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The trailer for “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” has come out, and it looks interesting, though isn’t that the point of a trailer? I thought that the first Mission Impossible film was OK; not so much the second, despite being directed by John Woo. The third, by J.J. Abrams, felt a bit more in the spirit […]
“Cars 2” roared into the US box office with an opening of $66.1 million. A strong debut, ranking fifth behind “Up,” “Finding Nemo,” “The Incredibles” and “Toy Story 3.” The next release from Pixar is “Brave” and I expect it to continue the trend. And in other things Pixar, consider checking out ‘the movie blog,’
As I wrote last week, Green Lantern’s greatest problem is that its foreign box office returns are weak, which is confirmed in a story at ComicBookmovie.com. The article, among other things, tells of a precipitous box office fall-off the film has recently experienced. According to Boxofficemojo, “Green Lantern” has currently earned $76 million dollars, domestically, […]
Why Marvel Studios isn’t releasing “Captain America” on July 4th I’ll never know, though I dig the whole nostalgia vibe that the posters seem to be putting out. They appear to reflect sensibilities and a time that–probably–never really existed but that older people swear was real.
According to Comingsoon.net, there’s an original film–as in not a sequel to anything–coming from Pixar in 2013. This is a mystery because it’s commonly known that they are releasing “Cars 2,” “Brave” and “Monsters University” the sequel to 2001’s hit “Monsters.” So what is this new film? It can’t be “John Carter.” which, despite the […]
I wrote in a prior post that I didn’t expect “Green Lantern” to pull in any more than $40 million dollars in its Friday-Monday debut. I underestimated its box office by almost $13 million dollars. It’s better than my estimate, though still weak in comparison to other superhero films like “Thor” or “X-Men: First Class.” Another […]
I hope Deadpool does well for Ryan Reynolds, because it looks like Green Lantern may not be the breakout hit Warner Brothers expect it to be. Why do I say this?
Oh. My. God (pardon the pun). Darren Aronofsky has recently made a quite profitable film–”Black Swan”–and for some reason feels the need to ruin his one-film profitability streak by making a movie about Noah’s Ark. The last myth-based film, 2010’s “Clash of the Titans” was profitable, but despite being a mediocre film, at least had […]
I know that “The Walking Dead” is a television show, not a movie, but for the longest time the only place where fans of the undead could get such gory treats was on the big screen, so I am glad to celebrate the transition to the small screen. For fans of zombie-filled goodness, the second […]
Lately I have been expanding my anime repertoire. A few days ago I watched some episodes of “Samurai Champloo,” which has to be the best synthesis of anime/hip-hop attitude/Japanese history that I have yet seen, assuming that there is other anime in done a similar vein, which I doubt (though “Cowboy Bebop” came close in […]
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