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Cool Clicks: The Ten Best Wes Anderson Characters
24 May 2012 4:00 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
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A Wes Anderson film wouldn't be a Wes Anderson film without the strange and wonderful denizens who inhabit Wes Anderson's world. Upon this week's release of "Moonrise Kingdom," Screen Junkies takes a look at the ten best players on the Anderson stage.
You know, we don't remember buying a house when we were only 19 years old. Zillow reports that "The Hunger Games" star Josh Hutcherson is growing up fast as he's purchased himself a happy home — and one previously owned by Heath Ledger, at that.
We would've preferred a live-action version starring Michael Keaton 'round 2020 or so, but that probably goes without saying. Still, an animated take of Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" isn't a bad consolation prize — check out some choice Bat-pics from the upcoming film at the Hollywood Reporter. »
- Bryan Enk
'Ishtar': Seven Myths Regarding The Legendary Flop
21 May 2012 10:49 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
"If all of the people who hate 'Ishtar' had seen it, I would be a rich woman today." So said Elaine May in 2006, two decades after the Warren Beatty-Dustin Hoffman comedy she wrote and directed had become synonymous with "extravagant flop." (The film grossed $14.4 million on a $55 million budget.) Up until May 22, 1987 (the day it opened in theaters, 25 years ago), advance buzz on "Ishtar" was contentious; it was either a brilliant comic masterpiece or a textbook case of overreach on the part of two giant Hollywood egos to whom no one could say, "No." After the film's release... same thing. To this day, the movie is roundly mocked for its alleged awfulness (often by people who've never seen it), while a passionate cult of fans insists it's a lost work of misunderstood genius that never got its proper due from critics or moviegoers. The truth lies somewhere in the middle. »
- Gary Susman
As 'Battleship' Flops: Ten Other Memorable Box-Office Bombs
21 May 2012 10:43 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
To have one giant money-losing tentpole is unfortunate. To have two starts to look careless, and that's what's happened to Taylor Kitsch. The actor, who broke out on TV's "Friday Night Lights," was seen as Hollywood's next great hope, picked out to star in two great big blockbusters with a combined cost of half-a-billion dollars. But when "John Carter" arrived in March, the film wildly underperformed, with Disney taking a hit of at least $100 million on the project. And after this weekend, it looks that his other film, "Battleship," is going to lose similar amounts.
The film, Universal & Hasbro's adaptation of the board game, directed by "Hancock" helmer Peter Berg, had taken the unusual step of opening everywhere else in the world six weeks ahead of the U.S, in the hope of bagging lucrative foreign coin and building buzz for the U.S. release. But while the film did ok abroad, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
A Classic Movie Fan's Dream: 2012 Summer Film Classics at the Paramount
15 May 2012 11:30 AM, PDT | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
One of the best things about living in Austin is getting to attend some of the classic films that screen each summer at the Paramount Theatre. The full Paramount Summer Classic Film Series schedule has just been released, with movies screening at Stateside this year, too.
Here are some from the bunch I find worth noting:
Pillow Talk (1959), pictured above, helps start the summer series off -- screening with the far more serious To Kill a Mockingbird. Although I've been a fan of classic movies since elementary school, it is only in recent years that my love and admiration for Doris Day has grown. This comedy, featuring Day as an interior designer forced to share a party line with playboy Rock Hudson, is now one of my favorite movies, and I can't wait to see it on the big screen! (9:35 Thurs, 5/24; 7 pm Fri, 5/25)An Affair to Remember (1957) -- Cary Grant, »
- Elizabeth Stoddard
'John Carter' Stumbles As 'Lorax' Takes Box-Office Crown
12 March 2012 8:38 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
Dr. Seuss film is highest-grossing movie of the year so far.
A scene from Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax"
Photo: Universal Studios
"Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" was the #1 movie at the box office for a second consecutive weekend, but the bigger story was the film that came in at #2.
"John Carter," which Disney hoped would kick off a franchise based on the classic Edgar Rice Burroughs stories that inspired generations of sci-fi, opened with $30.6 million. In an article bearing the headline " 'Ishtar' on Mars," the New York Times reported that "John Carter" cost about $350 million to market and produce. Even with its $71 million overseas total, "Carter" is a long way from an estimated break-even point of $600 million. "Ishtar" is a 1987 film famous for how hard it flopped despite the presence of two A-list stars (Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman) and huge marketing.
The tale of »
Missteps on Mars: Why John Carter Failed and How It Actually Didn’t
12 March 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
John Carter lightly transported itself into theaters this past weekend, securing a relatively meager $30m opening domestically, though it managed to secure another $70m internationally. While I will eventually make a defense of the economics at play here, it is hard to argue that John Carter isn’t a domestic failure, considering it came in second to The Lorax, which debuted a full week earlier. On top of that, John Carter has a suspected $250m budget with marketing costs guestimated in the $100m range, for a total investment of around $350m. The critics have been somewhat kind to the civil war veteran’s debut – while the average review seems to be “it’s alright,” there have certainly been some hyperbolic highs and very few hyperbolic lows. Consensus is you’ll probably think the movie is okay, but you might want to wait for DVD. Scattered among those are bold claims that film will live on with your »
- Robert Fure
Blu-ray, DVD Release: Madonna: Truth or Dare
8 February 2012 11:52 AM, PST | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray Release Date: April 3, 2012
Price: Blu-ray $14.99 , DVD $9.98
Studio: Lionsgate
Madonna strips a pose in Truth or Dare.
The life of pop super-duper star Madonna and her wildly popular 1990 “Blond Ambition” concert tour is chronicled in the 1991 documentary Madonna: Truth or Dare.
Directed by Alex Keshishian (Love and Other Disasters), Truth or Dare is filled with razzle-dazzle concert sequences spotlighting such Madonna hits as “Express Yourself,” “Hanky Panky,” “Like A Virgin,” “Material Girl” and “Vogue,” the song that kicked off her halftime performance at Superbowl Xlvi. Interspersed between the musical segments are a slew of behind-the-scenes moments revealing Madonna rehearsing with her dancers, cavorting with her buddies, and flirting with Warren Beatty (Ishtar), her leading boy-toy at that time.
Currently the top-selling female artist of all-time, Madonna has sold more than 300 million albums worldwide. That said, I’m thinking this one will make some sweet music at retail.
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- Laurence
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