For the staff at Movies Without Pity, there is usually only one reason to watch the Super Bowl: to recoup our gambling losses for the season. Also, new movie trailers! Granted, not all of them are first looks -- all of these films have had teaser trailers and even full trailers before -- and all of them are a content-light 30 seconds. But for movie buffs like us, the excitement of who will win the game nicely translates into excitement (and sometimes disappointment) for the films advertised.

Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Shutter Island, Super Bowl, Super Bowl 2010, The Last Airbender

Take a classic, family-friendly film property and add a fan-favorite director, an iconic movie star and 3-D glasses, and you've apparently got a smash hit on your hands. Alice in Wonderland, the latest funhouse-mirror remake by director Tim Burton, opened to $116 million at the box office, the sixth biggest opening of all time, helping make it the biggest March opening ever in the U.S. That beats Burton's previous biggest opening, for Planet of the Apes ($68.5 million), and considering how much better this movie is than Apes, we hope it will outgross it in the long run, as well. Another $94 million from overseas placed it at number 14 on the list of biggest worldwide openings, so things are looking good there, too.

Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Avatar, Brooklyn's FInest, Cop Out, Shutter Island, The Secret of Kells, Tim Burton

Jon Favreau must really like AC/DC. Or, more likely, the band's blistering guitar rock, violent lyrics and electrically inspired name simply make them perfect candidates to provide the entire soundtrack to Iron Man 2. Rockers providing soundtracks is nothing new, but rather than featuring all-new songs, like Queen did for Highlander and Daft Punk is doing for Tron, the AC/DC soundtrack will be a "greatest hits" collection, including some of their best-known anthems from as far back as 1976. (The promo video is set to 1980's "Shoot to Thrill.") With this in mind, we looked at other tentpole films slated for this year and picked the bands (and solo artists) with suitable back catalogs to provide all of the music for each movie.

Tags: AC/DC, Alice in Wonderland, Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, J. Lo, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Sex and the City 2, The A-Team

Vampires, monsters and clones are invading your DVD collection. Let them in! You won't regret it!

Tags: A Woman A Gun and a Noddle Shop, Alice in Wonderland, Blu-ray, DVD, Let Me In, Monsters, Never Let Me Go, Welcome to the Rileys

It may seem silly to us now, but mark my words, one day there will be a Sherlock Holmes Meets Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, and no one will even blink.

Tags: Alice in Wonderland, An Education, Sherlock Holmes

If you go chasing rabbits, and you know you're going to fall, tell them a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you a call. Also, tell them you're hot new actress Mia Wasikowska, and you're there for your 3:30. (They may ask you to spell it.)

Tags: Alice in Wonderland, DVD, The Three Musketeers, The Wolfman, Tim Burton

While they may not be nominated for any Academy Awards (rightfully or not), this week's movie releases are all certainly a lot of fun, and visually spectacular in a variety of ways. Watch them with the sound off, and they'll still be pretty damn entertaining. In a couple of cases they might even improve! (2012, I'm looking in your direction.)

Tags: 2012, Alice in Wonderland, Bitch Slap, Cold Souls, Elvis, Gentlemen Broncos, Hayao Miyazaki, Paul Giamatti, Ponyo, Where the Wild Things Are

After three weeks at the number-one spot at the box office, Tim Burton's dystopic Alice in Wonderland has finally slipped a notch, making only $17 million to How to Train Your Dragon's $43 million. While Dragon is clearly the kiddies' flavor of the week, Alice is still a box office bonanza, with a domestic tally of $293 million and a worldwide total of $656 million, making it one of the top 40 moneymakers of all time. Speaking of movies about guys who ride dragons and movies that made a lot of money, No.1 movie of all time Avatar has finally dropped out of the Top Ten, having made $2.7 billion worldwide. That should do it for now, right? [Well, at least until they re-release it with bonus scenes. -- Angel]

Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Avatar, box office, Hot Tub Time Machine, How to Train Your Dragon