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I’m stealing today’s question wholesale from the Guardian’s Film blog, where Ben Child asked recently: Should we care that Kevin Smith has sold out? It seems that Kevin Smith has accepted a job directing a film for a major studio that he himself did not write. It’s a buddy cop comedy that was originally going … more…
It’s all capes and vigilantism on the other side of the Atlantic, too: 1. Watchmen: £3.2 million (NEW) 2. Slumdog Millionaire: £1.3 million 3. Gran Torino: £1.2 million (3rd week; down 10%) 4. The Young Victoria: £1 million (NEW) 5. Bolt: £.98 million (4th week; drops 25%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Overall business in the … more…
Dunno if you’ve heard, but apparently there’s a little superhero movie opening all over the world this Friday name of Watchmen. You’d think teh Interwebs was nutso over comic book movies or sumthin’, cuz everyone’s falling all over themselves to be the first geek to post a review of the movie. If you’re a geek … more…
The next-up Doctor Who special, “Planet of the Dead,” has recently been shooting in the Arab emirate of Dubai. Why? According to show producer Tracie Simpson: The locations in Dubai are a perfect match for writer Russell T Davies’s vision of the episode and we expect to film some incredible scenes while we are here. … more…
Big big numbers in the U.K. this past weekend, just like in the U.S.: 1. Bolt: £5.5 million (NEW) 2. Slumdog Millionaire: £1.82 million 3. He’s Just Not That Into You: £1.78 million (2nd week; drops 7%) 4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: £1.77 million (2nd week; drops 20%) 5. Hotel for Dogs: £1.5 … more…
Slumdog Millionaire keeps blasting the competition out of the water: 1. Slumdog Millionaire: £2.8 million (3rd week; up 7%) 2. Valkyrie: £1.9 million (NEW) 3. My Bloody Valentine 3-D: £1.2 million (2nd week; drops 12%) 4. Seven Pounds: £1.1 million (2nd week; drops 30%) 5. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans: £.99 million (NEW) (actual numbers, … more…
I remain in awe of Slumdog Millionaire: 1. Slumdog Millionaire: £2.6 million (2nd week; up 44%) 2. Seven Pounds: £1.6 million (NEW) 3. Role Models: £1.4 million (2nd week; drops 39%) 4. My Bloody Valentine 3-D: £1.34 million (NEW) 5. Bride Wars: £1.32 million (2nd week; drops 23%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Up 44 percent … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Oh, great. Every stupid cliché about England, with a few bonuses thrown in, like the little dog piddling on the luggage and the horny landlady. Poor Imelda Staunton. If it’s so gross that Burt Reynolds — age 72 — is kissing that hot young blond chick … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… One day last week I was working in a Starbucks, and — as has happened more than once before — the person sitting next to me noticed the work I was doing and engaged me in conversation about movies. The guy turned out to be Indian, … more…
As in the U.S., the U.K. debut of The Day the Earth Stood Still looks good at first glance, but it pales next to, say, last week’s bow of Madagascar 2… or even this second weekend of that animated flick, even after it took a big drop: 1. The Day the Earth Stood Still: £2.8 … more…
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