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Did you go to the movies in North America this weekend? Chances are you did, because this was the busiest weekend ever at multiplexes in the United States and Canada, at least since detailed records on ticket sales began to be kept in 1985, according to the Los Angeles Times blog Company Town. The final … more…
Here’s a fucking newsflash from the 20th century: A woman can propose marriage to a man whenever the hell she wants, and not just on a day that comes around only once every four years. “I’m not gonna die without getting engaged”? What the fuck kind of retro shit is this? Why, Amy Adams? Why? … more…
Time to complain again about how ridiculously out of whack the MPAA is. And it’s The New York Times highlighting it: The romantic comedy “It’s Complicated” arrived at the multiplex on Friday complete with an R rating, ranking it in the same category as “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Basic Instinct” in the eyes of … more…
And homegrown British films make good showings: 1. Avatar: £8.5 million (NEW) 2. St. Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold: £1.6 million (NEW) 3. A Christmas Carol: £1 million 4. Nativity!: £.58 million (4th week; drops 13%) 5. Planet 51: £.455 million (3rd week; drops 41%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Avatar enjoyed the third … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… This is probably not the movie you’re gonna want if you need to escape the holiday fray for a while, unless you want to slit your wrists afterward. The White Ribbon is now playing in the U.K.; it opens in the U.S. on December 30.
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. All we are is dust in the wind: Warner Bros. tells us about the film: In the not-too-distant future, some 30 years after the … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh my goodness, it’s Waiting for Guffman, with kids and baby Jesus. There’s no way this is gonna get released here in the States. Guess I’ll have to order the DVD… Nativity! is now playing in the U.K.; no U.S. release date has been announced.
And hardly any one heard about the Morgans: 1. Avatar: $77 million (NEW) 2. The Princess and the Frog: $12.2 million (2nd week in wide release; drops 50%) 3. The Blind Side: $10 million 4. Did You Hear About the Morgans?: $6.6 million (NEW) 5. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: $4.4 million actual numbers, not … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… When will everyone learn that small household rodents and kitchen appliances simply do not mix? I knew a hamster once, name of Vlad. As in Vlad the Impaler. Because even when you gave him a treat, he’d bite you. Of course, he was a hamster, so it … more…
I’ve got precisely one screening this week, which is actually one more than I was expecting — major holiday weeks are dead zones, and I’ve already seen just about everything opening. But the crazy scheduling earlier in the month meant I had to put off till today a screening of The White Ribbon (now playing … more…
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