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Did you hear about Jimmy Kimmel’s takedown of ABC execs at the ABC “upfronts” — where the networks present their new shows to advertisers — this week. From The New York Times’ Arts Beat: [I]n a “Jerry Maguire”-like moment of clarity, Mr. Kimmel said, “Everything you’re going to hear this week is” nonsense. “Let’s get … more…
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: Know what my favorite bit of inexcusably implausible nonsense here is? I adore how the floorplan for the high-security “federal archives” that supposedly exist (they don’t) under the Smithsonian on the Mall in Washington is readily accessed by a child on the Internet. That’s homeland security we … more…
We all know how it is. You’d like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but you fear leaving your underground bunker will draw the attention of the machines. But you can have something close to that multiplex experience at home with the proper application of rental DVDs. In fact, you might … more…
*sigh* And I remember when Grandpa fed me peyote, the most natural high a trusted older loved one can share with a child: Remember: Tuesday is “soylent green day,” and Thursday is “funky old TV commercial” day…
A morass of Three Stooges-level slapstick and juvenile-style playground taunting…
Everybody loves Tom Hanks. Or the prospect of the Vatican getting blown up: 1. Angels & Demons: £6 million (NEW) 2. Star Trek: £3.5 million (2nd week; drops 42%) 3. Coraline: £1.4 million (2nd week; drops 44%) 4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine: £1.2 million (3rd week; drops 46%) 5. Hannah Montana: The Movie: £1 million (3rd … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Woody Allen has a new movie. I’m guessing it’s about a neurotic guy and a woman young enough to be his granddaughter: Oh, wow, I guessed right! Whatever Works opens in the U.S. on June 19; no U.K. release date has been announced.
Just a quick look at last weekend’s numbers before we head into the long holiday weekend: 1. Angels & Demons: $46.2 million 2. Star Trek: $43 million (2nd week; drops 43%) 3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine: $14.7 million (3rd week; drops 44%) 4. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: $6.7 million (3rd week; drops 45%) 5. Obsessed: $4.6 … more…
Yahoo! Movies UK & Ireland posted this recently: With cinema ticket prices getting higher and higher and piracy still a problem, one cinema chain has come up with a novel way to get punters back into the multiplex – free screenings. Cinema giants Vue and Metrodome Group have joined up to offer free tickets for … more…
Because I’ve got nothing else better to do, I got myself elected to the Governing Committee of the Online Film Critics Society. And as one of my first joint efforts — with my two co-GC members, Eric Snider and Scott Weinberg — we’ve launched an OFCS news blog and OFCS Twitter feed. Follow, or not, … more…
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