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He's becoming one of the most prolific producers in Hollywood as Tyler Perry returns with another new comedy, "Meet the Browns" about a single mother rediscovering the joys of family. The movie also features a return to the big screen by Madea, the quirky yet fun-loving grandma.
Opening in theaters on March 21, 2008 from Lionsgate it also showcases Angela Bassett, Jenifer Lewis and Chloe Bailey starring along with Perry.
Topping this weekend's list of new releases is Will Ferrell's latest comedy "Semi-Pro", about Jackie Moon (Ferrell), a basketball team owner/coach/player who rallies his teammates to make their NBA dreams come true. Directed by Kent Alterman, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, Maura Tierney and Andy Richter round out the cast.
Natalie Portman and Scarlet Johansson go at it in "The Other Boleyn Girl" playing sisters in a ferocious rivalry for the attentions of King Henry VIII. And we know how that turns out... Eric Bana plays the King of England.
In the modern fable "Penelope", Christina Ricci is a young woman suffering from a family "curse" who sets out to free herself of a life-long bad luck streak and find love and her true self. Also starring in the fantasy drama are James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara and Reese Witherspoon.
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Everybody's favorite children's story teller is back with another film adaptation, as "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who" comes to theatres on March 14, 2008. Featuring the voices of Jim Carrey, Steve Carell and Carol Burnett, Fox brings the classic Suess tale to animated life./p>
The book by Ted Geisel was first published in 1954, and is about an imaginative elephant named Horton who hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community which thinks he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to help.
George A. Romero, the master of horror and the legend of zombie movies returns with his first independent zombie film in over twenty years, with "Diary of the Dead". Starring Michelle Morgan, Josh Close, Shawn Roberts, Amy Lalonde, Joe Dinicol and Scott Wentworth, the film had a limited release on February 15, 2008 from The Weinstein Company.
The plot synopsis: "A small crew of college filmmakers are in the Pennsylvania woods making a no-budget horror film when they hear the terrifying news that the dead have started returning to life. The frightened young filmmakers set off in a friend's old Winnebago to try to get back to the only safety and security they know: their homes." Good luck to them...
As predicted, it was a quiet weekend at the box office with attendance for this time frame one of the lowest in recent years. The political thriller, Vantage Point" was number one, pulling in almost $23 million. Featuring a plot about an assassination attempt on the President, it looks like the storyline appealed predominantely to under 30 males.
Last weekends top four, "The Spiderwick Chronicles", "Jumper", "Step Up 2 the Streets" and "Fool's Gold" held fairly well and remained in the top five.
The only other new release in the top ten was the quirky comedy "Be Kind, Rewind" starring Jack Black, which pulled in just over $4 million at 808 venues. Also in wide release, but failing to make a run at the box office were Witless Protection ($2.2 million), Charlie Bartlett ($1.8 million) and U23D ($1 million).
Last weekend's full top 10 was as follows:
1. Vantage Point - $22.9 M
2. The Spiderwick Chronicles - $13.1 M
3. Jumper - $12.7 M
4. Step Up 2 the Streets - $9.6 M
5. Fool's Gold - $6.6 M
6. Definitely, Maybe - $5.2 M
7. Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins - $4.2 M
8. Juno - $4.2 M
9. Be Kind, Rewind - $4.0 M
10. There Will Be Blood - $2.7 M
Nominated for eight awards, the Coen Brothers and "No Country for Old Men" were the big winners at last nights Oscars, walking away with four awards including Best Picture and Directing. Their first Oscar was eleven years ago for "Fargo", and with the joint win for directing, became only the second pair of filmmakers to do so, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for the 1961 musical "West Side Story."
"There Will be Blood" and "La Vie en Rose" took home two awards each, including Best Actor and Actress, respectively, while The Bourne Ultimatum managed three Oscars in technical categories, including Film Editing and Sound Mixing and Editing.
