The Losers (review)
A wickedly wonderful little smashup of fluff…
Kick-Ass
North American box office: ‘Kick-Ass’ can’t quite kick ass…
…and How to Train Your Dragon continues breathing fire: 1. Kick-Ass: $19.8 million (NEW) 2. How to Train Your Dragon: $19.6 million (4th week; drops 21%) 3. Date Night: $16.7 million (2nd week; drops 34%) 4. Death at a Funeral: $16.2 million (NEW) 5. Clash of the Titans: $15.4 million (3rd week; drops 42%) actual … more…
trailer break: ‘The Losers’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I’m pretty sure I had never seen Jeffrey Dean Morgan in anything before Watchmen, but now I want him to be in everything. And Zoe Saldana is clearly on her way to being in everything — Avatar, Star Trek, the new Death at a Funeral — and … more…
Hit Girl hysteria…
…where are the women at Cannes, the politics of hair, and more. Yes, it’s The Week in Women — or, rather, last week’s Week in Women, finally — my regular column over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Enjoy.
April 16: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but all that street crime isn’t gonna fight itself, and you’ve got to pick up your cape and mask from the dry cleaners, too. But you can have a multiplex-like experience from the comfort of your own sofa with a collection … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Titans’ drops big but clings to the top
And it’s deja vu for the rest of the top five: 1. Clash of the Titans: £2.4 million (2nd week; drops 57%) 2. How to Train Your Dragon: £1.4 million (2nd week; drops 71%) 3. Kick-Ass: £1.19 million (2nd week; drops 69%) 4. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang: £1.18 million (3rd week; drops 55%) … more…
Kick-Ass (review)
Clearly, Dave Lizewski has never read *Watchmen,* or seen the movie…
question of the day: Who is your dream celebrity casting of a celebrity?
Confused? See, it’s like this: This week we learned that Rachel Weisz will play Jackie Kennedy in an upcoming movie by Darren Aronofsky about the first lady’s life just after her husband’s assassination. And we learned that Robert Pattinson will play Kurt Cobain with Scarlett Johansson as Courtney Love in an upcoming movie from David … more…
oh, for the love of Tim Berners-Lee…
You know what, dude? You can read our minds. We’re totally predictable. When you mention RedMist.org in your little Kick-Ass movie, you already know what 10 million geeks are going to do the minute they get home: They’re going to punch RedMist.org into a Web browser. (Hell, they might even do it right in the … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Titans’ and ‘Dragon’ lead a fantastical weekend
But 3D isn’t necessary to kick ass: 1. Clash of the Titans: £5.7 million (NEW) 2. How to Train Your Dragon: £4.8 million (NEW) 3. Kick-Ass: £3.9 million (NEW) 4. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang: £2.6 million (2nd week; up 1 percent) 5. Alice in Wonderland: £1.3 million (actual numbers, not estimates) Just looking … more…
