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Will “Scary Movie 5” scare up the laughs this week?

April 12, 2013 /

Last week’s no. 1 movie “Evil Dead” faces some stiff competition by a horror franchise of a different type, a lesson in baseball history and a movie that most having heard of but boasts a couple Oscar winners.

Ashley Tisdale (“Phineas and Ferb”) and Simon Rex headline the latest in the “Scary Movie” franchise. With comedic cameos including Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, “Scary Movie 5” hits theaters this week taking satiric shots at “Mama”, “Paranormal Activity”, “Planet of the Apes”, and believe it or not “Evil Dead”.

For those of you who couldn’t wait for the boys of summer to take the field, “42” tells the life story of revered baseball player Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) who broke the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers and his friendship with Dodgers GM Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford).

“To The Wonder” stars Oscar winners Ben Affleck and Javier Bardem and Bond girl Olga Kurylenko, but if you haven’t seen many ads for it, you’re not alone. The story follows couple Marina (Kurylenko) and Neil (Affleck) who visit Oklahoma and get wrapped in a story of lies, betrayals, sex…and of course, a priest.

Other films opening:

The Angels Share – A comedic tale of redemption and whiskey. Four Scottish parolees band together to escape their hard life.

It’s a Disaster – For those “Arrested Development” junkies, David Cross stars as part of four couples who are stuck in a house before a possible Armageddon.

Disconnect – Wait, did I say “Arrested Development”? Jason Bateman stars as one of a group of people who get more than a case of “Identity Theft” when things go wrong online.

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T-Rex, phone home.

‘Evil Dead’ takes in a lively $30.5 million, ‘Jurassic Park’ pulls in $21 million

April 7, 2013 /

T-Rex, phone home.

Everything old was new again at this week’s box office as a pair of old favorites dominated in the U.S and abroad.

The remake of Sam Raimi’s ‘Evil Dead’ made $30.5 million in it’s opening week, including $4.5 million from overseas markets, according to Hollywood Reporter. Critics may have bashed the remake of the 1981 horror classic, but it didn’t keep a primarily male audience away. The film follows five friends who find evil spirits inside of a cabin. I mean, really what did they expect to find?

The dinosaurs may be gone, but they still have a heckuva bite. The 20th Anniversary re-release of “Jurassic Park” took in $18.2 million for Universal to place fourth in the box office. The dinos gone wild flick proved to be more of a monster with it’s 3D makeover. If crowds didn’t get enough prehistoric action, Jurassic Park in 3D hits Blue-Ray/DVD in two weeks and Jurassic Park IV is scheduled to open in theaters in June of 2014.

Speaking of people running from dinosaurs, the animated hit “The Croods” proved to have a lot of caveman love left to give earning the No. 2 spot and breaking the $300 million mark in worldwide receipts. Only “Oz the Great and Powerful” has accomplished that feat in 2013. The Bruce Willis/The Rock gun fest “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” is running neck and neck with “The Croods” for the week earning $21.1 million. “Gi.I. Joe” has earned $231.9 million in worldwide receipts and is well on it’s way to beating 2009’s “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”

Rounding out the top ten:
5. Olympus Has Fallen – $10 million
6. Tyler Perry’s Temptation – $10 million
7. Oz the Great and Powerful – $8.2 million
8. The Host – $3.5 million
9. The Call – $3.5 million
10. Admission – $2.1 million

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Will ‘Evil Dead’ kill off its box office competitors?

April 5, 2013 /

Where's Bruce Campbell when you need him?

This week at the box office will feature a blast from the past, a cannibal, corpses rising from the dead and one of the most famous afros of all time.

Film District’s “Evil Dead” remake hits theaters today expecting to scare the dollars out of moviegoers. Studio heads are hoping that gore, guts and a Juno (not the award, Diablo Cody co-wrote the screenplay) will take down Willis, The Rock, and Tatum from their number 1 spot.

While some kids may think of “Jurassic Park” as a ride at Universal theme park, it was actually a movie…about a theme park where cloned dinosaurs go on a rampage. So why is it being released now? Well, to celebrate it’s 20 year anniversary, Universal is re-releasing it in 3D.

For those who still hunger for “Inception”, you may want to check out “Trance” starring James McAvoy and Rosario Dawson. It’s about an art auctioneer trying to recover a lost painting with the help of a hypnotherapist. I can only assume doctors look as hot as Rosario Dawson in real life.

For those of you in need of big ideals and even bigger hair, there’s “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners”. The documentary chronicles the life of Angela Davis (yes, the one Eddie Murphy riffed about). The afro may be gone, but according to those who have seen it, the film is a powerful account of one of America’s most famous activists.

It’s not “The Walking Dead”, but “Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal” does feature some Hannibal Lecter style cuisine. Written and directed by Boris Rodriguez, “Eddie” is about a a painter who encounters an art student who sleepwalks his way into eating people. And you thought snoring was bad.

