film criticism by maryann johanson | handcrafted since 1997
Just a quick look at last weekend’s numbers as we move into a new go-round: 1. Avatar: £2.3 million 2. The Lovely Bones: £1.203 million (2nd week; drops 27%) 3. The Crazies: £1.194 million (NEW) 4. The Princess and the Frog: £.87 million (4th week in wide release; drops 50%) 5. Percy Jackson & the … more…
Biggest. Movie. Evah.: 1. Avatar: $31.3 million 2. Edge of Darkness: $17.2 million (NEW) 3. When in Rome: $12.4 million (NEW) 4. Tooth Fairy: $9.998 million (2nd week; drops 29%) 5. The Book of Eli: $8.9 million (3rd week; drops 43%) actual numbers, not estimates Avatar dropped only 11 percent over its seventh weekend, for … more…
Nothing new can even come close to the Cameron juggernaut: 1. Avatar: $34.9 million 2. Legion: $17.5 million (NEW) 3. The Book of Eli: $15.7 million (2nd week; drops 52%) 4. Tooth Fairy: $14 million (NEW) 5. The Lovely Bones: $8.4 million (2nd week in wide release; drops 51%) actual numbers, not estimates It didn’t … more…
So, you know that Extraordinary Measures movie, in which Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford develop a drug to rescue little kids suffering from a terrible disease from dying way, way too young? Well, it turns out that while Fraser as biotech exec John Crowley isn’t too bad a choice as casting goes, Ford as “Dr. … more…
*Extraordinary Measures* is to science what *Erin Brockovich* was to the law.
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, except your kid is sick and the doctors don’t know what you do about it, so you’re gonna be busy revolutionizing medical science in your garage. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right … more…
So, I watched the 1985 BBC miniseries Edge of Darkness [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon Canada] [Amazon U.K.] upon which this new movie of the same name (opens in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. on January 29) is based, and I quite enjoyed it. Of course, it’s a six-hour character-driven drama, and the new movie — … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh my goodness, won’t someone think of the children? The wee babies, they’re going to diiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeee! Is there no heroic doctor among us who can help them? Hoorah! It’s Harrison Ford to the rescue! But hey, why doesn’t Brendan Fraser just take his dying kids back to … more…
As of this writing, 11 movies will open wide in North America in the month of 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 if you’re in a city on the arthouse circuit, but let’s not make … more…
