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WINING, DINING & TRAVEL | LITERARY REVIEWS | WEEKEND BOX OFFICE TOTALS | FILM NEWS | WHAT'S NEW ON DVD | MOVIE TRAILERS Crowns (equivalent of stars only better): ZERO - Totally sucks. On par with "21 and a Wakeup"; the new standard for awful filmmaking
MAY 18, 2012
"Bernie" is a must see for people who like a dry dark humor and definitely for fans of Shirley MacLaine and Jack Black. It probably won't be in the theaters long but is a great alternative for those who eschew the blockbusters! -- GEOFF BURTON
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"Battleship" is big time fun and may even have you cheering at the end as in "Independence Day". For old time Battleship game players it actually works as an alien sci-fi actioner and may have you digging through the closet for that great old game. -- GEOFF BURTON
... more WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING
"What to Expect When You're Expecting" isn't bad, it's just disappointing. It winds up relying on a running gag with a clumsy kid to get laughs while burdening the audience with too much realistic drama. -- GEOFF BURTON
... more MAY 16, 2012
"The Dictator" is funny and at times hilarious. Sacha Baron Cohen took the safe route and parodied an acceptable target with appropriate offensiveness. Still not as good as "Borat", it will still sate his fans. -- GEOFF BURTON
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2012 SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW - A brief look at the films about to open for the summer blockbuster season. CHICAGO CINEMATREK FANS:
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AVENGERS DOMINATES BOX LIKE NEVER BEFORE... AGAIN MAY 4 - 6 Marvel's "The Avengers" lost 50% form last weekend which meant it only yanked in $103 million and broke the record for the second weekend ever ahead of "Avatar" earning $75.6 million. It also topped "The Dark Knight" for best second weekend hold for a movie that opened to more than $120 million.
Other new records include fastest movie to $300 million and $350 million, and highest eight-day, nine-day, and ten-day grosses. On the global market it is already at $1 billion gross. that didn't bode well for Johnny Depp's new film "Dark Shadows" which was suppose to give competition but earned a distant $28 million with a production cost of $150 million - it did earn and extra $35 million on the foreign markets.
Coming in a very distant third was the rom-com "Think Like A Man" earning $6.3 million on a week that saw a 34% loss from last week.
Not too far behind in fourth was the juggernaut "The Hunger Games" which grossed $4.4 million. David Ross's sci-fi thriller has pushed its total global take to well over $620,000,000 as it moved to the 13 all-time ahead of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2". More importantly it did this without the
benefit of a 3D surcharge.
It finished just ahead of the Nicholas Sparks chick flick "The Lucky One" which earned $4 million and a $53 million total domestic gross.
Coming in sixth was Aardman Animation's "The Pirates: Band of Misfits" with a tally of $3.2 million. However, it has a global take of $97 million already.
Jason Segel's rom-com "The Five-Year Engagement" filled the seventh spot by grossing $3.1 million.
John Cusack's new film "The Raven" lost 65% but remained in the seventh spot by earning $2.5 million barely squeezing by
"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" increased to 178 theaters and average $14,000 per screen to finish in eighth with a $2.6 million.
Disney Nature's "Chimpanzee" lost 34% and earned only $1.6 million but remained in the top ten. It
edged out the Eva Mendes' film "Girl in Progress" which debuted in the tenth spot with a gross of $1.3 million.
Falling out of the top ten was the homage reboot of "The Three Stooges" which rounded out the ten grabbing $1 million but has turned a profit on it's $30 million production cost; perhaps not enough though to warrant a sequel.
Also out the top ten was Jason Stathams' actioner "Safe" which lost 52% from last weekend and garnered only $1.2 million. However, the production cost was probably low (it has not been announced yet) so it will probably make a profit. The nifty horror flick "The Cabin in the Woods", "American Reunion" and
Jonah Hill's "21 Jump Street" are heading to DVD land.
