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With everyone clamoring to get more 3D movies in theaters and not enough screens to hold them, it’s a crucial time to either invest more or take a step back and question whether 3D is really going to last a while this time.

Americans + sitting on asses + it’s hot outside + reasonably kickass movies = CA$H. Now that’s an equation that balances, to the tune of $4.17 billion fucking dollars. Come inside, check out the winners/losers recap, and cash some checks with this year’s top ten.

This week’s Culture Warrior explains how Tarantino’s latest has matured the filmmaker beyond simple homage to cinema’s past and instead displays a reverence to the overall potential power movies have to offer, rooted in the sacred experience of the movie theater.

The big question this weekend is whether or not either one of these two movies going out in wide release — The Proposal and Year One – has what it takes to even get past The Hangover.

What can I say? The Hangover has to rank as the biggest box office surprise of the summer — it has to be the Wedding Crashers of 2009.

We have two new movies rolling out with big star power — The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 with Denzel Washington and John Travolta, and Imagine That starring Eddie Murphy.

Now that everyone and their talking dog has seen Up, it’s time to look at its context within film history and in the legacy of Pixar.

Welcome to another hung-over edition of the Reject Report and the big question is who will have the box-office hangover this weekend — The Hangover, or Will Ferrell? Or will Up finally come down to earth?

After a dismal start to the season, it looks like Pixar and Sam Raimi are restoring our faith that the Summer can pick itself up and dust itself off.

For ten our of ten films, Pixar leading characters have all been male. They’ll be male for the next two. And then, their first female protag will be a princess. NPR cries foul, so we’re opening up the debate floor.

We’re launching a fresh, new podcast that encapsulates the Reject spirit next Sunday. But we’re giving you a very special first listen before the big debut. Gird your loins and head on inside. You can thank us later.

Since it is likely that many of you have had the chance to see Pixar’s latest gem Up — and if you’re like me, you may be heading out to see it again today — it is time to have a little discussion.

As expected and predicted by just about everyone, the rest of the field was looking Up — way Up — at yet another dominating Pixar performance at the box office.

Two Reject heavyweights go head to head on whether or not Pixar’s first is really worth all the hype it gets. Actually, they just argue like an old married couple about whether Toy Story is amazing or not and lob ad hominem attacks against that sweet, innocent, devilishly handsome Cole Abaius character.

Up director Pete Docter and his producer Jonas Rivera visit the University of Cincinnati to talk about the latest film from Disney/Pixar.

Kevin Carr reviews this week’s new movies: Up and Drag Me to Hell.

The unprecedented has happened in the Magical Studio in the Sky. Not only has Neil seen as many movies this week as Kevin, but they also seem to agree on everything. Surely, this is a sign of the apocalypse. But have no fear. Kevin and Neil will be back with fighting words next week.

There is something about the craft of great storytelling, the truly magical nature of a tale so perfectly executed that just grabs the heart strings of its audience and never lets go. It’s rare, but something we should be used to from Pixar.

The obvious question this weekend is: will the box office go to hell, or will it go Up? Also — some more good Star Trek box office news.

A favorite reader of ours, Joe P., sent us in these seven awesome new images from Pixar’s next adventure Up, and we’ve since come to find out that they originated from a little Pixar fansite called Buzz & Cie. No matter where they came from though, the point is that they are absolutely gorgeous photos. [...]