Frozen review: I have chills
The showstopping central musical number is a glorious anthem to female power and ability… and so, in fact, is the whole wonderful movie. Disney is finally getting it. (new DVD/VOD US/Can)
Princess and the Frog
cinematic roots of: ‘For Colored Girls’
In For Colored Girls, Tyler Perry makes his first foray into serious drama — instead of asinine comedy — about the lives of contemporary black Americans. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
question of the day: Disney thinks ‘Rapunzel’ too girly, renames it ‘Tangled’: good move?
The Princess and the Frog did not do as well at the worldwide box office as Disney expected, and it thinks it knows why. As the Los Angeles Times blog Hero Complex puts it so succinctly: Boys didn’t want to see a movie with “princess” in the title. It’s an old argument, and one we’ve … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Alice’ pummels ‘Avatar’
Everything’s gonna be 3D from now on: 1. Alice in Wonderland: £10.6 million (NEW) 2. Avatar: £.91 million 3. The Crazies: £.67 million (2nd week; drops 44%) 4. The Lovely Bones: £.66 million (3rd week; drops 45%) 5. The Princess and the Frog: £.38 million (actual numbers, not estimates) Just as it did in North … more…
Oscar predictions: ‘The Hurt Locker’ won’t be hurting
UPDATED: Winners are indicated with ♦s. I made informed guesses in 20 of the 24 categories; of those, I guessed 12 correctly. (Well, 13, really, except that in the animated short category in the original version of this page, I had both “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” and “Logorama” checked … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Avatar’ clings to No. 1
Just a quick look at last weekend’s numbers as we move into a new go-round: 1. Avatar: £2.3 million 2. The Lovely Bones: £1.203 million (2nd week; drops 27%) 3. The Crazies: £1.194 million (NEW) 4. The Princess and the Frog: £.87 million (4th week in wide release; drops 50%) 5. Percy Jackson & the … more…
U.K. box office: And ‘Avatar’ is back at the top
And kiddie flicks do very well indeed: 1. Avatar: £2.8 million 2. The Princess and the Frog: £1.7 million (3rd week in wide release; up 15%) 3. The Lovely Bones: £1.637 million (NEW) 4. Valentine’s Day: £1.583 million (2nd week; drops 58%) 5. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: £1.487 million (2nd week; … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Valentine’s Day’ dethrones ‘Avatar’
Though not by much: 1. Valentine’s Day: £3.7 million (NEW) 2. Avatar: £3.3 million 3. The Wolfman: £2.4 million (NEW) 4. The Princess and the Frog: £1.504 million (2nd week in wide release; drops 32%) 5. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: £1.502 million (NEW) (actual numbers, not estimates) It was a huge … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Avatar’ now biggest U.K. movie ever
And it’s nowhere near done yet: 1. Avatar: £4.3 million 2. The Princess and the Frog: £2.2 million (NEW in wide release) 3. Astro Boy: £1.09 million (NEW) 4. Invictus: £1.07 million (NEW) 5. Sherlock Holmes: £.78 million (actual numbers, not estimates) After last weekend, Avatar is now officially the biggest movie ever in the … more…
U.K. box office: some more about ‘Avatar’
Are you sick of hearing about Avatar yet? 1. Avatar: £4.9 million 2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: £1.195 million 3. Edge of Darkness: £1.172 (NEW) 4. Sherlock Holmes: £1.149 million 5. It’s Complicated: £.84 million (4th week; drops 26%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Avatar was down only six percent last weekend in the … more…
