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It’s been all Watchmen all week! Why not? We’re all geeked. So here’s some more: What would a Watchmen sequel look like? I know: it’s preposterous question, right? It’d be like making a sequel to Moby Dick. Or A Tale of Two Cities. Yet a sequel has apparently not been outside the realm of possibility, … more…
With no big stars with sellable names to splash across posters, Warner Bros. is counting on director Zack Snyder to sell Watchman to those who may not already be familiar with the comic. Warner Bros. isn’t using Snyder’s name, of course — because that isn’t any better known than those of the cast — but … more…
Predicting box office numbers has not been something I’ve been keen to get into here, but I think this is a unique case. Whatever number we see for Watchmen come next Monday, it’s going to get spun. If the movie does phenomenally well — say, over $125 million — it’ll be seen as a vindication … more…
Kim Voynar, one of the smartest women writing about movies at the moment, wonders whether women will want to see Watchmen. Much of what she writes, in her extended musings on movie violence, context, and whether female moviegoers approach cinematic violence (and cinematic superheroes) on a different level than male moviegoers do, sounds very much … more…
A story on Cinematical over the weekend wrapped up the state of the decline of the VHS tape, with a particular emphasis on how many classic films are not available on DVD. Some of the commenters in response call out writer Peter Martin for ignoring DVD releases outside Region 1, and take issue with Martin’s … more…
I am so cinematically depressed at the moment. I missed posting a lot of my usual stuff this week — like the box office reports and new DVD news — because I’m so depressed about the state of things. Sure, it’s great that people are going to the movies in huge numbers, but they’re going … more…
The Simpsons is officially a record-breaker… or at least, it will be. With Fox’s announcement that it will run for at least two more seasons, the show will surpass the record held by Gunsmoke as the longest-running prime-time series on American TV, and will finish up — assuming that the show is not extended further … more…
CNN.com posed this question the other day in a “lifestyle” article, and it seems like the perfect QOTD for us: Are movies good for a first date? Not for me: I don’t want to go to a movie with someone I don’t know well, and I certainly don’t want to go with someone when the … more…
French director Michel Gondry, whose films include such mindbenders as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep, is taking over directing chores on the upcoming Green Hornet movie. Not featured in Gondry’s filmography is anything close to a comic book action movie… unless you count some brief sendups of the genre … more…
The final weekend numbers are in, and Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail is now confirmed to have sold an astonishing $41 million worth of tickets, down just a tad from Sunday’s estimated number of $41.1 million but still remarkable. (I’ll have my weekend box office roundup late this afternoon — I’m off to screenings … more…
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