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...rest of the weekend's top 10 was teeming with cops, marshals and soldiers. Brooklyn's Finest, with Don Cheadle, Wesley Snipes, Ethan Hawke and Richard Gere, snagged a better-than-expected $13.5 million for second place, two notches above another Kings County policier, Cop Out. Martin Scorsese's Shelter Island took third place and is nearing the $100 million mark. In other milestones, Sandra Bullock's sports inspirational The Blind Side broke $250 million; Valentine's Day topped $100 million; and Dear John and Percy Jackson hit $75 million. Jeff Bridges' Crazy Heart, the one "indie" drama to reap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box Office Report: Alice's Wonderful Weekend | 3/7/2010 | See Source »

...Depicting their service became the focus of his productions - and if it tended to accompany the big victories in American history, so much the better for each story's appeal. After Apollo 13 came out in 1995, Hanks pitched From the Earth to the Moon to HBO as a hybrid of nonfiction and entertainment, and the network gave him a green light. A couple of years ago, comedian Conan O'Brien presented Hanks with the perfect spoof gift: a painting of Apollo astronauts landing in Normandy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Tom Hanks Became America's Historian in Chief | 3/6/2010 | See Source »

Antoine Fuqua's new film Brooklyn's Finest should have been a cable television series. Centered on a trio of Brooklyn cops in various states of moral decay, it has the kind of loose narrative threads and meaty roles better explored over the course of years rather than two hours. On the small screen, Fuqua would have more time with material he clearly loves, the corpse per hour count could have been mercifully stretched out and dozens more actresses could have found steady employment in roles like Topless Sex Slave No. 3 or Lady in Thong Languidly Ironing U.S. Currency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brooklyn's Finest: Training Day in Overdrive | 3/6/2010 | See Source »

...were drawn by Dow's siren cries, you had two flavor options: Goji berry and Peach Mango. Dow said that choosing between the two is difficult. “I always tell people that choosing is like asking if your mom likes you or your brother better. But I’d have to say Goji Berry because of its functionality...

Author: By Sophie T. Bearman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sample Fruity Beverages, Cure a Hangover? | 3/6/2010 | See Source »

...Everybody that was anybody was at that meeting, you can’t do any better than that,” Mellone said...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Allston Work Team Seeks to Develop Allston Campus Despite Construction Halt | 3/5/2010 | See Source »

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