question of the day: What disaster — natural or manmade, or a combination of the two — would you like to see depicted on film?
Surely something called the Boston Molasses Disaster is begging for the Coen Brothers’ treatment, no?
Titanic
Titanic (new trailer)
Spoiler: the boat still sinks in the end.
question of the day: Is talking, snarking, cheering, booing, or otherwise reacting out loud to a movie ever appropriate?
Do you prefer to watch movies in a completely distraction-free environment, or are you open to people vocally enjoying the energy of the film in question?
FX overload is killing next season’s TV; Sammy Hagar comes out as alien infiltree and crazy person; Brad Pitt’s ‘World War Z’ probably dead; more: leftover links
Plus: You will not be able to avoid having Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding soundtrack downloaded into your brain…
question of the day: Has the definition of “family” and “holiday” movies changed?
When I was a kid, TV over Thanksgiving weekend definitely meant The Wizard of Oz and maybe a marathon of the 1933 King Kong and all those goofy black-and-white Mighty Joe Young flicks. But as Jill Cozzi notes at the new Cinemarati Facebook page, what TV is pushing at us as ”holiday” these days feels kinda different…
my reads: ‘Dracula, the Un-Dead,’ by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt
Certainly it’s the funniest Dracula book that isn’t meant to be funny. It’s also ridiculously entertaining.
‘Toy Story 3’ continues to tear up the British box office
As of this past weekend, *Toy Story 3* has earned almost £59 million in the U.K…
question of the day: Tim Burton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ is a billion-dollar movie: why?
Today, Tim Burton’s baroque and pointless adaptation of Alice in Wonderland will cross the $1 billion mark in worldwide box office receipts, as The Hollywood Reporter noted the other day. It’s notable, too, as the first of the billionaire movies to have opened not in the summer season or at Christmastime but in spring. (The … more…
because Kate Winslet’s heart going on is way cooler in 3D
I’m a big fan of James Cameron, but he has to be stopped. If the awesome success of Avatar truly is going to his head like this, an intervention is called for: Bolstered by his 3-D box office record-breaker “Avatar,” the Oscar-winning director plans to sail “Titanic” again, confirming he will rerelease the 1997 blockbuster … more…
North American box office: ‘Shutter Island’ holds strong
While crazy cops and zombie farmers do well, too: 1. Shutter Island: $22.7 million (2nd week; drops 45%) 2. Cop Out: $18.2 million (NEW) 3. The Crazies: $16.1 million (NEW) 4. Avatar: $13.7 million 5. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: $9.6 million (3rd week; drops 37%) actual numbers, not estimates Over its … more…
