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Well here we are, rapidly approaching the big number of 2010, a number that would have meant someone would have had their space epiphany by now and we were finding that there was something amazing on a moon of Jupiter.

Every year, Hollywood releases a big batch of new movies on Thanksgiving week. And every year, we bring you this guide to help you choose the best movies to see this week with your family or friends.

The new-agers have been talking for ages about the magic year 2012, which is both the end of the Mayan calendar and the end of psychedelic guru Terence McKenna's "timewave zero" . The idea is that humanity will shift to some vague higher consciousness, though whether Wall Street is considered part of "humanity" is anyone's guess.

I've come to the conclusion, having sat through all 158 agonizing minutes of "2012," that if you've seen one of Roland Emmerich's fetishistic disaster epics, then you've seen them all.

Jackson Curtis and his daughter, Lilly , face a global cataclysm in the sci-fi thriller 2012.

This weekend the latest film by auteur Roland Emmerich, 2012 , was released.A As usual, the film is a brilliant, multidimensional rumination on various aspects of modern mankind as it looks into the mirror at itself, puzzling over the big questions: why are we here, is love a selfish emotion, how many CGI effects can be stuffed into a two and a ...

Weekend box office in review Entertainment News Roland Emmerich's 2012 almost made back its $260 million budget in just three days .

OVER THE TOP: The film is dumber than a bag of hammers, of course, but by crikey it doesn't hold anything back.

By Ian Caddell JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING - In the past 13 years, Roland Emmerich has spent a great deal of other people's money.

C. Robert Cargill , Nov 09, 2009 Fifteen years ago, two cinematic powerhouses came together and teamed up to form a union that would forever become infamous in critical circles but popular on the Hollywood set.

Having already decimated the world twice with "Independence Day" and "The Day After Tomorrow" , Roland Emmerich faced an unusual challenge in directing his latest big-screen end-of-days opus, "2012": how to wreak havoc on human civilization without boring his audience, or himself.

Caleb Deschanel, ASC will receive the American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award.

Actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of six prescription drugs, with a mix of painkillers, tranquilizers and sleeping aids found in his system, officials said on Wednesday.

Too good for his own good ... death may have spared Heath Ledger from typecasting as the Joker.

Robert Rodat, best known as the screenwriter of Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot, will now try his hand at adapting World of Warcraft for the big screen.

Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 10:56 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 10:56 p.m. The Europeans, as we all know, hate America, but Roland Emmerich - born Nov.

From a prolific childhood acting career in family entertainment and made-for-TV movies, Camilla Belle went on to become a star with edge-of-your-seat teen date offerings "When a Stranger Calls" , and "The Quiet".... From a prolific childhood acting career in family entertainment and made-for-TV movies, Camilla Belle went on to become a star with ...

Nobody knows what to expect from director Roland Emmerich. Independence Day is disaster movie gold, but he follows that up with the unintentionally laughable Godzilla .

The hometown lure of guns, cops and kisses With roles in the new CBC miniseries Guns, the upcoming TV show Copper, and a film at TIFF, Gregory Smith is a busy man MICHAEL POSNER G regory Smith was just 14 when he enjoyed his first screen kiss.

Caption: Jason Isaacs arriving at the New Wimbledon Theatre to watch Angelina Ballerina London, England .... ISAACS' SHOCK AT LEDGER'S DEATH JASON ISAACS was stunned to hear about the death of his THE PATRIOT co-star HEATH LEDGER - and immediately rang the movie's other stars to mourn the tragedy.