Other films hitting theaters:

Simon Killer: An American in Paris looks for love while descending into madness.

The Brass Teapot: A comedy about a brass teapot that rewards a couple for hurting themselves.

6 Souls: Julianne Moore is a psychiatrist charged with discovering her patient’s link to a series of murders.

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‘G.I. Joe’ occupies top of box office

March 31, 2013 /

Paramount proved that good things come to those who wait as their “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” fired the first shot at box office supremacy this weekend.

Headlined by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum, the action flick brought in $41.2 million for the weekend domestically and an additional $80.3 million overseas, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The sequel to the 2009 “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” has been long in coming despite taking in $300 million; however, after last year’s “Battleship” bombed at the box office, the studio decided to add 3-D to the new “G.I. Joe” which delayed the film by nine months.

Kids (and the parents who take them) continued the prehistoric vibe into Easter. Last week’s number one animated film “The Croods” took second place with $26.5 million. The film features the voices of Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone as a family who fights off Mother Nature as they search for a new home.

Tyler Perry didn’t need his crossdressing alter-ego to make waves at the box office. “Temptations: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor” outperformed expectations to take the number 3 spot earning $22.3
million.

It was no “Twilight”, but the Stephanie Meyer based “The Host” made a decent debut pulling in $11 million for the sixth spot this week. The film is about the human race being dominated by alien control and stars Saoirse Ronan and Max Irons.

In a smaller release, the Ryan Gosling-Bradley Cooper film “Place Beyond the Pines” dominated in it’s four theaters, averaging $67,546 per theater and is expected to be in wider release next week.

1. “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” $41.2 million.
2. “The Croods,” $26.5 million.
3. “Tyler Perry’s Temptation,” $22.3 million.
4. “Olympus Has Fallen,” $14 million.
5. “Oz the Great and Powerful,” $11.6 million.
6. “The Host,” $11 million.
7. “The Call,” $4.8 million.
8. “Admission,” $3.2 million.
9. “Spring Breakers,” $2.7 million.
10. “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,” $1.3 million.

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‘G.I. Joe’, Tyler Perry hope to knock off ‘The Croods’

March 29, 2013 /

This weekend at the box office brings to mind all the childhood memories of Easter. Eggs, romance, violent toys, cities destroyed, infidelity, bank robbery, and of course, a Kardashian. Look out, Peter Cottontail, this could be a big one.

“G.I. Joe: Retaliation” takes our favorite Hasbro toy-based heroes into unfamiliar territory. Not only are they fighting their arch nemesis Cobra, but they’re taking on their own government and the box office of the first G.I. Joe movie. The 2009 “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” brought in $54.7 million in its first three days, according to Boxofficemojo. Although it grossed $300 mil worldwide (roughly split domestically and overseas), Paramount felt that wasn’t enough. They didn’t reboot the franchise, but booted most of the cast. There’s less Channing Tatum and no Marlon Wayans, but a lot of The Rock and Bruce Willis. Think bigger guns and bigger muscles. Paramount is hoping that translates into bigger box office. They’ll need it take down last week’s #1 film, “The Croods”.

Also fighting for your leftover Cadbury egg money is “Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor”. It’s one part romance, one part seduction and one part fatal attraction. Tyler Perry wrote and directed the film with a primarily African-American cast featuring Vanessa Williams, Lance Gross and Jurnee Smollett-Bell (“True Blood”). Don’t expect Madea to show up or the normal $20 mil opening box office. Of course, this will be a chance for Kim Kardashian fans to scream “See, we told you she could act” or find a way to sneak out before the end credits.

Ryan Gosling jumps on a motorcycle and sports more ink than a library in the drifter drama “The Place Beyond the Pines”. Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes also star as their lives become intertwined in crime, tragedy, and really questionable parenting. Yes, really pretty people can have baby mama drama. The film opens in very limited release in L.A and New York this weekend, but will likely expand.

If you have young adults, tweens, or kids who are still going through “Twilight” withdrawal, then they’ll likely be off to see “The Host”. Based on Stephanie Meyer’s popular novel, “The Host” deals with the fate of mankind being on the line when aliens take over humans and erases their memories. Meyer wrote the “Twilight” films, so kids may find “The Host” worth sinking their teeth into.

Other films debuting this week include:

“Welcome to the Punch” a cop drama starring James McAvoy from Ridley Scott studios.

“Blancanieves” – Written and directed by Pablo Berger, “Blancanieves” is a unique take on “Snow White” set in the 1920s. Snow White is a Spanish bullfighter. It’s a silent film and in black and white. It’s won nearly 3 dozen film awards, so it may be worth a look.

“Mental”- Toni Collette(“United States of Tara”) shows that playing crazy is just one of her many talents as she is the eccentric nanny to five girls. It also stars Anthony LaPaglia and Liev Schreiber.

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