Tag Archives: Defiance

Box Office Jan. 16-19: Blart Cleans Up, but Everything Does Well

January 19, 2009 – 2:50 pm

Kevin James was the surprise winner at the box office this weekend with Paul Blart: Mall Cop, which scored an estimated $39 million over the four-day Martin Luther King Day weekend.  The studio was smart to go with a PG rating as the film was able to tap into family audiences.
The even bigger surprise, though, [...]

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12 New Holiday Reviews!

January 5, 2009 – 11:28 pm

The News Blog has laid dormant over the holiday break, but we haven’t — a heck of a lot of movies were released (with the intention of making major bank when everybody was out of work/school for Christmas), and we had to write reviews for all of them.  (Well, almost all.  Sorry, Yes Man.)  Now [...]

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The Soloist ditches 2008; is The Road next?

October 19, 2008 – 4:22 pm

A number of high-profile big blockbusters have already fled late 2008 for warmer climates, Star Trek and the sixth Harry Potter movie being the two biggest. Now it seems the trend has shifted to Oscar-bait movies.
The Soloist, a drama starring Jamie Foxx as a homeless violin prodigy and Robert Downey Jr. as the reporter [...]

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