Film Industry News
Weekend box office, October 3 – 5
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Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua – $29,300,465 – 42%, rotten
2. Eagle Eye – $17,709,817 – 28%, rotten
3. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist – $11,311,751 – 72%, [...]
Weekend box office, September 26 - 28
Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Eagle Eye - $29,150,721 – 28%, rotten
2. Nights in Rodanthe - $13,418,454 – 26%, rotten
3. Lakeview Terrace - $6,966,711 – 42%, rotten
4. Fireproof - $6,804,764 – 63%, fresh
5. Burn After Reading – $6,196,269 – 78%, fresh
6. Igor - $5,383,912 – 29%, rotten
7. My Best [...]
Empire names 500 Greatest Movies of All Time
Empire magazine has posted the list of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. The Godfather, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Empire Strikes Back took the first three spots, while the usual number one, Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, ended up in the 28th place.
Empire polled 150 film directors, 50 critics and more than 10,000 [...]
Johnny Depp signs on for Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp will reunite with Tim Burton yet again to play the Mad Hatter in Burton’s upcoming Disney flick Alice in Wonderland. He was confirmed for the part earlier today at the Walt Disney Studio Showcase in Hollywood.
Burton signed a deal to direct Alice last November and the movie is currently in pre-production.
Mia Wasikowska, 18-year-old [...]
Weekend box office, September 19 -21
Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Lakeview Terrace – $15,004,672 – 40%, rotten
2. Burn After Reading – $11,028,257 – 79%, fresh
3. My Best Friend’s Girl – $8,265,357 – 8%, rotten
4. Igor – $7,803,347 – 28%, rotten
5. Righteous Kill – $7,424,479 – 22%, rotten
6. Tyler Perry’s Family That Preys – [...]
Weekend box office, September 12 – 14
Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Burn After Reading - $19,128,001 - 78%, fresh
2. Tyler Perry’s Family That Preys - $17,381,218 – 52%, rotten
3. Righteous Kill - $16,288,361 – 23%, rotten
4. The Women - $10,115,121 – 10%, rotten
5. Tropic Thunder - $4,183,405 – 84%, fresh
6. The House Bunny - [...]
Weekend box office, August 22-24
Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Tropic Thunder - $16,272,195 - 83%, fresh
2. The House Bunny - $14,533,702 - 41%, rotten
3. Death Race - $12,621,090 - 41%, rotten
4. The Dark Knight - $10,542,424 - 94%, fresh
5. Star Wars: The Clone Wars - $5,661,456 - 18%, rotten
6. Pineapple Express - [...]
Hollywood Awards: 10 Actors to Watch
“Variety,” the authoritative entertainment industry publication, will present its annual “10 Actors to Watch” lineup of exciting new talents onstage at the Hollywood Awards(r) Gala Ceremony.
The 10 actors, selected by a team of “Variety’s” critics, editors and reporters, will be recognized at the prestigious Hollywood Awards(r) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on [...]
Laszlo Kovacs’ last, award winning film Torn from the Flag continues its press for Oscar
Independent director-producer-writer Klaudia Kovacs’ multi-award-winning film “Torn from the Flag,” which was made in collaboration with Oscar-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, and the late multi-award-winning cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, ASC, continues its Oscar bid.
“Torn from the Flag” is a feature-length, sociopolitical historical documentary about the international fall of communism and the global effects of the 1956 [...]
New Battlestar Galactica movie announced for 2009
SCI FI Channel today announced an all-new Battlestar Galactica special event, set to air in 2009 following the conclusion of the series and then released on DVD by Universal Studios Home Entertainment shortly thereafter.
Directed by series star Edward James Olmos and written by Battlestar Galactica’s Jane Espenson, the two-hour event will begin shooting in Vancouver [...]
