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Weekend Box-Office: Men in Black III Leads Memorial Day Pack
It was bound to be dethroned sometime, and The Avengers finally found its match in Men in Black III. Will Smith and Josh Brolin as Tommy Lee Jones have been scoring better than average reviews and made an estimated $70 million in box office over the four-day weekend (especially good considering the three-day take was the best opening of all three films in the series, with an estimated $55 million)...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Academy Award Nominee A Cat in Paris Looks Like a Storybook Come to Life
It’s Tuesday here at CinemaNerdz, and that means there’s a new Trailer Trashin’ column for your reading pleasure. For the second time since this column debuted, I’m taking a look at an animated film – the official trailer for the stateside release of A Cat in Paris. Premise: This is the story of a young girl whose cat leads her on an adventure and helps her solve a thrillin...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Avengers Sink Battleship
It is not quite Memorial Day yet, but the studios have released their big guns early, with Men in Black 3 remaining the only major May blockbuster to be released next weekend. However, it will still face stiff competition from The Avengers, which handily held onto the top spot with an estimated $55.1 million this weekend, and likely to be a major contender over the holiday weekend. However, it may...[Read More]
Poetry Becomes Surrealism: The Cinema of Jean Rollin
The citizens of Paris were in a bad mood in May of 1968. Student protests lead to a general strike that almost caused the collapse of the government. The City of Light was paralyzed by the most violent protest seen in Europe in over 100 years. It was in this atmosphere that Jean Rollin’s first film opened in Paris. It was only one of two new films to open that week and audiences flocked to the cin...[Read More]
Win Tickets to Chernobyl Diaries
Congratulations to the winners of our “Win Tickets to Chernobyl Diaries” contest! Here they are: Lopez Kristina, Justybear96, Jackie C., BigD, iceman821, fortfied, Toni, klz, gary burbrink, Louis, Robert Martinez, Doyrhw3, Chelle, Scutia51, Marilynn Reese, Tigerfanforlife, Rick M., Donald Bush, Rita Broils, william, Lalalauren, Lempo4, David301977, Reelybored, and m0sh. If you won, you should have...[Read More]