Updates throughout the evening.
The red carpet is on! And Rinko Kikuchi’s dress is going to make the Go Fug Yourself girls go crazy.
So, the obvious, Jennifer Hudson wins best supporting actress. Lots of crying going on. There is probably gonna be even more crying during the Oscars.
Could I care less about best original song? […]

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As you might now there is a new I Am Legend film being made right now, starring Will Smith. It should be released towards the end of the year and will probably make tons of money. Because it has Will Smith, and as it has been proven, Will Smith's movies make money.
Today the […]

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ComingSoon.net has an interview with the people behind and in front of upcoming remake The Hitcher. The interview is here, but let me highlight the interesting parts:
The Hitcher opens this Friday (19 Jan).

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The Top 10

#

Film

Weekend Gross

Change(%)

Total Gross

1

Stomp The Yard

$22,000,000

–

$22,000,000

2

Night At The Museum

$17,100,000

-28.0%

$185,756,000

3

The Pursit Of Happyness

$9,100,000

-29.4%

$134,479,000

4

Dreamgirls

$8,122,000

+6.2%

$64,963,000

5

Freedom Writers

$7,117,000

-24.3%

$18,441,000

6

Children Of Men

$6,432,000

-36.9%

$21,398,000

7

Alpha Dog

$6,142,000

–

$6,142,000

8

Primeval

$5,988,000

–

$5,988,000

9

Arthur And The Invisibles

$4,300,000

–

$4,300,000

10

The Good Shepherd

$3,908,000

-39.4%

$54,266,000

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Lessons Learned

These dance themed teen movies always do well. And I'm always surprised. Perhaps someday I'll learn my lesson.
If you make a gritty, tough crime movie, and cast in one of the […]

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This Variety story makes the painfully obvious but often overlooked point that the position you take on your opening weekend is not that important. The amount of money you earn is. Opening at number one with $21 million is much worst than opening at number two with $47 million.
Also, this is the best example […]

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Here are some interesting statistics:

One of the most striking of the year-end statistics for 2006 shows just how successful the biggest films can be for the six major Hollywood studios: Half a dozen films account for nearly 30% of all their international grosses in 2006, led by the mega-budget "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's […]

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Depp’s production company apparently will have the chance to develop a movie based on the yet unwritten book about the death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko. You know, the guy that got poisoned. No word about whether Depp is interested in staring in it.
The new movie from James Wan, the director of the […]

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Will Farell. Jon Heder. Male figure skating. And now, a trailer.
Something with Will Farrell and a premise this silly could always turn out to be a hit. And the trailer does have a couple of good laughs. But overall I get the feeling that this one will be on the less funny side and that […]

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You know what gets me exited about the next Spider-Man movies? The prospect of Venom, by far the coolest Spider-Man villain. You know what almost gets me exited about a toy line? Venom, the official toy. I said almost excited.
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Busy weekend, with three new releases and three major expansions. Here they are.
Alpha Dog
The Player: Bruce Willis, Justin Timberlake and director Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook) The Story: Based on a true story of a group of young drug dealers who end up kidnapping the brother of one their customers. Rotten Tomatoes: 62% […]

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