Men in Black 3

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Men in Black 3

Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back and in top shape 15 years after the original Men in Black. The partners are now tasked with defeating Boris the Animal (Jemaine Clement), an escaped convict bent on exacting revenge on the man who put him there: K. In order to save his partner, J travels back to the '60s, where he encounters a younger (and somewhat softer) K, played by Josh Brolin. It's a witty, welcome reminder of why everyone loved the first film. DVD extras include a gag reel, a making-of featurette, and a music video by Pitbull.

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Families headed to the theater this weekend instead of the zoo, helping launch Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted to the number one spot at the box office with $60.4 million. Coming up behind the animated flick was Ridley Scott's Prometheus, which earned $50 million and was also in its first weekend. Snow White and the Huntsman dropped to third place with $23 million, followed by Men in Black 3, which took in $13.5 million. Finally, The Avengers hung in the top five with $10.8 million.

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Snow White and the Huntsman topped the box office this weekend, opening with $56.3 million. Last week's number one flick, Men in Black 3, dropped to second place with $29.3 million, followed by The Avengers with $20.2 million. Battleship came in fourth with $4.8 million, and The Dictator rounded out the top five with $4.7 million.

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Raking in $55 million this weekend, Men in Black 3 managed to finally bring down box office behemoth The Avengers, which took second place with $37 million. Battleship came in third with $10.8 million in its second week in theaters, followed by The Dictator, which earned $9.6 million. The newly released Chernobyl Diaries came in fifth with $8 million.

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I saw the original Men in Black movie so long ago that my memories of the film might as well have been zapped with a neuralyzer (that's the memory-erasing device the guys use in the movie, for those of you who are also having trouble recalling the original). What I did retain is that the film was funny, fresh, and silly and that it didn't hold up very well for the 2002 sequel. With that in mind, I had low expectations for Men in Black 3, but the newest installment is just as much fun as the original, and it actually benefits from the 15-year time lapse.

The script for the film is one of its biggest assets and truly sets Men in Black 3 apart from its predecessors. The aliens are still alive and ickier than ever now that they're in 3D, but the story is more focused on the friendship between J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) and how it has evolved over the years. We learn early on that K has been keeping a secret from J all these years, and the mystery drives a wedge between the partners. Meanwhile, a treacherous alien named Boris the Animal (played to hilarious perfection by Flight of the Conchords's Jemaine Clement) breaks out of maximum-security prison and goes back in time to get revenge on K, who arrested him back in the '60s. The day that K had Boris locked up is the key to K's secret, so J heads on a mission back in time to save K and learn the truth.

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Will Smith stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night to promote his new flick Men in Black 3 and ended up making some sweet, sweet music with the talk show host. Or, at least, their "great grandfathers" did. Turns out Smith and Fallon's relatives played together on a radio show and their tunes may have inspired some of Smith's hit songs, like "Parents Just Don't Understand." Though Smith remains adamant that he came up with the tunes on his own, the resemblance is remarkable . . .

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