U.K. box office: ‘Knowing’ knows how to win

The end of the world is always good for box-office business: 1. Knowing: £2.5 million (NEW) 2. Marley & Me: £1.7 million (3rd week; drops 2%) 3. The Haunting in Connecticut: £1.1 million (NEW) 4. Paul Blart: Mall Cop: £1 million (2nd week; drops 21%) 5. The Damned United: £.6 million (NEW) (actual numbers, not … more…

trailer break: ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ teaser

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… This must be one of the great trailers of all time. Just that tease in the beginning, showing us mere glimpses of the monster, the shadow and the silhouette of his horned head. And then it speaks! I didn’t have any idea what the monsters should sound … more…

trailer break: ‘The Age of Stupid’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I love the idea of this film, as the official site describes it: Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance? But … more…

trailer break: ‘Dragonball Evolution’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… The best part of this trailer might well be the note the fan added to the beginning, about how all those “ignorant” “whiners” complaining about whatever is supposed to be wrong with this movie simply don’t understand it. Also excellent, though, is this line: “With this dragonball, … more…

trailer break: ‘Lesbian Vampire Killers’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ooo! British trailers can use the words shitty and cowshit without getting a redband? How grownup! Ooo, and they can use the word fucking, too? Wow. What the hell is it with straight guys and lesbians? Dudes: they’re not into you, not matter what dumb movies like … more…

U.K. box office: ‘Marley & Me’ still top dog

Puppies! 1. Marley & Me: £2.2 million (2nd week; drops 51%) 2. Paul Blart: Mall Cop: £1.3 million (NEW) 3. Duplicity: £.8 million (NEW) 4. Lesbian Vampire Killers: £.6 million (NEW) 5. Watchmen: £.6 million (3rd week; drops 58%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Okay, so the language of moist noses and wagging tails and unconditional … more…

trailer break: ‘The Damned United’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I don’t know much about football — the sport the rest of the world calls football, I mean, not what we Americans call football — and what I do know thrills me not one teeny bit. But I do know that Michael Sheen is a riveting screen … more…