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June 30, 2008

Wall-E prior to the apocalypse that destroyed humanity. | Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Wall-E continued Pixar's long streak of box-office success this weekend as it hauled in $62.5M to top the vile action flick Wanted ($51.1M). The race wasn't expected to be nearly so close, but Wanted somehow managed to blast past early estimates and do huge business in a rare hit for Angelina Jolie. Hold-overs staked out the rest of the top 10:......

Continue Reading "Box Office Review: Number 5 is Number 1"

June 27, 2008

But where the hell is Fisher Stevens? | Photo courtesy of Disney Sooner or later Pixar has to release a dud, right? They can't just keep releasing great film after great film can they? Won't the odds eventually catch up to them? Maybe not. The early critical reception for Wall-E has been nothing short of ecstatic. If you thought the first ten, dialogue-free minutes of There Will Be Blood were pure cinematic brilliance, wait till......

Continue Reading "Weekend Movie Guide: Number 5 is alive!"

April 14, 2008

Teens prepare for drinking, dancing, sex, evisceration | Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures In yet another crushing blow to the American democratic experiment, Prom Night was the big winner at the weekend box office. The PG-13 horror flick/shit sandwich grossed $22.7M to easily out-distance fellow newcomer Street Kings which waddled in with a below-expected $12M. The borderline racist 21 continued to show good legs, earning a strong $11M in its third weekend ($62.2M). After......

Continue Reading "Box Office Review: America fails again"

April 11, 2008

Feeling down? See this immediately! | Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight Convincing people to go to a movie theater and see a documentary is a labor of love for me. Folks always protest that they'd rather see something else--something bigger and shinier!--but if they suck it up and buy the ticket for the doc they are invariably happy that they did. This weekend, a truly great documentary unspools in Los Angeles. It's called Young......

Continue Reading "Weekend Movie Guide: Fairy tales can come true..."

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