By Rebecca Cusey It is no small task taking a movie considered one of the greatest of all times and remaking it. Director Scott Derrickson took on the job of updating 1951’s classic Sci-fi The Day the Earth Stood Still into a slick, action packed new film, which opens today. While the basic elements remain,…

It only takes one line, one look, or one moment to make an ordinary holiday movie an instant classic (think Chevy Chase trying to light up the house in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”). On the other hand, some Christmas movies have opened to less than stellar reviews and box office numbers, despite great scripts and…

There was a time when a playwright like the acclaimed John Patrick Shanley would not have considered an interview with Christians worth his time– even to promote a movie, even one with an overtly religious nature like his latest effort, “Doubt.” So I think the fact that he just did a Q & A with…

As Movie Mom has already pointed out, critics and major media outlets are posting their year-end lists of the best movies of 2008. Roger Ebert has published his, as has the prestigious National Board of Review and the Los Angeles Film Critics released their list yesterday. In a year that I would label as only…

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