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Dark Knight Soars Above $1 Billion

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Sequels, Box Office,

Heath Ledger in Th Dark Knight might not be the “Best Film” of the year, but it was undoubtedly the most successful.

January’s re-release gave Knight the extra push it needed to officially cross the $1 billion mark. The sequel, with it’s $1.001 billion gross, now stands as the 4th highest-earner of all time. Only ($1.84 billion), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1.12 billion) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($1.07 billion) have raked in more.

Domestically, Knight falls directly behind Titanic. The Warner Bros. production has earned $533.1 million on this side of the pond.

Read More | E! Online

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Star Trek Finally Coming to Blu-ray

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Paramount, Drama, Science Fiction, Sequels, Home Entertainment, Upcoming Releases,

The Wrath of Khan

To promote the upcoming premiere of , Paramount Home Entertainment will catch up with the technological times.

Beginning April 28, a series of Trek-related offerings will be finally be rolled out on Blu-ray. Star Trek: The Original Series—Season One is first on that list. In addition to the 29 episodes, the seven-disc set will allow viewers to choose between the original television or remastered versions.

On May 12 (a few days after the film’s premiere), the studio will issue two Blu-ray boxed sets: Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection and Star Trek Motion Picture Trilogy. The “collection” will include the six films - from 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture to 1991’s Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - featuring the show’s original cast. Meanwhile, the “trilogy” will only include The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock and The Voyage Home.

The 2009 version of Star Trek premieres on May 8.

Read More | Hollywood Reporter

No More Nudity for Kate Winslet

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip,

Kate Winslet in Vanity Fair

If an Oscar nomination isn’t reason enough for you to finally see The Reader, consider this: That may be the last film ever strips down for again.

In the current issue of Time, the two-time Golden Globe winner and current Oscar nominee claims her days of opening up for the camera are completely over. “I think I won’t do it again: a) I can’t keep getting away with it, and b) I don’t want to become ‘that actress who always gets her kit off’,” the 33-year-old explained.

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In Theaters This Weekend: February 20, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Lionsgate, Sony, Documentary, Foreign, Independent, Comedy, Lists, New Releases,

Madea Goes to Jail

Here are some possible suggestions for your upcoming weekend:

  • Fired Up (PG-13): starring Nicholas D’Agosto, Eric Christian Olsen, Sarah Roemer (directed by Will Gluck)
  • Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail (PG-13): starring Tyler Perry, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Derek Luke (directed by Tyler Perry)
  • Delhi-6* (NR): starring Hrithik Roshan, Atul Kulkarni, Divya Dutta (directed by Rakesh Mehra)
  • Eleven Minutes* (R): starring Jay McCarroll, Nancy Kane, Kelly Cutrone (directed by Michael Selditch, Rob Tate)
  • Manuela y Manuel* (PG-13): starring Humberto Busto, Elena Iguina, Luz Maria Rondon (directed by Raul Marchand Sanchez)
  • Must Read After My Death* (NR): (directed by Morgan Dews)

*limited release


Box Office Breakdown: Friday the 13th Slashes the Holiday Competition

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, FOCUS, Disney, Fox Searchlight, Sony, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Animation, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, Lists,

Friday the 13th

Twelve turned out to be a lucky number for good old #13.

Blood-thirsty audiences helped push into the record books this holiday weekend. (There’s no better way to spend a Valentine’s Day than scared in your honey’s arms.) The franchise’s twelfth installment scared up $43.6 million over the last four days to become the top horror opener of all time. Friday also had the second best showing ever for a President’s Day weekend debut. (Ghost Rider pulled in $52 million in 2007.)

The horror film wasn’t the only newsmaker this February. , this week’s sixth-place finisher, added on another $13.8 million to officially break the $100 million mark. (The comedy currently stands at $112.3 million.) That’s the first time a January opener has ever done that.

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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: February 17, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Lionsgate, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Adaptation, Drama, Horror, Music, Period, Religious, Sequels, Comedy, Home Entertainment, Lists,

Religulous DVDHere are some of the options available this Tuesday:

Five Lovable Big Screen Couples

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Adaptation, Musicals, Romance, Comedy, Casting,

Grease - Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta

Love is in air in February - or at least, it’s all over the entertainment industry. Retailers vie for our money, love-soaked television episodes hope for big ratings. The sappier the better, because doesn’t romance put everyone in a spending mood? In Hollywood, love stories are popular all year ‘round - but which lovable big screen couples continue to endure when other romances seems to fade? Some leading ladies and big screen hunks seem to have more chemistry than the average pair, and we love to watch them fall in love again and again.

Let’s look back at five lovable big screen couples, and see what happens when pretend romance is done right.

Olivia Newton-John and - They were both in their twenties when they filmed Grease, but they were the perfect High School couple. The enduring tale of bad-boy-falls-for-good-girl is perhaps best represented with rollicking music and 50s-era fashion - or at least, it’s more enjoyable that way. It’s all thanks to Sandy and Danny, who are so very lovable together.

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Brad Pitt Asks for Nazi Scalps in Inglourious Basterds Trailer

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Universal, Weinstein Company, Action, Adventure, Drama, Period, Trailers, Upcoming Releases,


Earlier this month, B.J. Novak found it difficult to describe Inglorious Basterds. Let’s see if this teaser trailer can help fill in the blanks.

In the film, Brad Pitt plays Lt. Aldo Raine, the leader of a group of Jewish-American soldiers on a mission to kill Nazis. The movie, which clearly promises to be a bloody one, was directed by none other than .

After previewing the trailer, let us know what you think. Did it do enough to make you overlook Brad’s hideous mustache? Is this the WWII film that will make everyone forget ever existed?

hits theaters on August 21.


Will Lindsay Lohan Be Moving to Elm Street?

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: New Line, Horror, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,

Lindsay LohanFreddy Krueger

UPDATE: Another producer on the film is now denying that the report is true.

Is Lindsay Lohan setting herself up to be the next scream queen?

According to Just Jared, the 22-year-old will be following up her Razzie Award-winning performance in I Know Who Killed Me with another horror film. Lohan has just agreed to star in the remake of .

“We were lucky to receive a call from Jason Weinberg, Lindsay’s manager,” producer Andrew Form told JustJared.com. “He called us to tell us that Lindsay was very interested in the film and wanted to be a part of it. We called Jason back after Wesley Strick finished the script and asked if Lindsay wanted to look at the first draft. She looked it over and loved it. She thought this was the perfect vehicle for her.”

 

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In Theaters This Weekend: February 13, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Columbia Pictures, New Line, Sony, Touchstone, Action, Adaptation, Documentary, Drama, Foreign, Horror, Independent, Romance, Comedy, Thrillers, Lists, New Releases,

The International

Here are some possible suggestions for your upcoming weekend:

  • Confessions of a Shopaholic (PG): starring Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter (directed by P.J. Hogan)
  • Friday the 13th (R): starring Derek Mears, Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti (directed by Marcus Nispel)
  • The International (R): starring Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl (directed by Tom Tykwer)
  • Gomorrah* (NR): starring Toni Servillo, Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abruzzese (directed by Matteo Garrone)
  • Two Lovers* (R): starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw,  (directed by James Gray)
  • Under the Sea 3D* (G): narrated by Jim Carrey (directed by Howard Hall)

*limited release


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