The overseas box office was taken over by Marvel’s release of the high-flying Iron Man 3. The sequel debuted in 42 international markets over the weekend and walked away with a huge box office payoff that overshadowed the Top 10 movies in the U.S. and Canada combined, on what was called a very mediocre pre-summer weekend at the movies. Marvel Studios announced that Iron Man 3 starring Robert Downey Jr. earn ...

The Big Wedding is a screwball comedy from writer-director Justin Zackham. He is the same guy who wrote The Bucket List. It features lots of bitter political incorrectness, crude language, and pungent sex that are awkward to be watched with your parents. Robert De Nire is Don, a successful sculptor and the patriarch of the Griffin family. He is divorced from Ellie (Diane Keaton) ten years ago and got togeth ...

Iron Man 3 star, Gwyneth Paltrow, has been named by popular People Magazine as the Most Beautiful Woman in the World for this year. Paltrow won the top spot over others including Drew Barrymore, Kerry Washington and Jennifer Lawrence. The winner last year was Beyonce, one of Paltrow’s closest friends, while the winner of the award for 2011 was Jennifer Lopez. On May 3, Iron Man 3 will debut and Paltrow repr ...

The GOP co-authors of the immigration reform effort that is bipartisan, denounced suggestions from conservatives on Friday that the Boston marathon bombings were evidence that the U.S. should stop the proposed sweeping overhaul of its immigration laws. On Friday, federal authorities announced that two brothers were suspected in the Boston bombings. The brothers are originally from Chechnya and came to the U ...

The world rejoiced when former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was booted out of the Arab Spring and Egypt was free at last. Back to the Square goes back to the country to find out the situation two years after the euphoria of Tahrir Square. It is said that Egypt’s revolution is a work in progress. It is a very problematic one at that. Repression still happens as if the leadership hasn’t changed from Mubar ...

A lot of people are wishing that the Scary Movie franchise die already. The latest one is based on several movies such as Evil Dead, Paranormal Activity, Sinister, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes. While a lot of people hate the movie franchise, they might be watching the movies in secret. Previous movies earned more than $800 million across the globe. This might be the reason wh ...

On Friday, an agreement between growers and farm workers labor unions was reached on one of the major and last components of the sweeping reform bill for immigration being currently drafted in the U.S. Senate. The new agreement would set up visas, wages and the working conditions for the many migrant agricultural workers used by farms. The new accord was reached after many weeks of negotiations between indu ...

When Jurassic Park first came out in 1993, it was a big event. People literally camped out of the cinemas to be one of the first ones to see the Steven Spielberg movie. People who have lined up hours before the opening said that the wait was worth it. For Jurassic Park’s 20th anniversary, the movie is rendered in 3D. A new generation gets the chance to see Spielberg’s dinosaur feature on the big screen. Jur ...

A U.S. visa program that has become very popular amongst skilled workers will likely exceed its quota within just days. This will trigger a lottery and signal that companies are being to feel confident the economy is rebounding soundly and they can hire more workers from overseas. The program, H-1B has not reached its limit of 65,000 this quickly since the beginning of 2008, prior to the economic crisis hit ...

People are surprised about the success of Antoine Fuqua’s Olympus Has Fallen. A lot of people watched the Gerard Butler starrer this weekend that is greater than estimates. The movie earned $30.5 million, which is higher than the optimistic industry forecast of low to mid 20s. Olympus Has Fallen got the second biggest opening for a non-family movie in 2013. Moviegoers also enjoyed the movie as they give it ...