AVATAR’S surge

All Time Domestic Figures (07.01.01)

12. Spider-Man $373,585, 825
13. The Passion of the Christ $370,782,930
14. Avatar $367,536,685.
15. Jurassic Park $357,067,947
16. LOTR: Two Towers
$341,786,758

Oscar Picks

BEST PICTURE

Public Enemies
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Up
A Serious Man
Broken Embraces
Funny People
In The Loop

BEST DIRECTOR

Mann (Public Enemies)
Reitman (Up in the Air)
Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Bigelow (Hurt Locker)
Coens (A Serious Man)

BEST ACTOR

Clooney (Up in the Air)
Freeman (Invictus)
Depp
(Public Enemies)
Rockwell (
Moon)
Stuhlberg (A Serious Man)

BEST ACTRESS

Mulligan (An Education)
Cruz (Broken Embraces)
Ronan (Lovely Bones)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Capaldi (In the Loop)
Molina (An Education)
Gandolfini (In the Loop)
Tucci (Lovely Bones)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Farmiga (Up in the Air)
Weisz (Lovely Bones)
Laurent (Inglourious Basterds)

Spotlight On Tim Burton

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BATMAN RETURNS

Examining how Tim Burton turned a sequel to Batman into a more personal vehicle that might, in fact, be best understood as not a Batman sequel at all.

 
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EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

Like the title character and his creator, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS is whimsical, hopeful, and FLAWED.

 
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BATMAN

Despite what the title of Christopher Nolan's movie would have you believe this is where BATMAN truly began.

 
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BEETLEJUICE

Chris Daniel takes us back to 1988 to investigate whether Tim Burton's early career was the stuff of genius, or the start of some bad trends?