time-traveling husbands are implausible, but aliens who like cat food aren’t?
Plus: Roger Friedman just now noticed how Hollywood hates women? Yup, it’s another installment of The Week in Women, over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Enjoy.
Time Traveler’s Wife
U.K. box office: ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ jumps in at No. 1
But it was a slow weekend overall last weekend: 1. The Time Traveler’s Wife: £1.4 million (NEW) 2. Aliens in the Attic: £1.3 million (NEW) 3. G-Force: £.94 million (3rd week; drops 23%) 4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: £.93 million 5. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: £.83 million (2nd week; drops 53%) … more…
North American box office: ‘District 9’ hovers at the top of the weekend
The film earned back its budget — and then some — in three days: 1. District 9: $37.4 million (NEW) 2. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: $22.3 million (2nd week; drops 59%) 3. The Time Traveler’s Wife: $18.6 million (NEW) 4. Julie & Julia: $12 million (2nd week; drops 40%) 5. G-Force: $6.9 million … more…
August 14: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’re worried that you won’t be able to find a humans-only multiplex now that the aliens have arrived and are swarming all over like they own the place. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection … more…
The Time Traveler’s Wife (review)
They didn’t ruin the movie, I promise. But some will disagree with me.
question of the day: What movie are you most looking forward to in August?
As of this writing, 13 movies will open wide in North America in the month of August. 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…
girls at Comic Con! yuck!
I’m not going to San Diego Comic Con this week. I wish I was. One of these years, I will get there. And I wouldn’t be alone, of course: it’s been a long time since fandom and geekness has been a primarily male domain (if it ever was). But you’d hardly know that from the … more…
trailer break: ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Love the book by Audrey Niffenegger. Trying not to think about all the ways the movie could screw it up. On the plus side, Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana are mega charming, and though he’s not in the trailer, Ron Livingston is in the film too. (Two … more…
question of the day: What movies are you most looking forward to in 2009?
New year, new slate of movies to get excited for. What movie are you most looking forward to in 2009? I usually don’t look too far ahead to see what’s coming up — keeping up with the movies opening now is challenging enough — but when I look at what’s in store for us in … more…
