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Box Office Weekend: Skyfall Rises Back to the Top of a Tepid Weekend
With the wide release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey due next weekend and little new to talk about, box office returns are down significantly from the previous week, though James Bond is certainly not frowning. Skyfall returned to the number one spot for the weekend, having been displaced after its opening by The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 for three weeks. Though receipts are expect...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Bullets are Flying in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained
It’s finally December, and that means it’s the time we’ll all start preparing to celebrate our winter holiday of choice – Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/Festivus/Decemberween/etc. And this week’s edition of Trailer Trashin’ brings us another look at the most awesomely inappropriate movie of this holiday season: Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. Premise: Django (J...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: No Sunset for Twilight
Critics might not have agreed, but there was no stopping the juggernaut finale…The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 held the top spot for the third week in a row. Though its estimated $17.4 million is far below its previous weekend totals, it has not suffered a bit for it, having earned $254.6 million domestically and $702.4 worldwide. If its fortunes continue it could be not only be the highes...[Read More]
Interview with Sacha Gervasi, director of Hitchcock
Sacha Gervasi (pronounced Jur-VAH-zee), the director of the documentary Anvil: The Story of Anvil, made his feature film directing debut this year with the film Hitchcock. He’s also made a name for himself as a successful screenwriter, penning such entries as the Steven Spielberg-helmed film The Terminal. Based on the Stephen Rebello book, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, Gervasi’s new f...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: It’s a Fractured Fairy Tale in Jack the Giant Slayer
Now that we’ve all survived both Thanksgiving celebrations and the insanity of Black Friday, the beginning of the holiday season is nigh. And with that beginning comes yet another trailer for one of next year’s movies. In this week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’, let’s take a look at the official trailer for Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Slayer. Premise: An a...[Read More]