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Weekend Box-Office: Rio Still High atop Its Perch; Madea Big & Happy at #2
Apparently it pays to not only be 3D and kid-friendly, but have three letters in your title. Just as Hop did not too long ago, Rio holds the top spot for a second week in a row. Its take isn’t as big ...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Rio Soars and Silences Scream 4
After two weeks on top, Hop finds itself lagging behind another family friendly CG film, and one decidedly much less friendly. Rio, the story of a macaw from Minnesota who finds himself in hot water w...[Read More]
The Legacy of the Scream Films: A Fan’s Opinion
When Wes Craven’s original Scream motion picture was released in the winter of 1996, I was still too young to see the film in theaters unaccompanied by an adult. In fact, this was still true in 1997 f...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Hop Still On Top!
The Easter season is still a good time to be a bunny … the family romp Hop remained at #1 for the second week in a row, making $21.7 million and making a profit domestically. But the top ten has been ...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Hop on Top!
Three new movies, three top takers; and on two of them, the majority of audiences and critics can agree. Hop was the big winner of the weekend; while not a critical darling, it more than made up for t...[Read More]
Interview with Thomas McCarthy, director of Win Win
It’s a movie that’s “hard not to enjoy on some level.” That’s how director Thomas McCarthy describes his latest film, Win Win. After seeing it, it’s hard to disagree with that statement. This writer i...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Rodrick Rules Over Sucker Punch
The top ten welcomed two new films this weekend, both of them debuting in the two top spots, though if you were to ask the critics, you wouldn’t have been missing much. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick R...[Read More]