film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
This looks awfully familiar: 1. Avatar: £5.2 million 2. Sherlock Holmes: £1.6 million 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: £1.5 million 4. Up in the Air: £1.2 million (2nd week; drops 7%) 5. It’s Complicated: £1.1 million (3rd week; drops 12%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Up in the Air and It’s Complicated switched positions, … more…
Team Sandy wins — take that, Team Edward and Team Jacob: 1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: $66.3 million (2nd week; drops 54%) 2. The Blind Side: $57.5 million (2nd week; up 67%) 3. 2012: $25.2 million (3rd week; drops 5%) 4. Old Dogs: $24.2 million (NEW) 5. A Christmas Carol: $22.1 million (4th week; … more…
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this long holiday weekend, but you won’t be able to move off the sofa after all that turkey, plus: football! But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, … more…
It’s official — it’s as easy to pander to girls as it is to boys: 1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: $142.8 million (NEW) 2. The Blind Side: $34.1 million (NEW) 3. 2012: $26.4 million (2nd week; drops 60%) 4. Planet 51: $12.3 million (NEW) 5. A Christmas Carol: $12.3 million (3rd week; drops 45%) … more…
‘Ninja assassin.’ It’s like ‘monster trucks’ and ‘automatic weapons’ and ‘zombie Nazis’: you take two great things that are awesome separately, and then you put ’em together and it becomes like totally mindblowing, dude. Oh not.
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…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Isn’t that the same remote mountain monastery/martial arts training ground where Batman went to study? Or is it a franchise? “Raised to become an assassin” made me hope that the next placard would be something like “but he really wants to dance!” But it wasn’t. Wow. This … more…
As of this writing, 12 movies will open wide in North America in the month of November. Which means that even if you’re an active moviegoer and see a movie each week, you’ve still gotta pick and choose (and it’s even worse if you’re in a city on the arthouse circuit, but let’s not make … more…
