February 6th, 2009 at 6:55 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
New at Theaters (Friday): “Coraline”, “He’s Just Not That Into You”, “Pink Panther 2″, “Push”
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BEST BET: Depends on what kind of movie you’re looking for. If its a date movie, see “He’s Just Not That Into You” – or wait until next week for Valentine’s Day. If its an action movie, “Push” may or may not be what you’re looking for, and if its a family movie, the jury’s out on “Coraline” vs. “Pink Panther 2″.
New on DVD (Tuesday): “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa”, “The Secret Life of Bees”, “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist”, “Zack and Miri Make a Porno”, “Bottle Shock”, “Space Buddies”
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BEST BETs: Another week of solid DVD releases, “The Secret Life of Bees” is the most critically acclaimed of the five, but “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist” got pretty good reviews, and ”Bottle Shock” was compared to the popular “Sideways” (2004)… and for families “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” was very well received at the box office.
MY REVIEWS OF OTHER MOVIES CURRENTLY PLAYING IN THEATERS OR AVAILABLE TO RENT:
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November 10th, 2008 at 2:27 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
(UPDATED WITH final numbers)
Well, if I was picking winners of the weekend football games, I would be 5 out of 10 in MY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTION: – with 1st, 4th, 7th, 9th, and 10th place right….
The #1 movie – “Madagascar 2″ wasn’t just #1, it was a smash hit with $63 million – that’s a bigger opening than these other family movies: “High School Musical 3″ ($42 million)… more than “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” ($29 million)… “Horton Hears a Who!” ($45 million)… …only “WALL-E” ($63 million) and “Kung Fu Panda” ($60 million) had opening weekends as big !!!! Its actually the 5th biggest opening of the year!
The weekend’s #2 movie “Role Models” cruised in with a solid showing of nearly $20 million… as the alternative choice to “Madagascar 2″.
TOP 10 WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (ACTUAL results):
1. “Madagascar 2: Ecsape to Africa” – $63.11 million (1st week)
2. “Role Models” – $19.17 million (1st week)
3. “High School Musical 3” - $9.16 million
(3rd week, was #1 last week, lost 40% of its audience from last week)
4. “Changeling” - $7.25 million
(3rd week, was #4 last week, lost 22% of its audience from last week)
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November 3rd, 2008 at 11:43 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
(RE-POSTING FROM 11/3)
TOP 10 WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (actual results):
1. “High School Musical 3” - $15.31 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 64% of its audience from last week)
2. “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” - $10.07 million (1st week)
3. “Saw V” - $9.74 million
(2nd week, was #2 last week, lost 68% of its audience from last week)
4. “Changeling” - $9.35 million (1st week of wide release)
(2nd week, was #20 last week, gained 1800% of its audience from last week)
5. “The Haunting of Molly Hartley” - $5.42 million (1st week) (more…)
October 30th, 2008 at 10:48 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
On this Halloween weekend, you can be scared or watch some movies that aren’t really scary… or rent some family friendly movies like “Journey” or “Kit Kittredge”…
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