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Weekend Box Office: Batman and Mammoths Hold Off Ben Stiller and Dancing
It has been a week since the horrific shooting in Aurora, Colorado that turned what was meant to be an exciting night at the movies into a weekend of grieving and sorrow, and the studios decided to avoid releasing their box office estimates in response so as not to capitalize on the event. It’s hard to discuss going back to “business as usual” at a time when the shooter is still splashed across na...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’ A Portrait of the Artist in Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
First off, like everyone else, I was shocked and horrified to learn about the shooting at the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado on the morning of Friday, July 20th, 2012. My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, along with their families and friends. This was an act of senseless, unconscionable evil, and it has cast a cloud over what should have been a day of joy and celebration for movie fa...[Read More]
Weekend Box Office: After Aurora, Box Office Numbers to Be Announced Monday
Following the horrific events that occurred in Aurora, Colorado, Warner Bros. declined to release the box office estimates for The Dark Knight Rises for the weekend, opting instead to wait until Monday to show respect to those who lost loved ones in the shooting. Other studios did the same…there is a time and a place to be concerned about box office receipts, but this is not one of them. We here a...[Read More]
Batman on Film: Christopher Nolan Resurrects the Dark Knight
In the first half hour of Batman Begins, Thomas Wayne asks young Bruce this question after he falls into a well: “Why do we fall Bruce?” The answer to the elder Wayne’s question is so we can learn to pick ourselves up. Batman fell down pretty hard during Joel Schumacher’s watch and it was up to Christopher Nolan to pick the franchise back up. And pick it up Nolan did…so much so, that I don’t think...[Read More]