Thursday, May 31, 2012
'Game of Thrones' Season Finale Preview: The Battle of the Blackwater's Aftermath
Sunday, May 27, 2012
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Jeff Goldblum: 'This Woman Has Been Stalking Me For A Decade'
On Friday, Glee's Jeff Goldblum was granted a Temporary Restraining Order against a woman, who he says has been stalking him for a decade.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Video: Will Smith Gives Male Reporter a Slap in the Face for Trying to Kiss Him
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Early Buzz: First Reviews of Wes Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom' From the Cannes Film Festival
Wes Anderson fans eagerly awaiting Moonrise Kingdom — his first directorial effort since 2009′s Fantastic Mr. Fox, and his first live-action feature since 2007′s The Darjeeling Limited — can officially banish any worries that the hipster-prep auteur has lost his touch. Following the film's world premiere at Cannes, the vast majority of reviews have been somewhere between "mostly positive" and "utterly glowing." As with any movie, there are the occasional naysayers, but even the less enamored seem to agree that Anderson diehards will find the filmmaker doing exactly what he does best here.
Co-written by Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom follows the chaos that erupts in a sleepy New England island town in the 1960s when two adolescents (Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward) decide to run away together. The top-shelf adult supporting cast includes Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, and of course, Anderson staples Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray. Read the early reactions after the jump.
If you've seen the trailer or any of the marketing materials, it'll come as no surprise that one aspect everyone agreed upon was the film's Wes Anderson-iness. As always, however, some reviewers tended to like his schtick more than others. Coming Soon, who wrote one of the rare out-and-out negative reviews, wondered if Moonrise Kingdom had anything to it but its essential Wes Anderson style:
Who knows whether Anderson is so aware his fans expect certain sensibilities he feels the need to play up to them constantly or if he really thinks this is what movie audiences want to see, but he'll always have plenty of A-list enablers on board to help do whatever he wants.[...] He throws so much non-sensical stuff at the weaker-than-normal script, trying to make any of it stick, that "Moonrise Kingdom" feels like a giant waste of money and a caché of squandered talent.
Even out of those who generally liked the movie, a few others wondered if Moonrise Kingdom would appeal to anyone outside the core audience of Anderson lovers. From Indiewire's B+ reaction:
There are diehard Wes Anderson fans and then there's everyone else. "Moonrise Kingdom," the idiosyncratic auteur's seventh feature, eagerly pitches itself toward that first group of audiences and ignores the rest. But if those open to Anderson quirks will find a rewarding experience littered with warmth and playful humor.
THR concurred:
This is a Wes Anderson film — more lightweight than some, possessing a stronger emotional undertow than others — that will strike the uninitiated as conspicuously arch.
THR wasn't the only outlet who felt Moonrise Kingdom was a bit slight. The Guardian, which gave it four out of five stars, said:
It was a very charming, beautifully wrought, if somehow depthless film — eccentric but heartfelt, and thought through to the tiniest, quirkiest detail in the classic Anderson style.
But some critics found themselves liking despite being iffy on Anderson in general. Here's Screen Daily:
Those who have complained that Anderson makes the exact same twee, precious, mannered deadpan comedy every time out will have plenty here to further their argument, but this bittersweet bauble so confidently goes about its business that it's difficult to deny that Anderson knows his milieu and how to dramatise it eloquently.
And The Atlantic:
Its moments of transporting beauty and visual brilliance overcame my growing aversion to Wes Anderson's brand of ultra-stylized archness.[...] He's still a filmmaker teetering dangerously on the brink of terminal tweeness, but Sam and Suzy bring out Anderson's sincere side.
And Variety:
While no less twee than Wes Anderson's earlier pictures, "Moonrise Kingdom" supplies a poignant metaphor for adolescence itself, in which a universally appealing tale of teenage romance cuts through the smug eccentricity and heightened artificiality with which Anderson has allowed himself to be pigeonholed.
