question of the day: Will ‘Angels & Demons’ beat ‘Star Trek’ at the box office this weekend?

Box office prognosticating is not something I want to become a regular thing here at FlickFilosopher.com, but I’m intrigued by the situation this weekend, with Star Trek returning for its second weekend as Angels & Demons opens. Trek has had an extraordinary midweek this week, earning almost $20 million from Monday through Wednesday. (Thursday’s numbers … more…

FlickFilosopher.com now available on Kindle

It’s a buck-ninety-nine per month for all the posts you can read. Comments aren’t included, however — I think that would make the blog too unwieldly on Kindle. But I’m willing to be convinced otherwise: let me know if not being able to read FlickFilosopher.com comments via your Kindle description is a deal killer for … more…

U.K. box office: ‘Star Trek’ beams up

Geeks are ascendant over the pond, too: 1. Star Trek: £5.95 million (NEW) 2. Coraline: £2.4 million (NEW) 3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine: £2.2 million (2nd week; drops 67%) 4. Hannah Montana: The Movie: £1.3 million (2nd week; drops 36%) 5. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: £.79 million (2nd week; drops 19%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Trek … more…

David Tennant to host PBS’s ‘Masterpiece Contemporary’? really?

Everyone’s been emailing me about this, and I gotta say, I’m mystified. Sez The Hollywood Reporter: NEW YORK — David Tennant is the new host of PBS’ “Masterpiece Contemporary.” Tennant will make his debut on the long-running public TV anthology this fall, its producing station, WGBH, announced Wednesday. The 38-year-old Scottish actor, who follows past … more…

trailer break: ‘Dead Snow’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Perhaps the most awesome thing about this trailer is that it’s not in English, and it doesn’t matter one bit. A buncha kids go skiing the mountains where people don’t speak English… but where Nazis once roamed. And now the Nazis are zombies. What more do you … more…

question of the day: Who the hell is Sam Worthington?

I keep seeing these ads all over New York — on the sides of buses, on bus shelters, in the subway — for Terminator Salvation that give equal headlining billing to Christian Bale and… Sam Worthington? Who? Every time I see one, I can’t help but think, Who the hell is Sam Worthington that he … more…

who will film my life?

Oh! Your result for The Director Who Films Your Life Test… Edward D. Wood, Jr. Your film will be 49% romantic, 28% comedy, 33% complex plot, and a $ 25 million budget. Ed Wood will get your film done waaaaay under budget, and will likely make it into a classic film of all time — … more…