handcrafted by maryann johanson (human) | 100% free of AIs and algorithms
If you’re looking for some movie-themed drinks for tonight’s partying, check out the specialty vodka drinks the Alliance of Women Film Journalists invented. We served these at our awards celebration a few weeks ago. My favorite: the Dirty District 9: THE DIRTY DISTRICT NINE, honoring District Nine, the 2009 EDA Award winner for Cultural Crossover: … more…
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists — of which I’m a member and a member of the board — have announced the winners of our 2009 EDA awards. Select highlights (links go to my reviews): • Best Film: The Hurt Locker • Best Animated Film: Up • Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker … more…
Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh … more…
Probably the Brits were even more pissed about the trashing of Dickens: 1. A Christmas Carol: £1.9 million (NEW) 2. Michael Jackson’s This Is It: £1.4 million (2nd week; drops 52%) 3. Up: £1.3 million 4. The Men Who Stare at Goats: £1.2 million (NEW) 5. The Fourth Kind: £.85 million (NEW) (actual numbers, not … more…
Up is down after Michael Jackson’s arrival at multiplexes: 1. Michael Jackson’s This Is It: £4.9 million (NEW) 2. Up: £3.4 million (4th week; drops 10%) 3. Fantastic Mr. Fox: £1.5 million (2nd week; up 2%) 4. Saw VI: £.94 million (2nd week; drops 46%) 5. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant: £.54 million (2nd … more…
The Michael Jackson flick does well enough, but doesn’t approach the predictions: 1. Michael Jackson’s This Is It: $23.2 million (NEW) 2. Paranormal Activity: $16.4 million (3rd week in wide release; drops 22%) 3. Law Abiding Citizen: $7.4 million (3rd week; drops 40%) 4. Couples Retreat: $6.5 million (4th week; drops 39%) 5. Where the … more…
The little horror movie that could just keeps on keeping on: 1. Paranormal Activity: $21.1 million (2nd week in wide release; more than doubled its number of screens; up 8%) 2. Saw VI: $14.1 million (NEW) 3. Where the Wild Things Are: $14 million (2nd week; drops 57%) 4. Law Abiding Citizen: $12.4 million (2nd … more…
Where does the week go? 1. Where the Wild Things Are: $32.7 million (NEW) 2. Law Abiding Citizen: $21 million (NEW) 3. Paranormal Activity: $19.6 million (NEW in wide release; up 148% over last week’s limited release) 4. Couples Retreat: $17.2 million (2nd week; drops 50%) 5. The Stepfather: $11.6 million (NEW) actual numbers, not … more…
But zombies and mad science and sentient toys hold strong: 1. Couples Retreat: $34.3 million (NEW) 2. Zombieland: $14.8 million (2nd week; drops 40%) 3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: $11.5 million (4th week; drops 27%) 4. Paranormal Activity: $7.9 million (3rd week in release; 1st week in top 5) 5. Toy Story/Toy Story … more…
I’m not at all surprised by the Oscar buzz Carey Mulligan is getting for her astonishingly rich performance in An Education. Because I saw her in the multi-award-winning (Hugo, BAFTA, etc.) Doctor Who episode “Blink,” in which she is so entirely captivating that she makes us forget that David Tennant barely appears in it at … more…
sample sponsored post (sponsored) - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce quis risus odio.
