Weekend Box Office: Are You Ready for Some Football? Also, The Roommate Was #1
Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/06/11 at 10:38 PM CT
If you weren't amongst the great unwashed masses who watched Green Bay beat down the Steelers for Super Bowl supremacy, then perhaps you did catch a movie over the weekend.
In a typically slow weekend thanks to football's top game of the year, the horror not-quite-Single White Female-remake The Roommate managed to care up the most at the box office. The $15.6 million must look pretty good for …
New Movies to Crave: Get Your Inner Sanctum on With Your Roommate
Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/04/11 at 09:24 AM CT
I have a prediction: Hollywood is not going to recover from their downward spiral this weekend. Since December box office totals have been pretty dismal compared to last year. Even though Oscar-caliber films The King's Speech, True Grit, Black Swan and The Fighter are putting up impressive numbers, Hollywood has no great blockbuster title to buoy big numbers. This weekend doesn't look to improve …
New DVD and Blu-Ray Releases to Crave This Week: Let Me In Never Let Me Go, Monsters!
Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/01/11 at 12:10 PM CT
It's a veritable avalanche of drama and horror - so much so that you may NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN - or you will, you'll just have a lot more movies that you've happened to watch.
1) Leading the pack is an American remake that, while I have a hard time can best the original, at least looks like it packs a pretty good punch. The vampire drama Let Me In with Chloe Grace Moretz as the pint-sized …
Weekend Box Office: The Rite Does Right, King's Speech Continues Oscar Bump Surge
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/30/11 at 10:27 PM CT
Looks like American is willing to give exorcisms one more shot as Anthony Hopkins and The Rite took the top spot over the weekend.
With an estimated $15 million, The Rite sat atop the box office, and performed in line with what was expected. Also showing up within expectations was The Mechanic. With Jason Statham and plenty of action, the film wound up tied for third place with The Green …
New Movies to Crave: The Mechanic in a Fight Against The Rite
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/28/11 at 10:42 AM CT
Do you crave some action or a something a little more spooky? If you want something that's not going to be on Oscar's radar, or have already sampled the nominees, two new entries will try to shake things up over the weekend.
1) First, Anthony Hopkins takes a trip down Exorcist Lane as he prepares for The Rite. In this "based on true events" film, Hopkins is a priest who travels to Italy to …
Oscar Nominations Are Out: Let the Predictions Fly!
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/25/11 at 11:05 AM CT
It looks like the Oscars are shaping up to be a battle of the staid, old-school British costume drama and the up-to-the-moment, hipster social media biography. Throw in a grizzled western and a mind-bending dream and hopefully Oscar won't disappoint.
The King's Speech has 12 nominations, followed by True Grit's 10 and The Social Network and Inception both picked up 8. Here is the list, with …
No Strings Bounces Green Hornet in Modest Box Office Brawl
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/24/11 at 10:11 AM CT
Has the romantic comedy curse finally been lifted? Well, I'm not about to declare the drought over. Even though No Strings did manage to take the top spot at the box office, the low-key $20.3 million debut was nothing to get excited about.
For Ashton Kutcher, it falls right in the range of his previous rom-coms, What Happens in Vegas ($20.2 million) and Just Married ($17.5 million) while this …
New Movies to Crave: Look Ma, No Strings Attached!
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/21/11 at 09:59 AM CT
Maybe Hollywood is afraid of The Green Hornet, or maybe they're just getting ready for the rest of awards season... Whatever the case, don't expect a tidal wave of films anytime soon.
1) Natalie Portman shows that she doesn't just need to show her gritty ballerina side all the time. No Strings Attached is about as far from Black Swan as you could ask - a fun, romantic comedy about casual sex …
New DVD and Blu-Ray Releases to Crave This Week: Stone Buried Takers; No, It's Not a 60s Album Title
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/19/11 at 11:41 AM CT
Usually you have one good laugh in the new releases, but it seems this week it's all drama and crime, so if you wanted comedy or family films it's just not your week I'm afraid.
1) I'm curious to see if Ryan Reynolds can pull off a one-man show. In Buried that's exactly what he's trying to do. Will he succeed? The movie has gotten little recognition, but somehow I think he will be able to …
Globes Indicate the Oscars Are Going to Be a Very Social Affair
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/17/11 at 12:45 AM CT
When I first heard the new about a Facebook movie coming out, I was skeptical. I became a little more interested when I found out David Fincher was directing, but still, Facebook movie? - Maybe it's just the fact that I hardly use the site, but I still wasn't convinced. Yet I watched it opening weekend, and my fears were dispelled and I have no qualms saying it is was the best film I saw in …
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