The full list of winners are:
Best Picture
No Country for Old Men
Achievement in Directing
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Best Original Screenplay
Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay
No Country for Old Men
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Best Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will be Blood
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem -No Country for Old Men
Achievement in Cinematography
There Will be Blood
Best Film Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Visual Effects
The Golden Compass
Best Art Direction
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Achievement in Costume Design
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Achievement in Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Foreign-Language Film
The Counterfeiters
Best Original Song
Falling Slowly from Once
Achievement in Sound Mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Original Score
Atonement
Best Documentary Feature
Taxi to the Dark Side
Best Documentary Short
Freeheld
Best Animated Feature Film
Ratatouille
Achievement in Makeup
La Vie en Rose
Best Animated Short Film
Peter & the Wolf
Best Live-Action Short Film
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
The weekend could be a little soft at the box office, with the 80th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday putting a dent in theatre attendance. The lineup isn't that strong and the action thriller, "Vantage Point" looks like it will probably pull the top spot. Starring Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver and Matthew Fox (Lost), the plot is about eight strangers with eight different vantage points who witness an assassination attempt on the President, and their attempts to uncover the truth behind it.
Jack Black stars in "Be Kind Rewind" which is debuting in just 800 theatres, but should pull in around $5 million at the box office. The comedy is about a junkyard worker who attempts to sabotage a power plant that he believes is melting his brain, and inadvertently erases all the movie videotapes at his best friend's video store. To rectify the situation, he and his friend re-enact and re-film all the movies. Mos Def and Danny Glover also star.
Larry the Cable Guy is a small-town sheriff in "Witless Protection", who gets caught up protecting the beautiful key witness (Jenny McCarthy) in a high-stakes crime case.
Also opening is "Charlie Bartlett", in which Anton Yelchin ("Alpha Dog") stars as Charlie Bartlett, a rich kid who becomes the self-appointed underground psychiatrist to the student body at a public school. Robert Downey Jr, Hope Davis, Kat Dennings and Tyler Hilton also star.
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If one was to decide who the Democratic candidate will eventually be by the amount of interest in the candidates campaign memorabilia, Barack Obama looks like he's winning by a landslide. On sites like CafePress and Zazzle, where people can create their own t-shirts, mugs and posters, it looks like Obama has the clear lead over Clinton just by the volume of material.
Acclaimed poster artist and illustrator, Shepard Fairey produced a set of poster prints to accompany his endorsement of Senator Barack Obama, which promptly sold out and crashed his webserver last week.
MovieGoods currently has three styles of Barack Obama Campaign Posters - two are "Change We Can Believe In" and one is titled "I Want you to Caucus" which has an Uncle Sam Wants You feel to it.
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Hayden Christensen teleported into the number one box office spot this past weekend, as "Jumper" topped the charts with over $33 million. Although it's opening wasn't as strong as past President's Day contenders like "Ghost Rider" and "Daredevil", the sci-fi action thriller from director Doug Liman ("The Bourne Identity", "Mr. and Mrs. Smith") proved a popular choice with the under 25 crowd.
"Step Up 2 the Streets" had a good debut as well, as the dance sequel pulled in about the same amount as it's predecessor - almost $20 million over three days, and good enough for second place.
In third place, "The Spiderwick Chronicles" was the weekend choice for families, spinning just over $19 million, which according to watchers was a decent amount given the movie was, "nearly indistinguishable from all the other recent fantasies."
The other new release, the romantic comedy "Definitely, Maybe" grabbed fifth place with almost $10 million. Nearing the $100 million mark, "Juno" has so far been the top earner for 2008, as it had another strong weekend finishing in seventh.
Last weekend's full top 10 was as follows:
1. Jumper - $33.9 M
2. Step Up 2 the Streets - $19.7 M
3. The Spiderwick Chronicles - $19.1 M
4. Fool's Gold - $13.1 M
5. Definitely, Maybe - $9.8 M
6. Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins - $8.5 M
7. Juno - $4.6 M
8. The Bucket List - $4.1 M
9. Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour - $3.3 M
10. 27 Dresses - $3.2 M
Opening in theatres next week on February 22, 2008 "Vantage Point" features a powerful cast in a big new action thriller about an assassination attempt on the president of the United States. Eight strangers with eight different points of view try to unlock the one truth behind the assassination attempt.
Matthew Fox from TV's Lost stars, along with Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker and Sigourney Weaver.
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| Updated Weekly | |
| 1. | Twilight |
| 2. | The Dark Knight |
| 3. | The Express |
| 4. | Quantum of Solace |
| 5. | Bolt |
| 6. | High School Musical 3 |
| 7. | Appaloosa |
| 8. | Eagle Eye |
| 9. | Miracle at St. Anna |
| 10. | Watchmen |
