It may still be too late to save the dying box office, but it didn’t appear in its usual beat-up form after this past weekend. Strong performances by weekend openers “Chicken Little” and “Jarhead” brought in $68 million domestically, while “Saw 2,” the little sequel that could, continues to rack up a formidable box office take. To date, the horror sequel has made $60 million in just ten days, while the budget was a mere $4 million. Is cheap filmmaking the secret to reviving the box office, or is “Saw 2” just another case of being in the right place at the right time?
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By far the worst DVD release of the year, “Office Space: Special Edition… with Flair!” is a huge disappointment for any fan of the film. The lack of solid bonus material won’t have owners of the previous DVD falling victim to Fox’s evil double-dipping ways, so who is this disc really targeted for? The holidays? Possibly. There’s absolutely no audio commentary (not even by writer/director Mike Judge, who we haven’t heard from in ages) and no outtake or blooper reels to be found, save for the two alternate takes of John C. McGinley on the included 26-minute featurette. Has the reissuing of films on DVD gone too far?
“Poltergeist.” “Psycho.” “Dawn of the Dead.” “The Shining.” When people start talking about the best all-time horror movies, these are some of the names that start getting thrown around. They all made Bullz-Eye.com’s list, along with some classic baddies like Jason, Freddy, Leatherface and Michael Meyers.
But do “Jaws” and “Alien” belong on a list like this? Sure, they both scared the hell out of me, but when I think “horror movie,” I think “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” not “Jaws.”
Bullz-Eye.com recently ran its list of movie history’s Best & Worst Sequels. Some of the favorites included “Rocky III,” “Toy Story II,” “Batman Begins,” “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” and “The Godfather: Part II.” Meanwhile, train wrecks like “Jaws: The Revenge,” “Blues Brothers 2000,” “Caddyshack II” and “Speed 2: Cruise Control” made the worst list.
I want to know how “Christmas Vacation,” “The Matrix Reloaded” and “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” were merely listed in the “Also Receiving Votes” section.
Recently, Entertainment Weekly ran an article comparing the big screen introduction of “Serenity” star Nathan Fillion to that of Harrison Ford during his “Star Wars” days. What’s upsetting about the piece is that the magazine is merely theorizing that the characters of Han Solo and Malcolm Reynolds are similar, and not the two actors. While Nathan Fillion is certainly a good enough actor to reach star status (he’s even got a new horror film with Universal coming out in March 2006), he probably won’t make it for a few more years, and most certainly not playing his old “Firefly” character since the poor box office numbers have likely killed any chance of a sequel to “Serenity” or a TV rebirth. Still, since when has gauging an actor’s future by one role ever worked? Solo and Reynolds are nothing alike, and neither is Fillion and Ford, so just drop it EW, okay?
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