U.K. box office: ‘Cloudy’ partly sunny

Just a quick look at last weekend’s box office as we head into the new weekend: 1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: £1.6 million (NEW) 2. District 9: £.8 million (3rd week; drops 32%) 3. Gamer: £.6 million (NEW) 4. 500 Days of Summer: £.5 million (3rd week; drops 12%) 5. The Final Destination: … more…

trailer break: ‘Whip It’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Wait, what’s this? A movie full of awesome women? That can’t be right. Who approved this? Did they use up all the women in Hollywood for this one movie? Where will all the other movies find their The Girl or The Wife till all these lovelies have … more…

caption this! image from ‘Pandorum’

Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. Pandorum isn’t screening for critics, so I haven’t seen it, but if I were home, I might pop into a multiplex to check it out on opening … more…

trailer break: ‘The Boys Are Back’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ah, Clive Owen. Lovely in anything, but especially lovely here as a daddy. And this is a lovely trailer for a lovely film — doesn’t give away too much that you don’t learn early in the film anyway, and really doesn’t spoil the journey that the Owen … more…

trailer break: ‘Fame’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I’m not sure Fame was demanding a remake — the original 1980 film is still perfectly relevant, isn’t it? — but nobody asks me about these things. I blame High School Musical. Which is, of course, probably the fault of the first Fame. But hey, it’s the … more…

trailer break: ‘Surrogates’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… A supercreepy world of perfect-looking robots? How would it be any different from, say, Beverly Hills? No risk or danger? Where’s the fun in that? So, this is like the idea that “If you die while dreaming, you die in real life” done up all science fiction-y? … more…

trailer break: ‘Bright Star’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… A new movie from Jane Campion is always something to welcome, and this one is even more beautiful and more Keatsy-mopey and more romantic than the trailer suggests. *sigh* It makes me want to go read some early-19th-century poetry… Bright Star opened yesterday in New York and … more…