After a year of insurmountable grief, John Travolta is back at work. He took most of last year off to mourn the death of his 16-year-old son Jett , who died Jan.

John Travolta, left, Melissa Mars and Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the gonzo spy shoot-'em-up "From Paris With Love." Travolta plays the spy and Meyers his handler.

Rated R When he discovers a planned terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy in Paris, French low-level intelligence analyst Richard Stevens is teamed up with America's top operative, FBI agent Charlie Wax to protect the embassy and the city.

LOS ANGELES: A sci-fi love story has given way to an earthbound romance at the box office, livening up typically slow times at theaters over Super Bowl weekend.

The biggest movie ever made was finally unseated in the top spot this weekend, by a swoony little romance picture no less.

Loading... Trailer: From Paris with Love. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, left, as State Department officer James Reece, and John Travolta, as an over-the-top special government agent, Charlie Wax, star in "From Paris With Love." There is no love in "From Paris With Love." There is, though, a great deal of noise, and there are some very funny scenes of John ...

IF JOHN TRAVOLTA stars in a movie set in France, there are really only two ways the movie can go: Either he doesn't make the "Royale with cheese" joke, or he does.

It was love that slayed the mighty "Avatar" -- or, at least, knocked it out of the top position at the boxoffice that it has commanded for the previous seven weeks.

NEW YORK: After a year of insurmountable grief, John Travolta has returned to work.

The first time Jonathan Rhys Meyers and John Travolta met was on the set for their first scene together in "From Paris With Love." Additional information These links will open in a new window: ♦ Marcus Hollywood UltraScreen Cinema, 513 North West Hill Boulevard, Grand Chute ♦ Regal College Avenue 16, West 3091 Van Roy Road, ...

Film Review: From Paris with Love In American movies the French inexplicably love the Yanks.

Film Friday: 'Dear John' and 'From Paris With Love' By W. Andrew Powell February 6, 2010 Category: Films New this week in theatres, Channing Tatum play Amanda Seyfried long-distance lovers in the romantic drama, Dear John ; John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers team up as CIA operatives in the action film, From Paris With Love ; and Steve Buscemi ...

"From Paris With Love": A low-level U.S. intelligence agent gets pulled into a terrorist plot by an uncouth American operative who's trying to stop it.

Movies are rated on 0 to 10 scale. John Travolta has a ball playing an unhinged spy shooting up Paris to fight terrorism, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the meek fellow by his side.

From Paris With Love is a movie that shows you better have good writing if you want to be a traditional action thriller.

From left: Charlie , a prostitute and James From Paris With Love Directed by Pierre Morel.

Summit hopes to capitalize on 'The Hurt Locker's' nine Oscar noms by re-releasing the Jeremy Renner starrer in about 110 theaters.

Brad Pitt , Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Colin Farrell -- look away now. The era of the floppy-haired metrosexual is finally over.

Editors note: Lionsgate did not screen this film locally in time for The Stars deadlines.

Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan stars as Susie Salmon in DreamWorks Pictures "The Lovely Bones" now playing at area theaters.