Box Office News
Release the Immortals! Greek Heroes Slay Jack & Jill at Box Office
by Locke Peterseim | November 13th, 2011 | Filed under: Box Office News, News1) Immortals — $32 million Chalk one up for style-heavy, 3D, slo-mo, CGI gore! Director Tarsem Singh’s very R-rated (a lotta heads roll) mythological action-adventure may feel like a mix of 300 and Clash of the Titans, but it didn’t quite match up to either of those flicks on its box-office debut. Still, it’s a big [...]
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Billy Crystal Hosting Oscars Again After Eddie Murphy Steps Down
by Locke Peterseim | November 11th, 2011 | Filed under: News, Quizzes, Contests & PollsEddie Murphy’s out as 2012′s Oscar host, and Billy Crystal’s back in for the ninth time. It seems things over at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got a little… um, jostled up this week. This summer, director Brett Ratner (Tower Heist, the Rush Hour movies) was tagged to produce the 2012 Oscars [...]
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Yay, Nay, or Maybe: A Where’s Waldo Movie?
by Erika Olson | November 8th, 2011 | Filed under: News, Quizzes, Contests & PollsThe Where’s Waldo? phenomenon hit its stride when I was in junior high in the late ’80s. I was never really that into searching for the red-and-white-shirted Harry Potter lookalike (or is it Harry who looks like Waldo? Waldo was on the scene for ten years before Harry!), but we did have this glitter-wand doohickey [...]
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Puss in Boots Scratches Off Tower Heist, Clings to Top of Box Office
by Locke Peterseim | November 6th, 2011 | Filed under: Box Office News, News1) Puss in Boots — $33 million That’s right: $33 million in its second weekend, compared to $34 million last weekend. That’s an astoundingly small drop of only 3%–something that hasn’t happened for a non-holiday wide release since 2000′s My Dog Skip. But it wasn’t just the animal-loving, family film angle and good word of mouth [...]
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Yay, Nay, or Maybe: Ricky Gervais Might Host Golden Globes Again?
by Locke Peterseim | November 5th, 2011 | Filed under: News, Quizzes, Contests & PollsI love boundary pushing, edgy, often offensive humor, and I love seeing big “important” institutions and “respected” figures mocked a bit. But most of all I really love Ricky Gervais, especially because he does exactly that. Rumors have been flitting about all week on the Interwebs that despite all the harrumphing and tsk-tsking over Ricky [...]
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Yay, Nay, or Maybe: A Dumb and Dumber Sequel from the Farrellys and Carrey?
by Locke Peterseim | November 3rd, 2011 | Filed under: News, Quizzes, Contests & PollsComedy filmmaking brothers Peter and Bobby Farrelly are hoping to revisit their very first film, 1994′s Dumb and Dumber, and it sounds like co-stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels could be back for the sequel. In the ’90s Jim Carrey and the Farrelly Brothers were the kings of outrageous comedy movies. The Farrellys’ Dumb and [...]
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Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace to Star in Crime Drama for Original Dragon Tattoo Director
by Locke Peterseim | November 2nd, 2011 | Filed under: Box Office News, NewsAs anticipation grows for the American remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the David Fincher film starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara is out December 21), hardcore fans of Stieg Larsson’s novels still have much love for the original Swedish 2009 film and its sequels, which starred Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander. Those fans [...]
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Puss in Boots Tops Box Office with Fluffy but Soft Debut
by Locke Peterseim | October 30th, 2011 | Filed under: Box Office News, News1) Puss in Boots — $34 million It was the first family film in a month (since Dolphin Tale) and the first new animated release since July’s Winnie the Pooh (not counting the Lion King 3D re-release last month). Yet Puss in Boots didn’t exactly claw up the box office. Opening with less than half of Shrek Forever [...]
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Yay, Nay, Or Maybe: H&M’s “Dragon Tattoo” Clothing Line?
by Erika Olson | October 27th, 2011 | Filed under: News, Other Bits, Quizzes, Contests & PollsLast summer I was kinda sorta fascinated by the unique merchandising venture that the producers of Eat Pray Love entered into with one of my favorite stores, Cost Plus World Market. They’d created wine, tea, pasta, and much, much more, all inspired by the film and available for purchase. I suppose I should be surprised [...]
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Joss Whedon’s Super-Secret Shakespeare Movie!
by Locke Peterseim | October 26th, 2011 | Filed under: NewsAs I’ve made annoyingly clear over the years here at redblog, I’m a huge Joss Whedon fan–a big, silly, dyed-in-the-wool Whedonite, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, through the brief-lived Firefly and Serenity, and Dollhouse. I love the Internet serial Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. And of course I’ve just been giddily beside myself since [...]
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