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Entries from March 2009

Weekend Box Office For March 27 – 29

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments

#1 Monsters Vs. Aliens from DreamWorks takes the #1 spot this weekend earning $59.3 million in 4104 theaters. Budget for Monsters is unknown. #2 The Haunting in Connecticut from Lionsgate debuts at #2 this weekend earning $23 million in 2732 theaters. Budget for Haunting is unknown. #3 Knowing from Summit drops to #3 this weekend [...]

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BSP Episode 087: Boondock Saints

March 28th, 2009 · No Comments

In this episode, we discuss the film Boondock Saints. Also included, a Promo for a very special promotion from J.C. Hutchins in support of his forthcoming book Personal Effects: Dark Art. All the info can be found here: http://jchutchins.net/site/the-brink/

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Weekend Box Office For March 20 – 22

March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

#1 Knowing from Summit takes the #1 spot this weekend earning $24.8 million in 3332 theaters. Budget for Knowing is unknown. #2 I Love You, Man from Paramount debuts at #2 this weekend earning $18 million in 2711 theaters. Budget for I Love You, Man is unknown. #3 Duplicity from Universal debuts at #3 this [...]

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Theatrical Review: Knowing

March 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

In 1959, in a small New York school, a group of grade school children are preparing a time capsule to be buried, all with drawings of what they think the future will look like, except for one little girl, Lucinda Embry, who had the idea for the time capsule, instead of a drawing, she’s put [...]

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Sag Pens Strike Letter

March 18th, 2009 · No Comments

After news of a draft letter seeking a strike authorization vote emerged Tuesday, SAG’s David White and AFTRA issued a statement downplaying the importance of the document and asserting that they remain optimistic about reaching a deal as negotiations enter week three. “This is one of many contingency documents that we prepare in the course [...]

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Weekend Box Office For March 13 – 15

March 16th, 2009 · No Comments

#1 Race to Witch Mountain from Buena Vista takes the #1 spot this weekend earning $25 million in 3187 theaters. Budget for Race is unknown. #2 Watchmen from Warner Bros. drops to #2 this weekend earning $18 million in 3611 theaters. Budget for Watchmen was $150 million. #3 The Last House on the Left from [...]

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Theatrical Review: The Last House On The Left

March 15th, 2009 · No Comments

A vicious criminal, Krug, is being transported, and along the way, he’s sprung by his brother Frances and his girlfriend Sadie. Krug, wondering where his son is, is told that he’s at the hotel where the gang is holed up. We’re then introduced to the Collingwood family, father John, a Doctor, his wife Emma and [...]

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News Briefs

March 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Oscar nominee Josh Brolin joins Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins in the ensemble cast for Woody Allen’s next picture, which the Vicky Cristina Barcelona auteur wrote and will direct this summer in London. No word on the plot or title. Juan Antonio Bayona, a protégé of Guillermo del Toro who’s best known for the stylish Spanish-language [...]

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Weekend Box Office For March 6 – 8

March 9th, 2009 · No Comments

#1 Watchmen from Warner Bros. dominates the box office this weekend earning $55.6 million in 3611 theaters. Budget for Watchmen was $150 million. #2 Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail from Lionsgate drops to #2 this weekend earning $8.8 million in 2151 theaters. Budget for Madea is unknown. #3 Taken from Fox climbs back to [...]

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Theatrical Review: Watchmen

March 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Watchmen the film adaptation of the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons that takes a realistic approach to super-heroes and follows the state of the world if such characters were to come to pass as well as studying the motivations behind the minds that actually put on the masks. When the novel starts, [...]

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