LOS ANGELES - The worst monsters in your most terrifying dreams probably would run and hide from the creatures Guillermo del Toro puts on a movie screen.
Being bad may never have been this good before.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The Joker (Heath Ledger) strolls into a posh fundraiser for District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) in the latest Batman big-screen adventure, "The Dark Knight." The wingding is hosted by Gotham City's favorite playboy, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale).
DALLAS - 3-D is having a moment.
'Vantage Point'
Sweet, old-fashioned and sentimental to a fault, "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" is "Nancy Drew" with training wheels. It's a moist-eyed children's comedy-drama that dares to ask how much today's kids need to know about the Great Depression, or a Golden Age when all a plucky girl wants is "to be a reporter."
Like a lot of 12-year-olds, she might want to be a veterinarian when she grows up.
From Valentino to Brando, Beatty to Pitt, there's been a long tradition of heartthrobs on the silver screen.
1. "WALL-E," $63 million
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1. "Get Smart," $38.6 million
Blend the killer-in-training elements of "La Femme Nikita" with the physics-defying stunts of "The Matrix," whip in the Oedipal angst of "The Empire Strikes Back" and sprinkle liberally with the bad attitude of "Fight Club."
A tomb in southwest France has been discovered that might help substantiate the existence of a bloodline descending from both Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. Findings from the tomb are featured in the documentary "Bloodline" (learn more at www.bloodlinethemovie.com), which takes over where "The Da Vinci Code" leaves off. The film makes its Washington state premiere Friday at Yelm Cinemas, 201 Prairie Park St.
'10,000 BC'
Pixar Studios' mascot is a bouncy, swing-arm Luxo lamp that hops across the screen with the happy-go-lucky energy you'd expect from Bugs Bunny, not a minimalist piece of spring-balanced steel. If Pixar can imbue a simple desk light with that much personality, what do you think the animation house could do with a few dozen fully functioning robots?