Next weekend - May 16: "The Dictator" with Sacha Baron Cohen; May 18 "Battleship"; "What to Expect When You're Expecting" with Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Chace Crawford, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Dennis Quaid, and Chris Rock. |
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Movie THE AVENGERS DARK SHADOWS THINK LIKE A MAN THE HUNGER GAMES THE LUCKY ONE THE PIRATES: BAND OF MISFITS THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL CHIMPANZEE GIRL IN PROGRESS [*
Source Box Office Mojo] [New release] |
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Gross $103,163,000 $28,805,000 $6,300,000 $4,400,000 $4,055,000 $3,200,000 $3,108,000 $2,650,000 $1,624,000 $1,350,000 |
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Gross $373,182,000 $28,805,000 $81,917,000 $386,902,000 $53,721,000 $23,104,000 $24,377,000 $3,723,000 $25,586,000 $1,350,000 |
HD MOVIE TRAILERS by Apple [Large HD format]
BATTLESHIP (MAY 18, 2012 ) BERNIE (MAY 18, 2012) QUILL: THE LIFE OF A GUIDE DOG (MAY 18, 2012 ) AMERICAN ANIMAL (MAY 18, 2012 ) HYSTERIA (MAY 18, 2012 ) VIRGINIA (MAY 18, 2012 ) POLISSE (MAY 18, 2012 ) CROOKED ARROWS (MAY 18, 2012) MOONRISE KINGDOM (MAY 25, 2012) |
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LITERARY REVIEWS
REVIEW:
KISS ME QUICK BEFORE I SHOOT - Guy Magar's memoir on filmmaking and his wife's struggle with leukemia. -- PAT COBB REVIEW:
RULES OF INHERITANCE - Claire Bidwell Smith memoir on grief and grieving -- GEOFFREY BURTON REVIEW:
EATING LIGHT, DONE RIGHT - Tania N. Boughton philosophy and recipes for healthier living. -- PAT COBB REVIEW:
BARED TO YOU - Sylvia Day's latest contemporary erotica. -- PAT COBB REVIEW:
THE POWER OF FOCUS - 10 Year anniversary edition from the writers of Chicken Soup for the Soul -- PAT COBB REVIEW:
A DANGEROUS WOMAN - Biography of Adah Isaacs Menken -- RICHARD WEISSKOPF REVIEW:
STOP CALLING HIM HONEY AND START HAVING SEX - A guide to healthier relationships -- RICHARD WEISSKOPF REVIEW:
CAR TAG - A portrayal of the seedier side of Nevada -- RICHARD WEISSKOPF REVIEW:
A HOBO ODYSSEY - A gripping memoir about life during the Great Depression -- PAT COBB SPECIAL FEATURE:
AMUSING THEMES: THRILL PARK GETAWAY - Amusement parks open now - many with new rides. Dollywood beats the bog kids with a new type of ride. But all feature one new thing: higher prices. DESTINATION FEATURE:
LONDON OLYMPICS ON THE CHEAP - The London Olympics are sizing up to be the most expensive ever - and by a wide margin. There are still some things to do in London that will be cheap or even free! DESTINATION FEATURE:
SPIRITED TRAVEL: SIPPING THE NECTAR OF COGNAC FRANCE - The best place to savor cognac is in... Cognac France - home to the nectar of the gods. BRIEFS:
FESTIVALS AND STUFF - Film, music, food and other festivals that are worth the trip. BRIEFS:
TRAVEL & TOURISM NEWS - Openings, closings, changes, and items.
