Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category
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New on DVD: Week of January 4
The new year doesn't really offer us any great movies in it's first week. Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is probably the best movie of the releases this week. The animated movie scored an 85% "Fresh Rating" on Rottentomatoes.com. We will surely see this movie at the top of the sales list. Here is the full release schedule broken up by standard DVD and Blu-ray: (more…)...
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Avatar Already Over $1 Billion Worldwide
The latest worldwide numbers have come in for Avatar and it has now exceeded $1 billion making it the fourth highest grossing movie of all-time after just 17 days of release. James Cameron is now the only director to have two movies in the $1 billion club and there are only five total that have made it. Avatar still has over $800 million to go to catch Titanic but will cruise into second place by the end of the week. Considering how fast it got to a billion it is realistic to now put the recor...
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Official ‘The Wolfman’ Site Launches
The official website for Universal Pictures' The Wolfman has launched. The site has a slew of features that include videos, a synopsis of the film, and photos. There is also a features sections on "Lycanthropy", which gives a history on werewolves. Directed by Joe Johnston, the film stars Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving and Art Malik. The Wolfman opens in theaters February 12. (more…)...
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Trailer for Frozen
The full theatrical trailer for Frozen has arrived. Three snowboarders are unknowingly stranded high up on a chairlift as the resort closes leaving them to realize they must act before they freeze to death. This has the look of another high concept but relatively low budget film which could catch on due to word-of-mouth. Watching this I definitely think of movies such as Open Water, Paranormal Activity, and the upcoming Buried. Frozen is slated to release on February 5th. ...
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Avatar Passes $300 Million in 15 Days
With one of its stronger individual days at the box office Avatar cruised past the $300 million mark in just its 15th day of release. The movie made an estimated $25 million on New Years Day taking it to $308.8 million. Its worldwide total is now over $800 million. Only two movies have hit $300 million faster than Avatar. The Dark Knight did it in 10 days and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen made it there in 14 days. However opening weekend grosses for those were much larger making $81 a...
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Review: Armored
No one goes into a movie such as Armored expecting it to be brilliantly written or even necessarily have a semi-plausible plot. Generally it is all about the entertainment factor and whether the characters and story developments are compelling. Unfortunately Armored does not excel in any area and comes off as predictable and completely implausible. The story centers on a group of armored car workers who attempt to steal $42 million by concocting a story about being ambushed while hiding the...
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January 2010 Movie Preview
January used to be viewed by studios as a month to either expand movies that opened in limited release to qualify for Academy Award consideration or as a dumping ground for films with low potential. That isn't the case anymore as January has proven to have the produce some hits. A couple movies release this coming month that look to reinforce the new way of thinking. (more…)...
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Top DVD Sales and Rentals for Week Ending December 27, 2009
For the second straight week The Hangover was the top selling DVD. District 9 came in second, but managed to knock the Comedy out of the top spot as the most rented DVD. It's fitting for me that both movies end up at top to close out the year, as they were two of my favorite movies of 2009. Below is the list of DVD sales and rentals for the week ending December 27, 2009: Rentrak Top 10 Selling DVDs: 1 The Hangover (Warner) 2 District 9 (Sony) 3 Harry Potter and...
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