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Biggest. New Year’s weekend. Evah: 1. Avatar: $68.5 million (3rd week; drops 9%) 2. Sherlock Holmes: $36.6 million (2nd week; drops 41%) 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: $35.2 million (2nd week; drops 28%) 4. It’s Complicated: $18.8 million (2nd week; drops 15%) 5. The Blind Side: $11.95 million actual numbers, not estimates Once … more…
I’m off to see Sherlock Holmes again today with my geek gang, so this seems like a good day to ask this question, which comes from reader DangerMom: Who’s your favorite Sherlock Holmes? TV or film, whichever. The IMDB has a loooong list of all the many actors who’ve played the world’s first consulting detective … more…
It’s no spoiler to note that Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes leaves open a space for a sequel so big that even Inspector LeStrade himself couldn’t miss it. And as reader Judy pointed out in comments on a semi related topic, this means we have to start thinking about who should play Holmes’ archenemy, should he … more…
Everyone. Avatar continues to kick box office ass: 1. Avatar: $75.6 million (2nd week; drops 3%) 2. Sherlock Holmes: $62.4 million (NEW) 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: $48.9 million (NEW) 4. It’s Complicated: $22.1 million (NEW) 5. The Blind Side: $11.5 million actual numbers, not estimates The weekend looked amazing for Avatar when … more…
Did you go to the movies in North America this weekend? Chances are you did, because this was the busiest weekend ever at multiplexes in the United States and Canada, at least since detailed records on ticket sales began to be kept in 1985, according to the Los Angeles Times blog Company Town. The final … more…
Time to complain again about how ridiculously out of whack the MPAA is. And it’s The New York Times highlighting it: The romantic comedy “It’s Complicated” arrived at the multiplex on Friday complete with an R rating, ranking it in the same category as “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Basic Instinct” in the eyes of … more…
obsession: Doctor Who (David Tennant’s almost gone!) boyfriend: Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes (sexiest Holmes ever) psyched: Daybreakers (because the Spierig Brothers made the awesome Undead a few years back) girl crush: Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (because she’s too cool) dreading: Leap Year (launching a new decade of rom-com crap) enemy: … more…
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but… prezzies! toys! candy canes! snowball fights! big holiday dinner! But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you see Sherlock Holmes this weekend?” … more…
I think Conan Doyle might well love what Guy Ritchie has done with the world’s first consulting detective…
FOR THE CLASSIC MYSTERY FAN/available now There are always way too many DVDs coming in than I possibly ever review, but since ’tis the season to be giving, I thought it was worth pointing out some of them to you, in case you’re stuck for gift ideas for the people on your list. (Or even … more…
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