The Green Hornet Seth Rogen gets minted as an action star as protagonist Britt Reid and his alter ego in The Green Hornet. The unexpected death of his father propels the publishing heir to fight crime, and with his sidekick Kato (Jay Chou), the masks come on and the Black Beauty gets revved up. Cameron Diaz also costars as love interest Lenore Case, while Christoph Waltz nails the role of the Read more

January may be a tough month at the box office, but Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly's thriller The Roommate managed to make its mark. It earned $15.6 million, which landed it in first place in the least-attended Super Bowl weekend in 15 years. In second place was Sanctum, the James Cameron-produced cave thriller and fellow new release, which made $9.2 million. Following it in third was Natalie Read more

Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher's romantic comedy No Strings Attached had no problems getting audiences to commit to seeing it — the new release won the weekend box office race, earning $20.3 million. In second place was last week's champ, Seth Rogen superhero flick The Green Hornet, with $18.1 million. Vince Vaughn comedy The Dilemma pulled into third place with $9.7 million, followed by Read more

The January box office slump persisted over the Martin Luther King weekend, with the low numbers making it the least attended MLK weekend since the mid '90s. Those who did make it to the theater were looking for some action, because Seth Rogen's foray into superhero territory, The Green Hornet, came in first with $34 million. The masked Rogen beat out the other new release, Vince Vaughn's comedy Read more

If there's one lesson to be learned from The Green Hornet, it's that superhero movies and comic book movies are not one in the same. Michel Gondry's latest film, about a spoiled twenty-something who starts fighting crime for fun, doesn't boast the typical spandex suits or cartoonish villains. It's a comedy first and an action film second, and while it delivers copious laughs and impressive fight Read more