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The estimated weekend box office numbers are in, and it looks like Wolverine pulled in around $87 million in North America, and $160 million in total around the planet. (I’ll do my usual box office roundup after the actual numbers come in later today — look for that late tonight or tomorrow.) I figure that … more…
MTV.com today has a cheatsheet for newcomers and fans alike to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It’s mostly production-nerd stuff: behind-the-scenes tidbits, trivia about the cast, why some characters ended up in the film the way they did… stuff like that. But it got me thinking: If you wanted to introduce a friend who was complete X-Men … more…
It seems hard to believe, but some people just don’t get satire. At all: Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert has become the subject of an academic survey conducted at Ohio State University titled “The Irony of Satire: Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report.” The survey, conducted … more…
The grownup movies are not doing well at the box office at the moment. Duplicity, State of Play, The Soloist: none have caught fire with audiences. A recent article in The Hollywood Reporter worries: Pricey, star-driven thrillers and dramas will struggle for profitability as the recession intensifies a trend toward youth-dominated openings. That’s the consensus … more…
As of this writing, 12 movies will open wide in North America in the month of May. Which means that even if you’re an active moviegoing 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…
They’re at it again: ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC are complaining because President Obama has asked for some primetime access to discuss with the American public his first 100 days in office. As the New York Post explains: [P]rogrammers are starting to act peeved at Obama’s primetime interruptions — one a month since January — … more…
The weather forecast across the U.S. for this weekend suggests that much of the country will experience summerlike conditions, with temperatures in the 80s in many places. The U.K. looks set to have a weekend of sun and temps in the 60s (or the upper teens Celsius). It looks like a perfect weekend for playing … more…
Perhaps only America, Land of the Lawsuit, could have throw up this story: Channel Four claimed a landmark victory yesterday when a US judge ruled that Ali G, the character created by Sacha Baron Cohen, is so absurd that “no reasonable person” would take him literally. Heddi Cundle, a British-born woman who now lives in … more…
J.J. Abrams’ new Star Trek reboot had a secret screening in Austin a few weeks ago, which sent Trekkies/Trekkers screaming across Twitter about the film. And now the movie has had its premiere in London (with a press conference with the cast and Abrams afterward). Reviews and analysis are starting to come in, including enough … more…
A million people care about what Ashton Kutcher thinks about everything. Actually, as of this writing, it’s 1,289,675 people now Following Kutcher on Twitter. Here’s a sample of the wit and wisdom bestowed upon those Followers: If there ever was a second coming of Christ and some lady came up to you and was like … more…
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