What to Rent: New DVD Tuesday


Updated 04/20/10 8:10 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 2 comments

New DVD Releases For April 20 Include Crazy Heart, The Lovely Bones, and The Young Victoria

It's Oscar DVD Tuesday! That's right, all of the featured new releases today are films that were nominated for at least one Academy Award. So you can feel very cultured as you're popping your popcorn and settling in to your sofa with one of these flicks. Crazy Heart Jeff Bridges won the best actor Oscar for his role as Bad Blake, a grizzled, alcoholic country singer whose poor life choices have Read more

Box Office: Avatar Wins the Top Spot Yet Again


Updated 01/25/10 11:04 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 4 comments

Avatar Wins the Box Office for the Sixth Consecutive Week

I feel like a broken record by this point, but Avatar earned the No. 1 spot at the box office again this week, raking in $36 million to add to its growing total. Coming in second place with only half that was Legion, starring Paul Bettany, which debuted with $18.2 million. Denzel Washington's The Book of Eli followed close behind with $17 million in its second week in theaters, while new family Read more

Box Office: Avatar Leaps Into Its Fifth Week at No. 1


Updated 01/18/10 5:15 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 3 comments

Avatar Stays at No. 1 For Its Fifth Week at the Box Office

Looks like there is no stopping Avatar! The film had a very good weekend — not only did it take home record-breaking wins at the Critics' Choice Awards and two Golden Globes, it also took the top spot at the box office with $41.3 million. Thanks to the new sales figures, the movie is closing in on the $500 million mark domestically (and getting closer to unseating Titanic as the highest Read more

Exclusive Golden Globes Sneak Peek, Mark Talks New Baby, and Our Lovely Bones, Book of Eli Reviews!


Updated 01/15/10 2:50 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Exclusive Golden Globes Sneak Peek, Mark Talks New Baby, and Our Lovely Bones, Book of Eli Reviews!

The 2010 Golden Globe Awards are on Sunday, and we're gearing up with a sneak peek from the show's executive producer! Plus, Jenna Dewan, Maria Bello, and more tell us what movies they are rooting for. Mark Wahlberg reveals that his newborn daughter won't be their, last and we have our reviews of The Lovely Bones and Book of Eli. Watch the PopSugar Rush weekend edition for all that and more! Read more

The Lovely Bones: A Fractured Fairy Tale


Updated 10/06/10 4:09 PM · Posted by · 11 comments

Review of Movie The Lovely Bones, Starring Saoirse Ronan, Stanley Tucci, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz

I've long questioned Hollywood's desire to bring Alice Sebold's novel The Lovely Bones to the big screen. The book itself delicately straddles tragedy and beauty in its first-person account of a 14-year-old girl who is murdered and watches her family's unraveling from Heaven. Though I held out hope that Peter Jackson would be able to balance the same themes, it was all for naught: his big-screen Read more

Which Books Should Never Have Been Made Into Movies?


Updated 12/13/09 6:40 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 46 comments

Which Books Should Never Have Been Made Into Movies?

I read Alice Sebold's tragic novel The Lovely Bones when it came out in 2002 and loved it; so why was I so nervous to hear that Peter Jackson was adapting the book into a movie two years ago? I didn't know how the central act — Susie Salmon's rape and murder — would be handled onscreen. The film is being released tomorrow and it sounds like my fears might have been justified — some early Read more

Stars Show Off Their Lovely Bones With Possibly Pattinson


Updated 12/09/09 6:42 AM · Posted by · 20 comments

Photos of The Lovely Bones Premiere in LA 2009-12-08 11:00:34

The stars of The Lovely Bones hit the red carpet last night for their LA premiere. Susan Sarandon, Rachel Weisz, Saoirse Ronan, and Rose McIver were decked out alongside director Peter Jackson, while the film's executive producer, Steven Spielberg, went casual in his baseball cap. Superman star Brandon Routh turned out with wife Courtney Ford, who you might recognize from her role on this season Read more

Mark, Saoirse and Susan Are Lovely at Their Bones Premiere


Updated 12/03/09 4:04 PM · Posted by · 9 comments

Photos of Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon At NYC Premiere of The Lovely Bones 2009-12-03 06:00:00

Mark Wahlberg led the way at a screening of The Lovely Bones in NYC last night. He was joined by his costars including Saoirse Ronan, who has grown up so much since Atonement, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Christian Ashdale and Rose McIver. The movie has been a long time coming and has another week to go before it hits theaters December 11. Mark has been hard at work on The Other Guys with Will Read more