Ann Hornaday, the film critic at the Washington Post, wrote about what she perceives as strange phenomena taking place in movie theaters. She brings up some moviegoers’ lack of civility in texting during a movie and the madness of others when confronting movie theater managers about a movie’s disappointing quality. Previously in these columns I had mentioned British filmgoers demanding a refund after watching The Artist

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Most of us have learned to tune out the inconveniences of living in an increasingly crowded and complex world--the more bodies on the planet, the more ill-mannered individuals we are bound to run into. Take the multiplex: I for one can't ignore people who text during the movie. It defeats the purpose of going to the movies and it's distracting to others. But what can you do? Writer and comedian Bobcat Goldthwait has

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Out of nowhere French actor Jean Dujardin appeared and made the world's stage his. The convivial acteur has just won the Best Actor award at the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) awards last night in Los Angeles for his performance in The Artist (this follows the film's garnering of multiple Golden Globe awards in a recent ceremony). Though I'm not sure why, the SAG award for best film went to The Help, directed

So really, what was the deal with that Groupon vs Marcus tiff? As you've read by now, the group-discounting giant entered into a deal with Lionsgate Studios to show the Katherine Heigl-helmed One For the Money, based on the best-selling novel by Janet Evanovich. The idea was to sell thousands of tickets at the reduced price of $ 6 each, quite a boon for consumers as that represents a 50% markdown--not insignificant especially