Track-It Movies

How do you pad out a six-page short story that strives to be nothing more than a clever little morality tale into a feature-length film? By throwing in lots and lots of stuff -- practically everything but zombies. Check that: We've got two hours to... Read more

CANCUN, Mexico -- Roland Emmerich has an ongoing project: destroying the world. In 1996's "Independence Day," the German director sent aliens to wipe out the White House. In 1998, he unleashed "Godzilla" to wreak havoc on the streets of New York. In... Read more

"More of this is true than you would believe," warns a title card at the start of "The Men Who Stare at Goats," although the ever-reliable "I know this sounds crazy, but ..." would have worked just as well. Read more

As Ebenezer Scrooge (not to mention The Grinch), Jim Carrey aims to put a lump of coal in the Christmas stocking and a lump of emotion in the throat. That he fails is not for lack of effort. Read more

G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA 2 { stars (Paramount, '09) $29.98. 117 mins. Another '80s toy hits the big screen as G.I. Joe (here, the name for an elite military team) crosses the world in pursuit of a corrupt arms dealer. With Channing Tatum, Marlon... Read more

You've heard about close encounters of the third kind, of course, the extraterrestrial meetings that involve contact, presumably of a benign nature. The fourth kind involves a more invasive sort of contact: alien abduction, possibly including those... Read more

NEW YORK — First it was books. Now it's DVDs.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. started another price war Thursday, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following its price cut on books last month. And, once again, competitors Amazon.com and Target scrambled to match the prices. Read more

1. The original version of "The Box" was a short story by Richard Matheson that was published as "Button, Button" in the June 1970 issue of Playboy. Read more

Filmmaker Richard Kelly's initial encounter with Richard Matheson's fiendish little short story "Button, Button" -- about a cash-strapped couple offered a million dollars to push a button on a box that will instantly cause someone they don't know to... Read more

"The Box"

Rated PG-13

Time: 1:55

What is it? In this horror entry a mysterious man (Frank Langella) gives a young couple (Cameron Diaz, James Marsden) a box that will grant any wish ... but each time they use it someone, somewhere will die. Read more