The Wayans Brothers are back to doing spoofs with this week’s trailer. Dance Flick You can indirectly blame Aaron Seltzer & Jason Friedberg endless barrage of plotless spoof flicks on the success of the Wayans’ Scary Movie, which Seltzer and Friendberg co-wrote. Nearly a decade later, the Wayans’ return to the genre (quick note: they […]
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The Day the Earth Stood Still topped the box office this weekend with an estimated gross of $31M. After two weeks at the top, Four Christmases dropped to second place with an estimated gross of $13.3M. The only other new film to break the top ten was Nothing Like the Holidays, which opened in seventh
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Four Christmases topped the box office for a second week in a role with an estimated gross of $18.2M. In addition, the rest of the top five is virtually identical to last week (albiet with lower grosses). The highest grossing of the new films was Punisher: War Zone, which opened in eighth place with an
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This week, I look at the trailer for this new heist comedy staring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. Duplicity Maybe it’s just because Julia Roberts is in the cast, but this film, about two ex-spies who team together to con two rival companies, feels a lot like Ocean’s Eleven. The the trailer delves less about
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The grosses for this week vary slightly depending whether you are counting the normal three day weekend or the five day Thanksgiving weekend. Since I don’t live in the U.S., I will be looking at the three-day totals, for the five day totals, click here. Four Christmases topped the box office with an estimated gross
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This week we take a look at the trailer for the latest film by Atom Egoyan. Adoration Atom Egoyan probably goes hand-in-hand with David Cronenberg as one of the most successful Canadian film makers working today, even though I have yet to see any of his films. However, I am very interesting in seeing this
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Well it looks like the hordes of teenage girls did show up, since Twilight opened at the top of the box office with an estimated gross of $70.6M, which is about $200K more than what Quantum of Solace made the week before. That film, dropped to second place with an estimated gross of $27.4M. The
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This week, we look at the new trailer for J.J. Abram’s look at the first mission for Kirk and the crew. Star Trek FirstShowing is calling this film a reboot (which seems to be a big buzzword these days). However, producer/director J.J. Abrams (of LOST, Mission: Impossible III, and Cloverfield fame) has been quoted saying
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Quantum of Solace topped the box office with an estimated $70.4M, making it the largest opening for a James Bond film. Last week’s top film, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa dropped to second with an estimated gross of $36.1M, while rest of the films in the top five also dropped a single space. The only other
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Steve Martin returns for his second outing as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in this week’s trailer. The Pink Panther 2 I remember being slightly underwhelmed at the trailers for the first film, but ended up being greatly entertained by the film itself. That positive experience has made me a bit more accepting of Steve Martin filling
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