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New films stayed out of the way of Quantum of Solace at British multiplexes this past weekend, which looks to have been a wise move: 1. Quantum of Solace: £9.2 million (2nd week; drops 40%) 2. High School Musical 3: Senior Year: £1.5 million (3rd week; drops 45%) 3. Ghost Town: £.71 million (3rd week; … more…
(previous: Chapter Seven: “Eris Quod Sum”) I wish I had a Kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula and Superman away. –Jack Handy And if I had an Off button on my TV, I could keep away Heroes. Oh, wait, I do… [spoiler-laden commentary on last night’s Heroes after the jump!] I’m not … more…
It’s almost the end of 2008, with only seven more weekends on which movies will open, and I feel a certain emptiness in my movie-loving soul. I feel November and December yawning ahead of me, with very few films to get excited about. Everyone’s talking about what a poor Christmas this is going to be, … more…
Get the latest news satire and funny videos at 236.com. I’ve been reading Get Your War On, the flat nonmoving comic strip version, forever, it seems — it’s been a beacon of sanity over the last eighteen hundred years that Commander Cuckoo Bananas and his friends have been in charge. So I’m delighted to see … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… I’m not sure this is, strictly speaking, a trailer: it seems to be more a kind of promo reel, which isn’t quite the same thing, and it seems to cut off just before the end. But it’s worth checking out because it’s so striking. There’s not … more…
Vigilante justice… it’s a real blast! Yee-haw, kemosabes! Country music superstar Toby Keith — with such No. 1 hits as “Ain’t Nothin’ More American Than a 12-Miles-to-the-Gallon Pickup” and “Get Your Filthy Liberal Homo Hands Off My Big Hard Gun”! — stars as former convict turned small-town deputy Joe “Jimmy Bob” “Steve” McQueen who’s havin’ … more…
I look out across the seared moviescape that is November — bereft of a Harry Potter movie to be psyched for — and I’m finding it hard to find 5 movies I’m genuinely excited about. I found 3 to talk about last week, but I’m having to fake it a bit for these last 2. … more…
Last week’s box office prognostications for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa’s opening weekend were optimistic, but there seemed to be near universal agreement that $60 million would be a stretch for the flick. Well: 1. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: $63.5 million (NEW) 2. Role Models: $19.3 million (NEW) 3. High School Musical 3: Senior Year: $9.3 … more…
A tune by the Irish band Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys: Jeebus Cripes, the world is so overjoyed that we elected Barack Obama that they’re breaking out into song.
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Fair warning: This one doesn’t have a visible redband, but it must be R-rated for the graphic violence in it. Oh my. This looks like one of those trailers for non-English-language films where they try to disguise the fact that it’s subtitled by simply not showing … more…
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