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opening wide The Taking of Pelham 123: You know what would be a real disaster? The rush hour that follows this hijacking, what with the East Side subway lines shut down as a crime scene. Oy. Imagine That: This could have been an awesome satire. Imagine this: credit default swaps and interest-only mortgages are the … more…
The Hangover: AKA Guys Do Stupid Things When They’re Drunk, and Even Stupider Things When They’re Not. Fired Up!: They sold this film to American audiences by making sure there was a prominent FU on all the posters and such. I wonder if they’re trying the same in England… The Last House on the Left: … more…
Machines rule: 1. Terminator Salvation: £6.9 million (NEW) 2. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: £2.4 million (3rd week; up 18%) 3. Drag Me to Hell: £1.3 million (2nd week; drops 33%) 4. Angels & Demons: £1.1 million (4th week; up 2%) 5. Star Trek: £.85 million (5th week; drops 2%) (actual numbers, … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… OMG it’s SOOOOO romantic. Cuz he KISSES HER on her BIRTHDAY!!!! And then he says she he’s ONE AND ONLY!!! And then Bella is SO CLUMSY which means we know she’s like a totally realistic girl! AND OMG the BLOOD!!! So Edward has to SAVE HER FROM … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I’m real excited about this one, for a couple of reasons. First: Kathryn Bigelow has demonstrated more than once that a chick can make a kickass action movie (Blue Steel, Strange Days, Near Dark) that is also smart and complicated and provocative and offers a new perspective … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh, I know people are gonna be going, “See, mass transit is dangerous! It’s better to be in your car! I’m never ever riding the subway!” And I will laugh at those people. I rode the subway home after my screening of this flick last night, and … more…
1. The Hangover: $44.99 million (NEW) 2. Up: $44.14 million (2nd week; drops 35%) 3. Land of the Lost: $18.8 million (NEW) 4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: $14.6 million (3rd week; drops 40%) 5. Star Trek: $8.3 million actual numbers, not estimates Good thing I wait for the actual numbers, because … more…
Slow week this week. Hopefully that means I can get some catching up in on DVDs I must watch and review, reviews I need to write for films I’ve already seen, maybe a bit of sleep… If they were gonna remake a classic from the 1970s — and I’m not suggesting they should have — … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… So, I shall assume, then, that all high-powered workaholic corporate executives will be required to watch this Nickelodeon movie so that they will learn to appreciate the offspring they are currently ignoring? Because, of course, those children that they’re currently ignoring could be helping them be even … more…
opening wide Land of the Lost: The “tachyon amplifier” could have been a technobabblish device as cool as, say, the oscillation overthruster or the flux capacitor. But it ain’t. The Hangover: Or as I like to think of it, Three Idiots and a Baby. My Life in Ruins: Greece is the word. opening limited Away … more…
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