Takers (review)
This is how you do it. More like this, please.
Armored
trailer break: ‘Takers’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Paul Walker and Hayden Christensen in the same movie? Is that even legal? Shouldn’t audiences be protected from that kind of thing? And did I not just say that Zoe Saldana is in freakin’ everything at the moment? When does the girl sleep? This trailer makes me … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Avatar’ and other holdovers block newcomers
This looks awfully familiar: 1. Avatar: £5.2 million 2. Sherlock Holmes: £1.6 million 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: £1.5 million 4. Up in the Air: £1.2 million (2nd week; drops 7%) 5. It’s Complicated: £1.1 million (3rd week; drops 12%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Up in the Air and It’s Complicated switched positions, … more…
North American box office: ‘The Blind Side’ surges
While New Moon wanes: 1. The Blind Side: $20 million (3rd week; drops 50%) 2. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: $15.4 million (3rd week; drops 64%) 3. Brothers: $9.5 million (NEW) 4. A Christmas Carol: $7.8 million 5. Old Dogs: $6.9 million (2nd week; drops 59%) actual numbers, not estimates It was the biggest post-Thanksgiving … more…
December 4: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’ll be busy planning your robbery of an armored car so you can pay for your holiday celebrations. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on … more…
question of the day: What movie are you most looking forward to in December?
As of this writing, 12 movies are set to open wide in North America in the month of December. (Others will open limited in December and go wide in January.) Which means that even if you’re an active moviegoer and see a movie each week, you’ve still gotta pick and choose (and it’s even worse … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Sherlock Holmes,’ ‘Armored,’ ‘Invictus,’ ‘It’s Complicated,’ ‘The Last Station’
Who wants a sparkly vampire boyfriend? I want an ass-kicking, violin-playing, cocaine-shooting-up, arrogant, superior, crime-solving genius boyfriend, and all the better if he’s played by Robert Downey Jr., who is probably just as fucked up as Holmes himself but is walking sex nevertheless. (Jude Law’s not so bad, either.) Oh my god I feel like … more…
not screening for critics: the 2009 list — latest: ‘Armored,’ ‘Transylmania’
UPDATED 11.30: Just cuz it’s awards season doesn’t mean there isn’t crap to be found… UPDATED 10.16: When will someone make a horror movie that can stand up to the critics? UPDATED 9.21: Another horror movie, not screening for critics… UPDATED 9.09: Two more not-at-all surprising additions to the list… UPDATED 8.21: Shocking news! End-of-August … more…
trailer break: ‘Transylmania’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I’m thinking this is what happened: The “creative” team of directors David and Scott Hillenbrand and writers Worm Miller and Patrick Casey — who previously brought us the beloved and acclaimed Oscar winner National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze — were sitting around toking up one night, and … more…
trailer break: ‘Armored’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… This won’t screen for critics before it opens, but that’s okay: I feel like I’ve just seen the whole thing right here in the trailer. So thoughtful of Screen Gems, don’t you think? Lesson for today: The foreclosure crisis leads to bad movies. Will the horrors of … more…
