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The 10 best (and worst) films of 2012 (so far)

It’s amazing we’re now halfway through 2012, a year that has offered plenty in the way of both blockbuster films and the smaller, more intimate indie fare. Taking that into account, it seems only fitting to offer up something a long the lines of a best of/worst of post for the first half of 2012.

Weekend Box-Office: ‘The Lorax’ wows with year’s biggest opener

We have yet another overachiever this weekend, as The Lorax opened to a whopping $70 million, the largest opener for a film in 2012. The film, which received an impressive ‘A’ CinemaScore, has set the record for the highest-grossing non-sequel animated/family film of all-time. (I know, it’s a mouthful.)

Weekend Box-Office: ‘The Vow’ tops massive weekend for box-office

Shocker! The weekend box-office tally is in and it’s a record breaker, which is extremely rare given it’s during the usually tepid February movie season. As expected, The Vow has been crowned victorious for the pre-Valentines Day weekend, although this marks the first non-holiday weekend where four films have opened to $20 million-plus. Read on to see how the top five shaped up!

Hypable Movie Review: ‘Safe House’ is a lazy, uncreative action film

Several weeks ago I wrote an article regarding the similarities between the Safe House poster and one for The Bourne Ultimatum. This similarity now makes much more sense as Safe House is essentially a cheaper, less enthralling and exciting rip-off of the Bourne series, featuring stock character and lazy writing that can only rarely muster entertaining or inventive action sequences.

Watch: Trailer for Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds CIA film ‘Safe House’

The first action-packed trailer for the film Safe House has been released. The film stars Ryan Reynolds (Green Lantern) as a rookie CIA operative tasked with holding a renegade agent (Denzel Washington, Training Day), while dodging a group of mercenaries trying to kill them. Watch the trailer after the jump!