In Theaters This Weekend: March 12, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: DreamWorks, IFC Films, Fox Searchlight, Magnolia, Paramount, Universal, Documentary, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Romance, Comedy, Thrillers, Lists, New Releases,
Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:
- Green Zone (R): starring Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan (directed by Paul Greengrass)
- Our Family Wedding (PG-13): starring Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera, Carlos Mencia (directed by Rick Famuyiwa)
- Remember Me (PG-13): starring Robert Pattinson, Pierce Brosnan, Emilie de Ravin (directed by Allen Coulter)
- She’s Out of My League (R): starring Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, Krysten Ritter (directed by Jim Field Smith)
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Pierce Brosnan on the Modernized James Bond
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip,
Pierce Brosnan, who played James Bond in four of the spy movies, believes the iconic character has changed dramatically since his successor took over the role.
“It’s totally changed since Daniel Craig is playing it. They wanted to modernize Bond. I didn’t stop voluntarily,” the 56-year-old actor said. “We talked about a fifth movie and then came the call that I am out. Total change of direction. That was very hard.”
Although he was upset to be axed from the action franchise, Pierce claims that since his last Bond outing in 2002’s Die Another Day, his career has changed for the better. “So much the better how my career evolved. But being an actor is only my second career choice. Primarily I am a father,” he told website Kurier.at.
Despite his thoughts on the role, Pierce hasn’t even watched Craig in action. “I haven’t seen Daniel in the role. I tried watching it on an airplane. I thought 37,000 feet was a good distance to watch it from and it broke down right at the beginning,” he recalled. “The attendant came and changed it and it broke down a second time, so I figured, ‘OK. The Gods must be saying something…’ So I never went near it!”
Brosnan’s next film, Remember Me with Robert Pattinson, opens on March 12.
First Look: Robert Pattinson in Remember Me
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Romance, Trailers, Upcoming Releases,
Team Edward members—you might want to avert your eyes. It looks like your favorite vampire has found himself a new star-crossed lover.
In Remember Me, Robert Pattinson begins dating a girl from his Global Politics class (Lost‘s Emilie de Ravin) - another classmate! - whose father was responsible for arresting him. That’s a recipe that can only spell drama—and based on this clip, the two stars make the perfect couple for it.
The film co-starring Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper, opens on March 12.
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: March 24, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: DreamWorks, Disney, MGM, Paramount, Action, Adaptation, Animation, Drama, Family, Period, Sequels, Home Entertainment,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:
- Bolt: DVD, Blu-ray
- Goldfinger: Blu-ray
- The Kite Runner: Blu-ray
- A Mighty Heart: Blu-ray
- Moonraker: Blu-ray
- Never Say Never Again (Collector’s Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: DVD
- Quantum of Solace: DVD, Blu-ray
- Secrets of the Furious Five: DVD
- A Woman Called Golda: DVD
- The World is Not Enough: Blu-ray
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2009 Razzie Award Winners
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Awards,
While Mickey Rourke was busy offending viewers, Paris Hilton and Mike Myers were awarded for offending audiences.
At yesterday’s 29th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards presentation, the two nominees were both (dis)honored with three wins each. Myers’ The Love Guru earned a Razzie for Worst Picture along with awards for Worst Actor and Worst Screenplay.
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2009 Razzie Award Nominations
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Awards,
What do Paris Hilton, Jessica Alba and Cameron Diaz have in common? They might not get dates with Oscar anytime soon, but they still have shots at an award.
Early Wednesday, the three ladies became the latest actresses to contend for a title previously owned by Halle Berry and Lindsay Lohan. Come February 21, the trio - along with the cast of The Women and Kate Hudson - will all by vying for the Worst Actress category at the 29th Annual Razzie Awards.
At today’s announcement, Hilton was named for a total of three acting categories: Worst Actress (The Hottie and the Nottie), Worst Supporting Actress (Repo!: The Genetic Opera) and Worst Screen Couple (with either Christine Lakin or Joel David Moore from Hottie). Meanwhile, Mike Myers’ comeback film, The Love Guru, could walk away with the most honors this year. The “comedy” - with help from Alba and Verne Troyer - was nominated a whopping seven times.
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Box Office Breakdown: Bangkok Dangerous Tops Dismal Weekend
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Drama, Musicals, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Box Office, Lists,
Eek. And I thought a $14 million weekend was bad.
Seven days ago, Tropic Thunder reached the #1 spot despite an unimpressive box office turnout. This week, Bangkok Dangerous accomplished that same achievement—with only $7.7 million dollars.
While number crunchers weren’t expecting stellar numbers (kids are back in school, football’s back gone), the underwhelming response to Nicolas Cage‘s latest film was a bit surprising. Not only did the film industry have its worst weekend of 2008, Bangkok had the lowest take for any first-placed flick in five years. (Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star topped with $6.6 million in 2003.)
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Box Office Breakdown: Tropic Thunder Makes It Three for Three
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Animation, Drama, Musicals, Romance, Satire, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Box Office, Lists, New Releases,
At any other time of the year, a $14 million take would probably get you a decent ranking in the Top Ten. This holiday weekend, that box office total was enough to put Tropic Thunder into first place. Again.
Despite a new Vin Diesel entry, the Ben Stiller comedy led the top of the pack for the third weekend in a row. (If it reaches that mark a fourth time, it will have officially reached Dark Knight territory.) Meanwhile, Babylon A.D. settled for second place with only $11.5 million in ticket sales. I’m guessing the sci fi film’s reviews - in particular, the one from the movie’s own director - might have had something to do with the disappointing turnout.
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Box Office Breakdown: Tropic Thunder Wins the Death Race
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, MGM, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Horror, Musicals, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Box Office, Lists, New Releases,
Although it was widely believed that (hunky) Jason Statham would emerge as this weekend’s winner, Tropic Thunder somehow managed to hold its ground. The comedy, which only raked in $16.2 million during this outing, became the third movie this year to make a repeat appearance at #1. (The other two films were those giant blockbusters called Iron Man and The Dark Knight.)
Overall, this was an unimpressive weekend for films. Theatergoers probably confused (like me) by Joan Allen’s participation only poured $12.6 million of their dollars into Death Race. Meanwhile, The House Bunny became this week’s highest-grossing chick alternative (Sorry, Sisterhood!) with its $14.5 million gross.
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Box Office Breakdown: Dark Knight Struck Down by Tropic Thunder
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, MGM, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Horror, Musicals, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, Lists,
Despite a somewhat disappointing opening last Wednesday ($6.5 million), Tropic Thunder actually managed to surpass the four-time box office winner. The comedy grossed $25.8 million over the past three days, nearly $10 million more than its caped competitor.
And while Ben Stiller should be happy by his movie’s accomplishment, the Dreamworks/Paramount film still left a lot to be desired. Recent comedies such as Get Smart ($38.6 million) and Step Brothers ($30.9 million) debuted to better numbers. But then those two films didn’t have a distraction like Michael Phelps to contend with.
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