A Bad Moms Christmas movie review: cruel coal in the stocking
This rushed sequel is an insult to its progenitor movie. A cheap knockoff that doesn’t understand what made Bad Moms so smart, funny, and feminist-wise.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
say what? 2009
It had to be done: all in one place, the very best bad dialogue of the year 2009. No ranking — newer quotes are posted at the top. [Warning: May contain spoilers.] “Bella, the only thing that can hurt me is you.” –Edward (Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: New Moon “I’m not good. I used … more…
North American box office: ‘Up’ up and away
Pixar triumphs again. Is there anything they can’t sell us? 1. Up: $68.1 million (NEW) 2. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: $24.4 million (2nd week; drops 55%) 3. Terminator Salvation: $16.4 million (2nd week; drops 61%) 4. Drag Me to Hell: $15.8 million (NEW) 5. Star Trek: $12.6 million (4th week; drops … more…
North American box office: ‘Angels & Demons’ and ‘Star Trek’ almost neck-and-neck
Just a quick look at last weekend’s numbers before we head into the long holiday weekend: 1. Angels & Demons: $46.2 million 2. Star Trek: $43 million (2nd week; drops 43%) 3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine: $14.7 million (3rd week; drops 44%) 4. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: $6.7 million (3rd week; drops 45%) 5. Obsessed: $4.6 … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Star Trek’ beams up
Geeks are ascendant over the pond, too: 1. Star Trek: £5.95 million (NEW) 2. Coraline: £2.4 million (NEW) 3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine: £2.2 million (2nd week; drops 67%) 4. Hannah Montana: The Movie: £1.3 million (2nd week; drops 36%) 5. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: £.79 million (2nd week; drops 19%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Trek … more…
North American box office: it’s warp factor 9 to the top for ‘Star Trek’
Oh, you knew a joke about light-speed was in the offing: 1. Star Trek: $79.2 million (NEW) 2. X-Men Origins: Wolverine: $26.4 million (2nd week; drops 69%) 3. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: $10.3 million (2nd week; drops 33%) 4. Obsessed: $6.6 million (3rd week; drops 46%) 5. 17 Again: $4.2 million (4th week; drops 34%) … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Wolverine’ geekifies Britain, too
Everyone loves a kick-ass mutant: 1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine: £6.7 million (NEW) 2. Hannah Montana: The Movie: £2 million (NEW) 3. State of Play: £.982 million (2nd week; drops 35%) 4. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: £.977 million (NEW) 5. 17 Again: £.53 (4th week; drops 48%) (actual numbers, not estimates) It’s the biggest opening of … more…
bias update
obsession: Doctor Who (my obsession with the show never really wanes, but it returns with a vengeance every once in a while) boyfriend: Zachary Quinto as Spock in Star Trek (I wasn’t expecting that, because his Sylar is so icky, but…. wow) psyched: Up (cuz it looks like one of the most original concepts in … more…
North American box office: it’s ‘Wolverine’s one weekend on top
Maybe they’ll figure out a way to beam Logan onto the Enterprise next weekend: 1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine: $85.1 million (NEW) 2. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: $15.4 million (NEW) 3. Obsessed: $12.1 million (2nd week; drops 58%) 4. 17 Again: $6.4 million (3rd week; drops 45%) 5. Monsters vs. Aliens: $5.8 million actual numbers, not … more…
opening in North America May 1: ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine,’ ‘Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,’ ‘Battle for Terra,’ more
opening wide X-Men Origins: Wolverine: If you thought Wolverine was completely immune to all human frailties — I mean, we can assume he’s been smoking stogies for a century with no ill effects, right? — then you may be surprised to see what intriguing weakness he is vulnerable to… Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: You’d have … more…
