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Transformers Needs To Chill Out
Transformers Box Office Commentary Transformers 2 has grossed $387 million worldwide to this point, according to boxofficemojo.com In 5 days. That’s crazy talk. The film got mostly negative reviews and recently this article came out http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090621/film_nm/us_transformers saying Bay had complained about the marketing of the film, though as the article notes it seems he later…
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PT Anderson’s Career: Commentary/Analysis
PT Anderson Commentary For anyone not familiar with this incredible filmmaker, this can serve as a starting guide. In my opinion he’s that rare distinctive filmmaker who not only has gotten better with each film, but has demonstrated a tremendous range in terms of tone and genre. Let’s jump right in. *For anyone not familiar…
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Why Terminator Kinda Half Flopped
Terminator Salvation Analysis In lieu of doing the typical review, I’ve decided to approach Terminator Salvation from a more analytical angle, in terms of its relative success as a summer tentpole film (also doing this because I only just saw it, so a typical review would be pretty late at this point). Boxofficemojo currently has…
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Possibly Good News! Ryan Reynolds Deadpool Spinoff
Variety reports Ryan Reynolds may star as Deadpool in a Wolverine spinoff http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003226.html?categoryid=10&cs=1&nid=2248 Reynolds was pretty much the best part of Wolverine, the only one who seemed aware that the movie was extremely silly. The guy is cut like a rock, good looking, funny, and can even be scary if need be (see The…
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Can Someone Explain Paul Blart to me?
Paul Blart: Mall Cop According to boxofficemojo.com Paul Blart: Mall Cop has made 128 million dollars. 128 Million Dollars! You know what movie has made more money this year? None. It’s the top movie of the entire year. I went to see Paul Blart today. Walked out after 60 minutes. I haven’t walked out of…
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Lamenting the Silent Death of Killshot
What if I told you they had made a movie adapting a pretty decent Elmore Leonard novel (Killshot), and that it starred Thomas Jane, Diane Lane, recently Oscar-nominated (and a good pick to win) Mickey Rourke, rising actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rosario Dawson and it had been sitting on the shelf forever. Oh yeah, and…
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Hustle and Flow in a Semi?
Craig Brewer, writer-director of the magnificent Hustle and Flow as well as the less-seen but nearly equally intriguing Black Snake Moan is apparently set to do an update on Smokey and the Bandit according to Hollywoodreporter.com. His upcoming film Mother Trucker is described as an action comedy about a man who steals an 18 wheeler…
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Entertainment Things That Merit Attention in 2009
2009 Things To Look For 1. Will Watchmen Be Released? Watchmen has been heavily advertised. It’s a big movie. It’s expensive. It’s probably considered a possible tentpole by its studio. It also may not even get a release date. As has been reported by numerous outlets, Fox has basically said Warner Bros doesn’t have the…
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Considering the Biggest Movies of 2008-And Why?
Looking Back at 2008 Box Office *The following is for US domestic box office figures unless otherwise specified 1. Dark Knight And it damn well deserved it. How many times have you seen a movie that EVERYONE likes? The critics liked it. Audiences liked it. Everyone and their dog saw this movie. Because it was…