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And so do decade-old movies about playthings: 1. Zombieland: $24.7 million (NEW) 2. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: $15.8 million (3rd week; drops 37%) 3. Toy Story/Toy Story 2 3D: $12.5 million (NEW) 4. Surrogates: $7.2 million (2nd week; drops 51%) 5. The Invention of Lying: $7 million (NEW) actual numbers, not estimates What … more…
Danged if the flick don’t feel like the Coen Brothers, if it ain’t redolent with the wonderfully odd tang of farce and feeling that they invariably bring to, at least, their lighter films.
Weird how it feels like a “slow” week when I’ve got “only” four movies on my slate. Four movies, that is, in a screening room, which isn’t counting all the press roundtables I’m doing this week, and the stack of DVDs I want to get to, and the IFC movies available on demand I’d like … more…
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but it’s the last weekend of the summer and the last chance to burn dead animals on the barbecue — yum! — before the cool weather sets in. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh my goodness, the Coen Brothers have a new movie… And holy shit, that is a trailer, isn’t it? No stars, no “in a world where” nonsense, just that rhythmic thumping and the sweaty desperation and the blank stares and the palpable angst. I’d always see anything … more…
A deliciously clever, convention-busting flick with more soul than you’d expect…
‘I thought this was gonna be funny,’ says a character at one vital point in *Observe and Report,* ‘but it’s actually kinda sad.’ Bingo!
Notable because it’s hilarious… hilarious because it’s by Joel and Ethan Coen: This is part of the This Is Reality campaign to point out the fact that there’s no such thing as “clean coal”… no matter what Barack Obama says. “Clean coal harnesses the awesome power of the word clean…” That is the kind of … more…
It’s still all about James Bond at the British box office: 1. Quantum of Solace: £2.9 million (4th week; drops 44%) 2. Body of Lies: £.99 million (NEW) 3. My Best Friend’s Girl: £.91 million (NEW) 4. High School Musical 3: Senior Year: £.6 million (5th week; drops 38%) 5. Zack and Miri Make a … more…
All this week! 5 movies I’m psyched for in September, and 5 reasons why. No. 1, my current official psyched-for flick: Burn After Reading [opens wide September 12]. 1. It’s September. You know what the state of comedy is going to be in September? Another Tyler Perry movie. I kid you not. We’ll be desperate … more…
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