‘Christmas Carol’ leads North American box office
Nov/09BC
Source: Yahoo!
Yahoo! - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If it’s the second weekend in November, it must be Christmas in Hollywood.
Walt Disney Co’s high-tech adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” topped the North American box office on Sunday with lower-than-expected ticket sales of $31 million.
For moviegoers in the mood for darker material, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” opened at No. 13 after earning a hefty $1.8 million in just four cities. Lionsgate’s acclaimed tale of a young, black, overweight, illiterate incest survivor will expand nationally on November 20.
Both movies overshadowed new releases featuring such big names as George Clooney and Cameron Diaz. Clooney’s military comedy “The Men Who Stare At Goats” opened at No. 3 with a solid $13.3 million. “The Box,” a thriller starring Diaz, opened at No. 6 with just $7.9 million. Also new was the alien-abduction thriller “The Fourth Kind” at No. 4 with $12.5 million.
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Top 3 Movie New Realeses To Watch
Oct/09BC
In no particular order
Adventureland
The story takes place in Pittsburgh on 1987, the main character, Jesse Eisenberg, who is an uptight a high school graduate discovered at a graduation dinner that his parents can not pay for his graduation gift. So now he’ll have to get a degrading minimum-wage job at a local amusement park instead of spending his dream summer in Europe with his buddies.
Rated R (Drug Content, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Watchmen
Set in an alternate world in 1985, a nuclear war is imminent between America and Russia. The superheroes long ago had to retire due to a government-sponsored Keene Act, but that all that changes with the death of one of the superheros, The Comedian. This leads Rorschach, a superhero not willing to give up his job, to investigate the death of his former acquaintance.
- Rated R (Profanity, Graphic Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
I Love You, Man
Engaged to the woman of his dreams yet Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) realizes he does not have anyone to be his best man, or male friends for that matter. So Peter, real estate agent with no male friends, schedules a series of “man dates” in hopes of finding a suitable candidate to be his best man.
- Rated R (Profanity, Adult Humor)
Halo Movie: Spielberg Gets Halo’d
Aug/09BC
Source: IGN.com
IGN - August 10, 2009 - There’s no denying that as of late it’s been a good time to be a Halo fan, what with two new games on the way and various novels, comics, and action figures hitting stores on a consistent basis. Halo is even crossing over into the world of anime with Halo Legends.
But one medium the franchise has consistently stumbled in is cinema. Various studios and would-be producers have attempted to get a Halo film off the ground almost since the first game debuted in 2001. For a long time, Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson was attached as executive producer. Once that fell through, fans pretty much gave up on a Halo movie ever seeing the light of day.
But now they might have new reason to be excited. As we reported on Friday, Steven Spielberg is now attached to the project as a producer. What’s more Spielberg is reportedly very impressed with the current Stuart Beattie-penned script, which adapts the prequel story The Fall of Reach into movie form.