Bad Teacher
Weekend Box-Office: Captain America: The First Avenger Knocks Down the Competition
Despite its record-smashing debut last weekend, not even a parade of Wingardium Leviosa spells could keep the boy wizard in the top spot a second time…Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 fell to second place behind the debut of Marvel’s newest comic book-to-film adaptation Captain America: The First Avenger. The story of weakling-turned-superman Steve Rogers and his fight to safeguard Ame...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Smashes Box Office and Records
Move over, Transformers…Harry Potter is back, and is cleaning up all over the place. Not only did Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 take the weekend with $168.6 million, it also managed to land the #1 spot in numerous categories, including best opening day and best opening weekend of all time. With nearly $500 million worldwide, in one weekend it has made half of Pirates of the Caribbea...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Transformers: Dark of the Moon Reigns Supreme!
Opening a film on a Wednesday, during a holiday weekend, can really give you a leg up…Transformers: Dark of the Moon did a fine job bringing in ticket sales, even if its critical reception left a lot to be desired. During the 4-day weekend, it made $116.4 million (and $181.1 million including the Wednesday and Thursday receipts). Not only is it the highest-earning film opening on Independence Day ...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Cars 2 Revs Up the Green
From boom to bust…Green Lantern was handily dethroned atop the box office by two newcomers. Cars 2 led the contention this weekend, the Disney/Pixar production showing a strong opening with $68 million for the top spot. Behind it came the Cameron Diaz comedy Bad Teacher with $31 million. Both films are receiving poor grades, remarkable especially for Cars 2, considering Pixar’s almost stellar trac...[Read More]
Movie Review: Bad Teacher
Bad Teacher did two things for me that were unexpected, very unexpected: it kept me watching and it kept my interest. As hard as I tried to not like this movie, between a very clever script and a not too bad cast and maybe even a little direction that we can make note of, Bad Teacher redeems itself from the many missteps that could have been avoided. However, when you consider the screen writers f...[Read More]