Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (review)
Why does no one ever intone at me and tell me to go to Budapest and wear polyester and smoke cigarettes and get all espionagey, dammit?
Men Who Stare at Goats
totally quotable! 2009
Here are the most quotable movie lines of the year 2009. No ranking — newer quotes are posted at the top. [Warning: May contain spoilers.] “I’m craving a burger. Is that strange?” –Sergeant Matt Thompson (Guy Pearce), as he puts on his bomb suit, The Hurt Locker “If he wasn’t an insurgent, he sure the … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Up in the Air,’ ‘The Lovely Bones,’ ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ ‘Ninja Assassin’
Is there any such thing as too many George Clooney movies in a single year? I don’t think so. I’ve barely come out of my swoon over The Men Who Stare at Goats — and yeah, he’s kinda sexy in Fantastic Mr. Fox too; it’s that voice — and now there’s Up in the Air … more…
U.K. box office: ‘2012’ opens big
But Christmas Carol is the real winner: 1. 2012: £6.5 million (NEW) 2. A Christmas Carol: £2.5 million (2nd week; up 31%) 3. Harry Brown: £1.3 million (NEW) 4. Up: £.99 million 5. The Men Who Stare at Goats: £.8 million (2nd week; drops 34%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Just as in North America, 2012 … more…
North American box office: not the end of the world for ‘2012’
And arthouse flicks are setting off shockwaves, too: 1. 2012: $65.2 million (NEW) 2. A Christmas Carol: $22.3 million (2nd week; drops 26%) 3. Precious: $5.87 million (2nd week in limited release; up 214%) 4. The Men Who Stare at Goats: $5.86 million (2nd week; drops 54%) 5. Michael Jackson’s This Is It: $5.1 million … more…
U.K. box office: ‘A Christmas Carol’ not so jolly
Probably the Brits were even more pissed about the trashing of Dickens: 1. A Christmas Carol: £1.9 million (NEW) 2. Michael Jackson’s This Is It: £1.4 million (2nd week; drops 52%) 3. Up: £1.3 million 4. The Men Who Stare at Goats: £1.2 million (NEW) 5. The Fourth Kind: £.85 million (NEW) (actual numbers, not … more…
North American box office: ‘A Christmas Carol’ generates little holiday cheer
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…
November 6: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’re gonna be busy staring at a big button, arguing with yourself about whether or not to push it. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you … more…
The Men Who Stare at Goats (review)
I’m not sure if I’ve seen a more sublimely funny moment on screen this year than the one in which George Clooney, in all deep serious earnestness, tries to convince Ewan McGregor that he — McGregor, that is — is a Jedi warrior.
my week at the movies: ‘The Young Victoria,’ ‘The Box,’ ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats,’ ‘The Private Lives of Pippa Lee,’ ‘A Christmas Carol’
Here it’s already Wednesday, and I’m just getting around to this now. But that’s okay, actually, because my “week” at the movies pretty much begins today. I did see The Young Victoria (already available on DVD in the U.K.; opens in the U.S. on December 18) yesterday, and I quite liked it. But today and … more…
