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Entries from May 2009

Theatrical Review: Drag Me To Hell

May 31st, 2009 · No Comments

Christine Brown is a bright, young bank loan officer, she’s got a solid relationship with a young professor and she’s up for an assistant manager position at her bank. But the bank manager is still waffling on his choice for the job, edging towards someone with more initiative than what Christine has had. [...]

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Weekend Box Office for May 22 - 24

May 26th, 2009 · No Comments

#1 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian from Fox debuts at #1 this weekend earning $53.5 million in 4096 theaters. Budget for Museum was $150 million.
#2 Terminator Salvation from Fox debuts at #2 this weekend earning $43 million in 3530 theaters. Budget for Salvation was $200 million.
#3 Star Trek from Paramount drops to [...]

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Theatrical Review: Terminator Salvation

May 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

As Terminator Salvation opens, we’re first introduced to Marcus Wright, a death row prisoner who has signed an agreement with Cyberdyne Systems before his execution in the year 2004- then we fast forward to 2018 and center in on John Connor and the Resistance after a disastrous confrontation with Connor the only one left standing. [...]

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Weekend Box Office For May 15 - 17

May 19th, 2009 · No Comments

#1 Angels and Demons from Sony debuts at #1 this weekend earning $46.2 million in 3527 theaters. Budget for Angels was $150 million.
#2 Star Trek from Paramount just loses the #1 spot this weekend earning $43 million in 3860 theaters. Total earnings for Trek is $147 million. Budget for Trek is unknown.
#3 X-Men Origins: Wolverine [...]

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Theatrical Review: Angels & Demons

May 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Pope has died, and as the Vatican prepares to name his successor from four possible candidates, they find themselves under attack and their candidates kidnapped by what appears to be a resurrection of The Illuminati. Now, Professor Robert Langdon finds himself recruited by The Vatican, even after his last escapade with them, in [...]

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Weisz, Jackman, Pattinson join Stowe on “Captives”

May 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Variety reports that Madeleine Stowe’s (Bad Girls, The General’s Daughter) period drama Unbound Captives is ready to go.
Starring Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Robert Pattinson Unbound Captives will mark Stowe’s directorial debut and is based on an original script she wrote. Gil Netter and Grant Hill will produce along side Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment.
Stowe [...]

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Weekend Box Office For May 8 - 10

May 11th, 2009 · No Comments

#1 Star Trek from Paramount makes a strong start in the box office this weekend earning $72.5 million in 3849 theaters. Budget for Trek is unknown.
#2 X-Men Origins: Wolverine from Fox holds on to a solid #2 this weekend earning $27 million in 4102 theaters. Budget for Wolverine was $150 million.
#3 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past [...]

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Theatrical Review: Star Trek

May 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment

We’ll keep this pretty basic: A hell-bent on revenge Romulan named Nero has set his target on the Federation of Planets and in particular the planet Vulcan and through this, we see how the most familiar crew of the Starship Enterprise gets together in order to stop him…
… oh yeah, it’s also the re-vamp [...]

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Dom DeLuise dies at 75

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments

According to CNN comic legend Dom DeLuise died Monday. While cause of death was not released DeLuise had been battling cancer for more than a year.
Dominic DeLuise was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 1, 1933. In the 1960s he had bit parts in a handful of movies, including Fail Safe, but became well [...]

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Weekend Box Office For May 1 - 3

May 4th, 2009 · No Comments

#1 X-Men Origins: Wolverine from Fox dominates the box office this weekend earning $87 million in 4099 theaters. Budget for Wolverine was $150 million.
#2 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past from Warner Bros. debuts at #2 this weekend earning $15.3 million in 3175 theaters. Budget for Ghosts is unknown.
#3 Obsessed from Screen Gems drops to #3 this [...]

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Theatrical Review: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

May 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments

In this prequel story to the prior three X-Men movies, we see the beginnings of the Wolverine character and are offered glimpses at how he became to be what he is. He develops over the years into an expert combatant, and he’s done his job faithfully until one day when he’s had enough, and [...]

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DVD Review: Caprica

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

The long-awaited pilot for this prequel series to Battlestar Galactica is finally here, a year before the series is set to debut and this provides quite a meaty appetizer for hopefully what is to come in the full series.
Taking place about fifty years before the start of the Battlestar Galactica mini-series and before the unification [...]

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