Dear John never strikes the right balance between a Nicholas Sparks movie and a Lasse Hallström movie.

Brian Gibson loves to buy DVDs. Come with him on his weekly journey into the depths of credit card debt as he tells you what to buy, rent and avoid.

It turned out to be a brutal weekend for new releases — and for everyone at the box office, generally. Everyone, that is, except Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

It was a crowded weekend at the theaters and the box office reflected it with one big winner and an awful lot of losers.

The top two spots at the box office played out exactly as expected: the surprises came in the rest of the Top Ten this weekend!

So, you’ve dragged your wife or girlfriend with you to see everything from The Dark Knight to Step Brothers. This weekend, she has her revenge by taking you to see Nights in Rodanthe. There is only one thing that can help you through this crisis… sweet, sweet booze.

Due to the way he was affected by his screening of Nights in Rodanthe, Cole Abaius has decided to forego the standard review format. Instead, he will review the film in the form of an open letter to the filmmakers.

This certainly has been a month to forget at the cash registers, but things may change this weekend. A number of new movies are rolling out and at least three of them will be going wide right across North America.