FILM NEWS JAMES CAMERON TO DEDICATE LIFE TO AVATAR SEQUELS James Cameron, director of the hit movie "Avatar" claims he is no longer interested in doing anything else ACADEMY AWARDS STAY IN HOLLYWOOD The theater formerly called Kodak Theater will retain the Academy Awards for the next twenty years as the newly renamed Dolby Theater. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organises the annual film awards, had briefly considered shifting to a new venue away from Hollywood after Kodak surrendered sponsorship of the Hollywood & Highland complex on Hollywood Boulevard. Competition came from the larger 7,100-seat Nokia theatre, which is in a less central, less congested part of LA and hosts the Emmy awards and the American Music awards. But according to Academy president Tom Sherak the board voted unanimously to stay put. "The board wanted to be in Hollywood. It didn't matter what the deal was, the board wanted to be there." THE HOBBIT AT 48 FPS DEFENDED BY JACKSON Peter Jackson, of "Lord of the Rings" fame, found himself on the defensive end of a film preview when his choice of the faster 48 frames per second in the upcoming "The Hobbit". He said he will not abandon his desire to bring the higher frame rates to cinemas after preview footage from "The Hobbit" met with a mixed reaction from audiences last week. Many at the CinemaCon event in Las Vegas said it looked too muck like a daytime soap rather than a big screen film. Jackson wrote off the bad reviews by saying that the ten minute preview probably wasn't long enough to accustom the audience to a "new experience". SAM RAIMI GETS POLTERGEIST REMAKE To verify that Hollywood has completely run out of scripts, MGM announced that it will remake the 1982 spooker "Poltergeist" originally produced by Steven Spielberg. Sam Raimi, once considered the probable director will instead produce it with the director to be announced. MGM is also in the early stages of remaking Stephen King's "Carrie".
LOSER FLICK "JOHN CARTER" COST DISNEY BOSS JOB After being hired to trim costs and watch Disney Studios' budget, studio boss lost his own job after investing $250 million on "John Carter". The studio has now booked a $200 million dollar loss on a film that cost as much as Twentieth century Fox's "Avatar". This follows last years humiliating loss with "Mars Needs Moms" which also
netted a $200 million write down for Disney. Ross, 50, said in a memo to staff that he no longer believed his role as chairman of Walt Disney Studios was "the right professional fit."
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MIGHTY FINE (MAY 25, 2012) THE INTOUCHABLES (MAY 25, 2012) MEN IN BLACK 3 (MAY 25, 2012) OC87 (MAY 25, 2012) HIDE AWAY (MAY 25, 2012) BATTLEFIELD AMERICA (JUNE 1, 2012) SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (JUNE 1, 2012) ROCK OF AGES (JUNE 1, 2012) FOR GREATER GLORY (JUNE 1, 2012) 6 MONTH RULE (JUNE 1, 2012) APARTMENT 143 (JUNE 1, 2012) MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED (JUNE 8, 2012) JACK THE GIANT KILLER (JUNE 15, 2012) THE ART OF RAP (JUNE 15, 2012) ROCK OF AGES (JUNE 15, 2012) BRAVE (JUNE 22, 2012) SAMSARA (JUNE 24, 2012) GI JOE: RETALIATION (JUNE 29, 2012) MAGIC MIKE (JUNE 29, 2012) MADEA'S WITNESS PROTECTION (JUNE 29, 2012) TAKE THIS WALTZ (JUNE 29, 2012) THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN (JULY 3, 2012) THE MAGIC OF BELLE ISLAND (JULY 6, 2012) SCRATS CONTINENTAL CRACK UP (JULY 13, 2012) THE DARK NIGHT RISES (JULY 20, 2012) THE BOURNE LEGACY (AUGUST 3, 2012) TOTAL RECALL (AUGUST 3, 2012) EXPENDABLES 2 (AUGUST 17, 2012) FINDING NEMO 3D (SEPTEMBER 14, 2012) RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (SEPTEMBER 14, 2012) FRANKENWEENIE (OCTOBER 5, 2012) HEAVY TIMES (OCTOBER 11, 2012) THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (DECEMBER 14, 2012) THIS IS 40 (CHRISTMAS, 2012) NEW ON DVD
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- Go see only if you need to blow your money on something and a cheap hooker isn't available.
Given to films that are a notch above a rating, but never a notch below.
