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1. "Shutter Island" ($22.2 million)
2. "Cop Out" ($18.6 million)
3. "The Crazies" ($16.5 million)
4. "Avatar" ($14 million)
5. "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief" ($9.8 million)

The ghosts of "Shutter Island" continued to haunt the box office this weekend with another first place finish. Having already won the top spot last weekend and on Friday, director Martin Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio's most recent collaboration remained in front of the pack by Sunday's conclusion with $22.2 million. With a domestic gross of $75 million and a foreign intake of $4.6 million after two weeks in theaters, Paramount's latest thriller is a stone's throw away from earning back its $80 million production budget. Read more...

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1. "Shutter Island" ($6.7 million)
2. "Cop Out" ($5.975 million)
3. "The Crazies" ($5.97 million)
4. "Avatar" ($3.1 million)
5. "Valentine's Day" ($2.9 million)

Friday initiated a relatively quiet start to the weekend as director Martin Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio's "Shutter Island" continued its first place lead at the box office with $6.7 million. With Friday's intake, Paramount's latest thriller now boasts a cumulative total of $59.5 million from domestic ticket sales and an additional $4.6 million at the foreign box office. It's likely that "Shutter Island" will recoup its production budget of $80 million by the weekend's conclusion. Read more...

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Title: "There Is Another Sky"

Writer: Michael Angeli

Director: Michael Nankin

Story: With the most critical stage-setting seemingly out of the way, "Caprica" returns this week with something the previous four episodes had been lacking: focus. There's Daniel Graystone, who is in some hot water with his company after his public promise to demonetize holoband technology leads the board of directors to revolt. That is until he introduces a remarkable new direction to take the business in. Meanwhile, Joseph Adama attempts to reconnect with Willy after learning some troubling things about his son. The senior Adama eventually comes to realize that letting go will be his most difficult, yet most important, first step. And finally, we spend quite a bit of time in V-World with Tamara Adama (still Adams). It's the most we've seen of the Internet-like virtual environment since the pilot episode, and much more is learned about the way things work there. Meanwhile, sideline players in these narratives are left where they belong-- on the sidelines. No Lacy, no Sister Clarice, no Agent Duram, minimal Amanda... just the facts, man. Read more...

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These days, we can’t get enough of the newly-revealed “Nightmare on Elm Street” trailer, giving us our best look yet at Samuel Bayer’s take on Wes Craven’s original formula. With only a few months left before the April 30th unveiling of the film, we took a look back at Craven’s 1984 "Nightmare" and lined up 6 key side-by-side images. Read on for our analysis of what’s better, what’s not, and who might become this movie’s Johnny Depp. Read more...

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"The Crazies" is not a zombie movie. Although it's a remake of an older movie made by zombie godfather George Romero, the crazy freaks that populate Breck Eisner's latest thriller aren't of the undead variety. For some reason, plenty of films – horror or comedy, good or bad – are inexplicably labeled as part of the zombie genre, even when there isn't an undead flesh-eater in sight.

Beyond the jump, we've listed a few flicks that some casual moviegoers might mistakenly describe as an exploration of the walking dead. Read more...

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In Kevin Smith's "Cop Out," Bruce Willis plays a law enforcement official. Again. And I'm not just calling back to John McClane of the "Die Hard" franchise – while that's undoubtedly Willis' most famous cop role of them all, the actor has worn plenty of other badges in his day.

But don't take that as a slight against Willis and his career choices – although he's embodied the same crime-busting occupation a number of times, he almost always manages to deliver a uniquely badass performance with each subsequent role.

After the jump, we've got the rundown on some of the less discussed but no less terrific cops Willis has portrayed over the years. Read more...

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So I've been milking this whole "Eric is a Hollywood superstar" thing for a couple days, based on my seconds-long cameo in "The Crazies." But now as the horror flick, about a town accidentally infected with a government-engineered bio weapon that turns everyone into crazy-eyed killas, opens on Friday, it's time to tell the true story of my time on set. Read more...

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by Cristina Ramos

With his adaptation of "Where The Wild Things Are" set for DVD release on Tuesday, March 2, Spike Jonze took a night to chat about the intimate documentary about the witty and wise author Maurice Sendak, along with co-director Lance Bangs. "Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak" takes you through enchanting, funny, and sometimes sad moments of the "Wild Things" creator's life as he recounts his childhood, the controversy surrounding his recently adapted book, his late partner of fifty years, Eugene Glynn, and his obsession with death. The 40-minute film exposes life as Sendak views it, quirks and all. Read more...

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If you haven't been keeping up with "Caprica," then you've been missing out. Syfy's "Battlestar Galactica" spin-off prequel series created by Ron Moore and David Eick hasn't quite hit the heights of its predecessor just yet, but it's smart, entertaining television nonetheless.

One of the more familiar faces on the show is Patton Oswalt, who plays popular Caprican talk show host Baxter Sarno. We saw his most extensive contribution to the series yet last week when Daniel and Amanda Graystone appeared on his show in an effort to clear the air after their deceased daughter was implicated in the terrorist bombing of a commuter train. MTV's Rick Marshall caught up to Oswalt earlier this week and he took the opportunity to ask about what's coming up for the talk show host. Read more...

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"Cop Out" hits theaters today, the first high-profile example of a buddy cop movie that we've seen in quite some time. What good timing then that we learn of another mixed race law enforcement pairing that's currently in the offing.

The word from Pajiba tipster Hollywood Cog is that Ashton Kutcher and Jamie Foxx will team up to keep their city safe in buddy cop "action-comedy-drama" flick, "Streets on Fire." It seems that nothing is confirmed yet, beyond the fact that Kutcher's Katalyst Films will produce. The "Punk'd" star is eying the lead and Foxx for his co-lead. Read more...

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