movies by or about women opening US/Can May 22–24
Jill Magid directs documentary The Proposal, about her own performance-art project; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Proposal
Hot Pursuit movie review: nice rack and ruin
Spectacularly misogynist. Every single attempt at humor — all of which fail — comes from abusing and humiliating its central female characters as women.
cinematic roots of: ‘Life as We Know It’
In Life as We Know It, Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel can’t stand each other, but agree to raise the orphaned child of their friends anyway, because an environment of seething resentment and hatred is hardly different from what other kids grow up in. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
because ‘All About Steve’ is the modern screwball comedy at its best
Sandra Bullock was the top moneymaking star of 2009, according to a poll of theater owners and film buyers. Or perhaps because The Proposal satisfied the unrequited romantic dreams of a generation of lonely women. This has been your WTF Thought for the Day. [my All About Steve review]
U.K. box office: Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler beat up ‘G.I. Joe’
It takes an ugly romantic comedy to best an action cartoon: 1. The Ugly Truth: £1.98 million (NEW) 2. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: £1.71 million (NEW) 3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: £1.35 million (4th week; drops 54%) 4. G-Force: £1.22 million (2nd week; drops 51%) 5. The Proposal: £.76 million (3rd … more…
U.K. box office: hamsters can’t beat Harry Potter
Okay, I know they’re guinea pigs, but that doesn’t alliterate with the boy wizard: 1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: £2.9 million (3rd week; drops 44%) 2. G-Force: £2.5 million (NEW) 3. The Taking of Pelham 123: £1.8 million (NEW) 4. The Proposal: £1.5 million (2nd week; drops 54%) 5. Ice Age: Dawn of … more…
U.K. box office: Sandra Bullock can’t beat Harry Potter
But it’s still Bullock’s best British opening to date: 1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: £5.2 million (2nd week; drops 74%) 2. The Proposal: £3.2 million (NEW) 3. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: £2.2 million (4th week; drops 25%) 4. Bruno: £1.2 million (3rd week; drops 47%) 5. The Hangover: £.69 million (actual … more…
North American box office: ‘G-Force’? Really?
Armed guinea pigs beat Harry Potter? 1. G-Force: $31.7 million (NEW) 2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $29.5 million (2nd week; drops 62%) 3. The Ugly Truth: $27.6 million (NEW) 4. Orphan: $12.9 million (NEW) 5. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $8.4 million (4th week; drops 52%) actual numbers, not estimates Oh, god, … more…
The Ugly Truth (review)
I’m trying to figure out when ‘romantic comedies’ turned into ‘let’s throw two really despicable and unpleasant people together in the first act so they can hate on each other through the second act until they magically fall in love in the third act.’
North American box office: ‘Harry Potter’ whips up multiplex magic
The Half-Blood Prince opens huge, but not quite as huge as it could have: 1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $77.8 million (NEW) 2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $17.6 million (3rd week; drops 36%) 3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: $13.7 million (4th week; drops 44%) 4. Bruno: $8.32 million (2nd week; … more…
