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88% ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Made with obvious care and attention, Showbusiness is an entertaining, insightful look into Broadway.

Movie Review: Mr. Brooks
Combined Rating: 44% (S:34%; P:58%) - What a waste, Mr. Brooks had all sorts of potential and wasted it all on dopey, distracting subplots. Director and co-writer Bruce A. Evans is not a bad director really, just inexperienced with a seeming lack of confidence. Evans lacked the courage to jettison what was clearly not working and focus things where they were working, with Kevin Costner and William Hurt riffing and roaring. Oh, what might have been.

Keanu Says No to "Watchmen"
Last week we heard about a few of Zack Snyder’s potential “wish list” actors for his “Watchmen” adaptation. Scratch one name off… Apparently Keanu Reeves has no interest in taking part of the “Watchmen” project. Mr. Reeves’ official site got word that he was offered a role, but passed….

Marvel "Avengers" Movie More than Possible
Just hours before The Hollywood Reporter posted a story about Marvel hiring Zak Penn to write an “Avengers” movie, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige was joking with press on the “Iron Man” set about bringing all the characters together. Where studio boundaries prevented it in the past, Marvel is now…

Scott Holleran
Finding Nemo is lost and found again-with stars and studio chiefs-in Disneyland’s submarine lagoon…
by Scott Holleran

Irate Malaysian fans tear up cinemas (AP)
AP - Ethnic Indian fans wrecked cinemas in several Malaysian cities after a nationwide premiere of a long-awaited Tamil film was delayed or canceled due to technical glitches, news reports and a theater employee said Saturday.

DVD Review: Lovejoy
Americans are following the career of Ian McShane in reverse order.

Review: Spider-Man 3
I recall an episode of the Simpsons in which Mrs. Krabappel shows a filmstrip called “Sand.” Ever since, I have had a pretty low opinion of sand as something exciting.