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…for biggest movie ever: 1. Avatar: $54.4 million 2. The Book of Eli: $38.4 million (NEW) 3. The Lovely Bones: $19.9 million (NEW in wide release) 4. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: $15.3 million (3rd week; drops 8%) 5. The Spy Next Door: $12.9 million (NEW) actual numbers, not estimates, for the 4-day weekend … more…
Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie or TV show and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. Smokin’ aces: IFC Films tells us about the film, part of a trilogy: Sure to be one of the cinematic events of the year, … more…
One of my early exposures to the art of film criticism:
Hustler is going to produce a porno version of Avatar, according to Empire. Or perhaps because everyone really does want to screw a Na’vi. This has been your WTF Thought for the Day.
If you regularly check my on-the-fly ranking of new theatrical releases as I see them, then my top 10 movies of 2009 are no surprise: I shuffled a few titles around a bit last month, but the films ranked in the top 10 for 2009 haven’t changed much in months. (The 2009 ranking is here; … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I know I’m dating myself when I say that I don’t watch Saturday Night Live because it hasn’t been funny since about 1984. And this kind of crap is why. It really pisses me off to see SNL making fun of my longtime boyfriend MacGyver like this. … more…
I’ve got a piece up over at Film.com running down the top five things I’d do if I ran a movie studio. Number 1: For every $100 million-plus movie my studio produces, I take another $50 mill; I’d divide it evenly among 10 young, hungry filmmakers based on their scripts, their previous experience, and their … more…
Sometimes, the best defense against the Dark Arts is to care: See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
So, I watched the 1985 BBC miniseries Edge of Darkness [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon Canada] [Amazon U.K.] upon which this new movie of the same name (opens in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. on January 29) is based, and I quite enjoyed it. Of course, it’s a six-hour character-driven drama, and the new movie — … more…
The American television network Fox is developing an American version of Torchwood. The Hollywood Reporter has the gall to frame it: Huge news for sci-fi fans: Fox is developing a stateside version of the U.K. hit series “Torchwood.” Yeah, “huge news” like Hitler invading Poland is “huge news.” It gets worse: Unlike U.S. adaptations that … more…
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