Ryan Reynolds is not a movie star. Oh sure, he’s famous—or, at least famous enough to get himself on the cover of Entertainment Weekly to show off his ridiculously chiseled abs—but, no matter how much we’d like to see this likable actor take the next step, it just seems like he’ll be Read More
Tom Hanks soared at the box office this weekend as Angels & Demons held off a furious push from J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek to land in first place with an estimated $48 million in grosses. While that represents a significant step down from The Da Vinci Code—that film opened almost three years ago to Read More
Live long and prosperous! While members of the USS Enterprise might have had their phasers set for stun, Star Trek absolutely killed at the box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $72.5 million over the frame, and $76.5 million total since opening on Thursday night. That number makes it the biggest opening weekend Read More
The phrase “you never get a second chance to make a first impression” isn’t just ad copy for Head and Shoulders anymore … apparently it’s the mantra of comic book adaptations, too! Watching X-Men Origins: Wolverine over the weekend, we couldn’t help but notice that the most exciting, creative and downright awesome part of the Read More
It turns out all the consternation over whether bootlegged versions of X-Men Origins: Wolverine would hurt the film’s bottom line was a bit unwarranted. Hugh Jackman and his adamantium claws tore up the box office over the weekend as Wolverine grossed an estimated $87 million to pace the field and get summer started off Read More
Is Sasha Grey the next big star? For the uninitiated, Ms. Grey is the just-turned-21-year-old porn actress who finds herself at the center of the latest pillbox-sized indie from Steven Soderbergh, The Girlfriend Experience, and if the buzz is to be believed, mainstream success is within her reach—in his Village Voice review, J. Hoberman Read More
O.K., so I saw X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Much like all of you, I too had heard the talk from all those people who downloaded (for shame!) the incomplete version and took to the Internet to talk trash and etc. and as much as you sort of wish you didn’t pay attention to such things, you Read More
It’s 2 a.m. and you awake with a jerk, alone in your fully lit apartment and still on the couch. On TV, the credits of some movie you’ve already seen a billion times are scrolling by. It feels like rock bottom. And we know, because we’re just like you: single.
Need a movie to keep Read More
Conspiracy theorists might want to get out their tinfoil hats for this one. Despite being leaked onto the Internet, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is still tracking to be a huge success. Earlier this week, Entertainment Weekly revealed details of a consumer report showing that the May 1st release remains the No. 1 choice for Read More
