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...self-confirmation. Words help to explain the traumatic reality of war, to make sense of it, and then to live in it and to live in its wake—whether it be John Singleton Copley’s letters from Europe to his half-brother Henry Pelham back in America or Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead. As I read these things, I learned something about reading the literature of war (or really, any reading): It is an act of self-validation. I didn’t live through the American Revolution or World...
...budgets should at least earn as much at the domestic box office as they cost to produce. If they didn't in 2009, they made our top-of-the-flops list. The underperforming nine: Terminator Salvation, Disney's A Christmas Carol, G.I. Joe, Angels & Demons, Watchmen, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Public Enemies, Land of the Lost and Where the Wild Things...
...marked "Now" for immediate rental. Some, however, will be designated "Short Wait" or "Very Long Wait." That often applies to old films that have a sudden surge in popularity and of which Netflix has only a few copies. (Did you want to compare the original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three with this summer's remake? At Netflix, you could have waited five weeks to see the 1974 film.) Other titles, which may have vanished from the stockroom, are called "Unavailable"; the wait time for those could be eternity. (See the top 10 Cannes Film Festival movies...
...Proposal, $10.5 million; $113.8 million, fourth week 6. The Hangover, $9.3 million; $222.4 million, sixth week 7. I Love You, Beth Cooper, $5 million, first weekend 8. Up, $4.7 million; $273.8 million; seventh week 9. My Sister's Keeper, $4.2 million; $35.8 million, third week 10. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, $1.6 million; $61.5 million, fifth week...
...Enemies, $26.2 million; $41 million, first five days 4. The Proposal, $12.8 million; $94.2 million, third week 5. The Hangover, $10.4 million; $204 million, fifth week 6. Up, $6.6 million; $264.9 million, sixth week 7. My Sister's Keeper, $5.3 million; $26 million, second week 8. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, $2.5 million; $58.4 million, fourth week 9 (tie). Year One, $2.1 million; $38.1 million, third week 9 (tie). Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, $2.1 million; $167.8 million, seventh week...