A few critics emphasized the perfect fit between Anderson's gentle, playful aesthetic and the kid-centric tale. Film School Rejects, in their A- review, wrote:
There is certainly an idea that Moonrise Kingdom is
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Coachella's Two-Weekend Festival Was A Big Success, Promoters Plan Same Format For 2013
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Drive-In Pairing With 'The Avengers' Gives 'John Carter' A Boost
When most people think of the drive-in movie theater, they romance the endangered communal movie experience with thoughts of young love, starry skies, cool breeze and fresh popcorn. As someone who grew up in southern New York and had not one, but several, drive-in theaters to choose from in my formative years, I can safely say all that's great, but the best thing about drive-ins is the double feature.
At the drive-in, studios regularly pair their latest and greatest offering with something that's just a little bit older, giving an added incentive for families to come out to the movies. That's exactly what Disney did the past two weeks with their mega-hit, The Avengers. They paired it with their last film, the disappointing John Carter, and even with the small number of drive-ins remaining in America, the success of the former has led to a minor resurgence for the latter. After the jump, read how teaming up with The Avengers has been great news for John Carter.
The Hollywood Reporter first pointed out this phenomenon while looking at the box office tallies for the past two weeks.
The weekend of April 27, one week before The Avengers stormed on screens, John Carter was #34 at the box office, grossing $112,881 on 180 screens.
The following weekend, May 4, when The Avengers made a staggering, record breaking $207,438,708, John Carter jumped from #34 to #12, grossing $1,494,367 on 349 screens, a whopping increase of 1223.8%.
Then this past weekend when The Avengers grossed another record, $103,052,274, John Carter stayed relatively strong at #15, grossing $766,217 on 230 screens. The majority of drop off was likely the screens playing the film in second run.
According to the post, Carter is playing on around 150 drive-in screens with The Avengers at an average cost of $8 per ticket. Though no one is sure exactly how that ticket is split, The Avengers likely gets the bulk of it. Still, a small percentage of the huge amount of tickets The Avengers is selling is helping Barsoom gain a little bit more coin.
As of now, John Carter has grossed almost $72 million domestically, which would be considered a hit for most films. Unfortunately, with a reported budget around $250 million and a marketing budget in the neighborhood too, even rolling in its $200 million plus internationally doesn't help.
Do you get out to the drive-in often? Do you stay for the double feature? How important is the double feature to the drive-in?
Additional sources: Box Office Mojo, Warwick Drive-In
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Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige Talks Sequel Plans, Says There Are Two Movies to Be Announced
I'd like to welcome all the new Marvel Studios fans to the fold. The Avengers hit the $1B mark this weekend, and it is on track to break all sorts of impressive-sounding box office records. That implies that there are a lot of happy returning Marvel fans who've been on board for the ride since Iron Man was released a few years ago, but there are also a lot of new converts.
This update is mostly for the new followers. In a video interview with Bloomberg, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige talks about the studio's future plans. Feige speaks with some specificity about the plans to shoot new films over the course of the next year: first Iron Man 3, then Thor 2 and Captain America 2. He also explains that the studio has two films planned that are as yet unannounced. Those who've been following along with Marvel's developments over the past couple years will be familiar with that plan. But for the new fans, check out the video interview below.
The salient quote from the Bloomberg interview (via THR) is:
We want to do two films a year. Avengers is our only film this year, but in a week and a half we begin filming Iron Man 3. By the end of the summer we'll be working on the next Thor film, early next year the next Captain America film. Those are the three we've announced so far; we've got two beyond that that we haven't announced yet, but we're working on.
Here's the Marvel release schedule as we know it:
- May 3rd 2013 – Iron Man 3
- November 15th 2013 – Thor 2
- April 4th 2014 – Captain America 2
- May 16th 2014 – Untitled Marvel Movie #1
That May 16 2014 date is one of two 'mystery Marvel film' release dates announced a while back; the first mystery release date was revealed to be for Captain America 2.
That means there is another Marvel film in development that could be The Avengers 2, for 2015, or it could be one of a few other things: Edgar Wright's Ant-Man, a new Hulk film, or a weirder/more cosmic movie like Doctor Strange or Guardians of the Galaxy. We've got a rundown on some of Marvel's future here, and we'll have another big discussion coming up soon relating to the company's future slate.
Here's the video interview with Feige:
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
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