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I noted in last Friday’s Question of the Day that the Katherine Heigl/Ashton Kutcher flick Killers wouldn’t be screening for critics before it opens tomorrow. (I’ll attend a courtesy screening for press tomorrow morning, and will have a review asap afterward.) Lionsgate’s reason for this? The studio wants to “capitalize on the revolution in social … more…
It’s so common these days that I’ve stopped thinking about it as unusual: Lots of movies simply are not screened for critics before they open. (I’ve even stopped bothering to keep a list of these movies, which I did last year and started this year before it just got too depressing.) So I didn’t think … more…
…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…
Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie or TV show and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. Pretty in pink: Lionsgate tells us about the film: Lionsgate and Relativity Media’s family action comedy THE SPY NEXT DOOR stars Jackie Chan as … more…
But Precious is precious indeed: 1. A Christmas Carol: $30 million (NEW) 2. Michael Jackson’s This Is It: $13.2 million (2nd week; drops 43%) 3. The Men Who Stare at Goats: $12.7 million (NEW) 4. The Fourth Kind: $12.2 million (NEW) 5. Paranormal Activity: $8.3 million (4th week in wide release; drops 50%) actual numbers, … more…
Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. Saw VI — why does it feel like Saw XI? — will open on Friday without benefit of critics’ screenings. I know, shocking, right? Still, it’s not … more…
UPDATED: It’s turning out to be a much busier screening week than I expected. I’ve added two movies: The Boys Are Back (opens in the U.S. on September 25, and in the U.K. on January 15, 2010), starring Clive Owen as an Australian single dad, and Broken Embraces (opened in the U.K. on August 28; … more…
Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. Gamer, from the guys who gave us the Crank movies, will open on Friday without benefit of press screenings. I’ll be there, however, and will report asap … more…
The tweens have spoken, again: 1. 17 Again: $23.7 million (NEW) 2. State of Play: $14 million (NEW) 3. Hannah Montana: The Movie: $13.4 million (2nd week; drops 59%) 4. Monsters vs. Aliens: $13.2 million (4th week; drops 39%) 5. Fast & Furious: $11.8 million (3rd week; drops 57%) actual numbers, not estimates I said … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Wow! Lionsgate is promising a movie that actually shoots flames at the audience? Awesome… and daring. Imagine what the lawsuits are going to be like! In the town of Harmony, don’t expect to be able to run down the frozen food aisle and escape unhacked up. … more…
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