This week we look at the first trailer for Guy Ritchie’s take on Arther Conan Dolyle’s classic character. Sherlock Holmes The first thing that would be obvious in this trailer is that Guy Ritchie has made a more action-packed version of Sherlock Holmes than one would be used to. That said, it looks like Robert […]
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Further proof that family-friendly films equal box-office gold, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($53.5M) beat Terminator: Salvation ($43M) by an estimated $10.5M. Last week’s top film, Angels and Demons, dropped to forth place with an estimated $21.4M. The other new release for the week, Dance Flick, opened in fifth place with an
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An interesting development that has been reported on for the last few weeks is that there are apparently these new digital IMAX theaters in which the screen is MUCH smaller than what would be expected for an IMAX screen. The issue began with a blog rant by actor/comedian Aziz Ansari claiming that he was duped
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This week we look at the trailer for the first traditionally animated Disney film in five years. The Princess and the Frog This trailer makes a point to look back at the history Disney had with its traditionally cell-animated feature-length animated films, before the studio started concentrating exclusively on CGI films. Now, half a decade
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Star Trek boldly went where no film in the series has gone before with an estimated opening gross of $72.5M, topping the weekend box office. This is the highest opening gross ever for a Star Trek film, with the next closest being the $30.7M Star Trek: First Contact opened with in 1996. The film is
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Today we will be looking at this new Science Fiction film produced by Peter Jackson. District 9 This is almost a viral trailer, since it for the most part looks to be about a documentary involving a war-torn country. Then there is the big revelation halfway through that the “unwanted” individuals talked about are actually
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The $85.1M number one gross for X-Men Origins: Wolverine proves that comic book films still do good business despite mixed (at best) reviews. It’s also close to a number that I am sure the makers of Watchmen wanted that film to receive when it was released two month ago. Rounding out the figures for the
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The Fatal Attraction-esque film Obsessed topped the box office with a gross of $28.6M. Last week’s top film, 17 Again, dropped to second place with a gross of $11.5M. All the other wide releases of the weekend opened in the top five with Fighting opening in third with a gross of $11M, The Soloist opening
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This week we look at what will probably be the final trailer for the next Harry Potter film. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince I believe that it is almost forgotten that this film was originally scheduled to be released back in November, before moving to the summer. According to this trailer (which is the
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In the same way Hannah Montana scored last week, Zac Efron‘s 17 Again topped the box office with a gross of $23.7M, with the other tween-centred film dropping to third place with a gross of $13.4M. The Russell Crowe thriller State of Play opened in second place with a gross of $14.1M and Crank: High
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