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Archive for 2009
AVATAR hits $250 million, $726 million worldwide
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on December 30th, 2009
Avatar didn’t hit $250 million domestically more quickly than any other movie. It’s only No. 6 on the list. But James Cameron’s picture, which crossed the quarter billion mark yesterday, is showing staying power. Only The Dark Knight had better daily Tuesday gross, but that was on The Dark Knight‘s first Tuesday out. Yesterday, Avatar [...]
National Film Registry preserves Michael Jackson, Lumet, Bette and the Muppets
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on December 30th, 2009
At the end of the every year, during the height of awards season, the Library of Congress hits us with a list, a real list, of movies that will be preserved forever. For the first time ever, the LOC added a music video to the National Film Registry: the John Landis-directed video for Michael Jackson’s [...]
Posted in The Pictures 
Tags: bette davis, jezebel, michael jackson, national film registry, sidney lumet, the muppets 
No Comments »THE GREEN LANTERN update
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on December 29th, 2009
ASDKHCCTASZY It’s been awhile since we’ve heard anything about The Green Lantern, the first superhero film release from Warner’s reorganized DC Entertainment. And while casting rumors are fun, sometimes I can’t bring myself to post them. (Am I the only one who didn’t care about the Jackie Earle Haley rumor?) There’s no solid word on [...]
AFI ‘Moments of Significance’ 2009
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on December 29th, 2009
Why the AFI is still picking moments of significance is beyond me. After its irrelevant AFI Awards list, you’d think they’d spend more time tweaking that process then telling people things they already know–especially when the first moment listed is for a film that didn’t appear on its top ten list. Oh well. Here’s what [...]
Quickie: NINE
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on December 26th, 2009
Nine (2009)–1/2* Quickie Review In 1965, Italian film director Guido Contini struggles to make his latest film while grappling with the women in his life. Based on the Broadway show that was inspired by Fellini’s 8 1/2, this movie musical is an affront to fans of cinema and musicals alike. In trying to capture the manic spirit of [...]
Posted in Quickie Tags: daniel day lewis, judi dench, kate hudson, marion cotillard, nicole kidman, nine, penelope cruz, rob marshall, sophialoren No Comments »A Christmas Story
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on December 25th, 2009
From my all-time favorite Christmas movie. Hope your Christmas is better than the one Kate had.
Domestic box office to hit the $10 billion mark
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on December 23rd, 2009
Santa will be delivering quite a present to Hollywood execs. The domestic box office will cross the $10 billion mark for the first time on Tuesday. People were talking about this as earlier as April when Fast and Furious opened to $70.9 million. Even My Bloody Valentine in 3D and Coraline (also in 3D) opened [...]
KICK-ASS red band trailer featuring Hit Girl
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on December 22nd, 2009
(via Empire Online) Kick-Ass, starring Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Mark Strong, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Lyndsy Fonseca and Nicolas Cage, directed by Matthew Vaughn, opens on April 16, 2010.
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