next summer, you're going to feel compelled to buy a ticket.

Maybe it's the chance to see that pimped-out supervan of theirs again. Maybe it's the players, a well-cast ensemble that includes Liam Neeson as Hannibal, Bradley Cooper as Faceman, Sharlto Copley as "Howling Mad" Murdock and UFC champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson as B.A. Baracus, the role made famous by Mr. T. Or maybe you're excited at the prospect of seeing some of the old Team assemble for cameos. Well... it's probably best if you temper that excitement a little bit. Read more...

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Regular Twitter users and fans know quite well that rapper and "Law & Order: SVU" star Ice T is a dedicated video gamer. He's very vocal about his love for interactive experiences, crowing about his latest purchase or his Xbox Live gamertag (it's "Lord 187X") at every opportunity. And more power to him for it, for shining some positive light on the relatively new and frequently embattled medium.

Of course, none of us really know how serious Ice is about his games. We know he's a "Call of Duty" fan, and a big one, but not if he's actually any good. Or we didn't know, anyway. In today's Daily TwitPic, Ice gives a taste of just how honed his skills are. Every multiplayer session in "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is followed by an after-action report, detailing a player's score and Accolades (awards for finishing a session with a specific set of requirements). These may be meaningless to you if you've never played the, but take it from a fan: the Accolades that Ice scored here are hard to secure. Read more...

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1. "Avatar" ($75 million)
2. "Sherlock Holmes" ($65.4 million)
3. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" ($50.2 million)
4. "It's Complicated" ($22.1 million)
5. "Up in the Air" ($11.8 million)

This holiday weekend, "Sherlock Holmes" fell victim to one of the classic blunders, and no, it wasn't: "Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line." Instead, Warner Bros. and the decision makers behind the sleuth supreme's onscreen rebirth made the mistake of going up against James Cameron's "Avatar," the 3D action epic that won first place for its second week in a row. Read more...

Tags Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel, avatar, It's Complicated, sherlock holmes, the imaginarium of doctor parnassus, up in the air

1. "Sherlock Holmes" ($24.9 million)
2. "Avatar" ($23.5 million)
3. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" ($14.5 million)
4. "It's Complicated" ($7.1 million)
5. "Up in the Air" ($3.6 million)

This weekend's battle of the blockbusters opened on Christmas Day yesterday in a close contest. Director Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" just barely edged "Avatar" out of the top spot, with $24.9 million in ticket sales to the sci-fi epic's $23.5 million. Estimates pin both with a $70 million weekend, but the James Cameron flick has been turning in strong daily numbers, so a shortfall isn't out of the question. Read more...

Tags Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, avatar, guy ritchie, It's Complicated, james cameron, jason reitman, nine, sherlock holmes, up in the air

Merry Christmas, gentle readers! Today is a day for spending time with loved ones, yelling at those loved ones, giving them gifts, refilling their drinks. It's also a day for popping in a DVD in the living room while working through a food coma. What will it be? The list of movies that have explored this eggnog-drenched holiday is nearly as long as Santa's own. Now action, now rom-com, now satire and thriller!

With some strong 'nog in hand, we took a look back at some of the very best and very worst a big screen Noel has to offer and plucked out our favorite elements from each. Gather the family round the computer screen and take in MTV News' Christmas Movie Awards. Read more...

Tags A Christmas Story, die hard, die hard 2, Elf, Home Alone 2, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Reindeer Games, Trading Places

"Doctor Who," the long-running BBC science-fiction series that follows a time- and space-traveling explorer known as The Doctor, concludes its current season this weekend with a two-part finale that kicks off Christmas Day, December 25. Not only does "The End of Time" finale conclude the latest season, but it will also see the departure actor David Tennant, who's played The Doctor for the last three seasons and seen the series' popularity explode to unprecedented levels here in the U.S., spawning spin-offs such as "Torchwood" and "The Sarah Jane Chronicles."

As MTV's resident "Doctor Who" geek, I jumped at the opportunity to chat with Tennant about the impending conclusion to his run as The Doctor — and what we can expect to see in the season finale.

"I can't give anything away, that would go against the grain, wouldn't it?" smiled Tennant, who went on to tease some of what we might see when "The End of Time" kicks off. Read more...

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2009 was a year of delights at the movies. The list below testifies to that. It doesn't rival '07 when two examples of virtual moviemaking perfection were released--namely "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" but '09 may have been filled with as many unexpectedly joyful film going experiences as I can remember in a single calendar year.

From sitting in the first public screening of what should have been a forgetful and frivolous romantic comedy on a frigid night in Park City (see #8) to being flabbergasted by the inventiveness of a would-be sci-fi auteur (whose name I couldn't spell or pronounce at the time, see #7) for 112 riveting minutes. Franchises were reborn. Genres were injected with new life. Stephen Sommers made a watchable film called "G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra." Young filmmakers came of age. And one mad genius with the heart of a pussycat and 300 million at his disposal opened our eyes once more to how a night at the movies can make us feel.

THE TOP TEN (er ELEVEN) Read more...

Tags 500 days of summer, A Serious Man, An Education, Anvil, avatar, Bright Star, district 9, inglorious basterds, star trek, up in the air, where the wild things are

Call them "cult classics." "Guilty pleasures." "Comfort movies." We all have a mental rolodex of flicks that may not be terribly popular but, for one reason or another, they resonate in a very special way. Maybe you saw it at the right moment. Maybe you just see gold where everyone else sees feces. Whatever the case, these are the special favorites that you keep stashed away for sick days. Here are some of ours.

One of the great things about the holiday season is the plethora of fantastic holiday movies that come with it. Everybody has their favorites: some go for the classics like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "A Christmas Story," while others are interested in twists on the genre such as in "Die Hard," and still others are more inclined for modern holiday fare like "Four Christmases" and "Elf."

But for me, it's always about Jim Henson's "The Christmas Toy." Read more...

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With the temperatures falling below 30 degrees outside, it's easy to forget that the highly anticipated 2010 spring/summer releases will be kicking off in a few short months. We haven't forgotten here at MTV News, and neither has Disney. Two images from "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" have emerged among a crop of recently released press materials from the studio. It's a tiny taste of what's to come as the weather grows warmer and the big budget blockbusters gear up their promotional campaigns.

Think warm thoughts as you gaze at these pics of Jake Gyllenhaal's Prince Dastan in the sun-baked desert landscapes...

Click the image to check out the other still.

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If you haven't seen "Avatar" yet, beware of mild spoilers ahead. The principal antagonist in the movie is Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), a gruff career military man charged with waving a proverbial Big Stick at the indigenous Na'vi if diplomatic solutions break down.

Many have noted the similarities between how this particular plot point plays out and the age of Imperialism, when European forces spread their influence into the Americas. Lang, who spoke to MTV's Josh Horowitz at the "Avatar" junket in London recently, is aware of the concerns, as you'll see in the video below.

"I think that the parallels, the kind of allegorical nature of the film, is quite overt in a way," he explained, adding "I don't think that it's particularly profitable -- for myself -- to get all that explicit about it." Read more...

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