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‘The Avengers’ torpedoes ‘Battleship’ with $55M for box-office three-peat

Robert Downey Jr. arrives at the screening of the film "Marvel's The Avengers" for the closing... Read More
“The Avengers” powered to another $55.1 million to claim its third consecutive box office crown, leaving Universal’s pricey sea saga “Battleship” in its wake with soggy $25.3 million.Marvel’s star-studded superhero mashup passed “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” to become Disney’s highest grossing film of all time. It added $56 million from overseas and now has a worldwide gross of $1.18 billion, fourth-highest ever. Read More

Discover Walt Disney’s ‘Fantasia’ origins

When you think about Walt Disney’s “Fantasia,” what comes to mind isn’t a mysterious German illustrator named Heinrich Kley. Read More

‘Avengers’ muscles to record $200 million in debut

“The Avengers” proved that five superheroes are better than one by bursting into Hollywood’s record books with a massive $200.3 million in ticket s Read More

Star power tapped to highlight water issues in 'Last Call at the Oasis'

If you thought only Third World countries have water crises, a new documentary asks you to think again. Read More

'The Pirates!' are a cutlass above the rest

Though presented in 3-D and likely marketed seven ways to Sunday, something at the core of “The Pirates! Read More

Funny, complex ‘Pirates’ hides animation seams

Peter Lord plays with dolls. Read More


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