The Devil Inside
Weekend Box-Office: Mark Wahlberg Smuggles in a Win for Contraband
It may not be the traditional holiday weekend, with few getting time off for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday as, say, Memorial Day…but for the three day take, the “one last job” crime film Contraband walked away the winner with an estimated $24.1 million. Though this is a definite drop in overall take from last week, perhaps it says something about the current crop of films that the next ...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: The Devil Inside Possesses Box Office, If Not Much Else
If reports are to be believed, many who bought tickets to see The Devil Inside may claim the Devil made them do it, as the film has scored poorly with critics and theatergoers alike. Nevertheless, that didn’t stop it from making a killing in its weekend debut, earning an estimated $34.5 million on a paltry $1 million budget. Things dropped off a bit for the second and third place films, Mission: I...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Devil Inside
You know a horror film about exorcism is in trouble when the audience laughs during exorcism scenes intended to terrify you. But failure to scare is just one of many problems with The Devil Inside, an incredibly bad movie that will earn disgusting amounts of money due to savvy marketing, including a catchy but misleading trailer and a “surprise” ending that ranks among the worst and most unsatisfy...[Read More]