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A Grey Wolf Bites The Head Off The Top-10 Movies This Weekend

by on January 29, 2012

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Cinema Static Top-10 Movies & Box Office NumbersThis weekend, the new movies that hit the box office Friday populated the 1st, 3rd and 5th place spots in the chart of top-10 movies.

According to estimates, The Grey with Liam Neeson will be the lead money maker in the top-10 movies by the time the weekend is over, pulling in $20 million in it’s opening weekend, dominating the other movies by almost double.

Trailing The Grey is a movie in its second week in movie theaters, Underworld: Awakening, which  dropped by more than half from it’s opening weekend, will pull in an estimated $12.5M this weekend.

In third place in the charts is the new Katherine Heigl movie, One for the Money.  Apparently Heigl doesn’t have the draw they’d like her to have and the movie only pulled in $11.7M in ticket sales in its first weekend out. Hmm, no wonder she dropped the soundbite about wanting to return to Grey’s Anatomy.

Outside the top-3 in 4th, is Red Tails with Cuba Gooding Jr..  Red Tails dropped nearly 50% from its opening weekend too and pulled in just over $10M.  But still hung on to a spot in the list of top-10 movies.

The new movie Man on the Ledge starring Sam Worthington seemed to have very little draw compared to the other top-4 movies, pulling in an estimated $8M.  Ouch.

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Vampires Take A Bite out of This Weekend’s Top-10 Movies at The Box Office

by on January 22, 2012

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Cinema Static Top-10 Movies & Box Office NumbersThis last weekend, to me, had some surprises as to what order the movies ranked out in the top-10 list of movies at the box office.

(1st) Screen Gems Underworld: Awakening was panned hard by critics across the board and even the star, Kate Beckinsale, was seemingly making excuses about how the role was a test or what not.  But it may seem that the franchise and a hot star decked out in a tight leather outfit may win out after all!  Underworld: Awakening took the first spot in the list of top-10 movies by pulling in an estimated $25M.

Red Tails movie poster

(2nd) Another new movie this weekend was 20th Century Fox’s Red Tails with Terrence Howard, showed up in the 2nd spot in the weekend’s list, having pulled in just over $19M.  The film looked like it had great visuals.

(3rd) Coming up third in its second week out, Universal Pictures Contraband, with Mark Wahlberg, pulled in ~$12M this weekend, bringing their overall gross to $46M

(4th) Warner Bros. Pictures Tom Hanks starrer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, pulled in over $10M.

(5th) The other new movie this week, from Relativity Media, Haywire, had better reviews than Underworld, but pulled in fewer bucks, at around $9M this weekend from the box office.

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Contraband Led the Pack of Top-10 Movies At the Box Office Last Weekend

by on January 16, 2012

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Cinema Static Top-10 Movies & Box Office NumbersLast weekend consumers decided to give some power to he three new movies last weekend and put them in the top-4 spots amongst the top-10 movies at the box office last weekend.

Estimated numbers:

Number One Movie At the Box Office

Contraband showed that Mark Wahlberg can switch hats from his executive producer hat (Boardwalk Empire, Entourage) to his acting hat (The Other Guys, Date Night, The Lovely Bones) and still draw the fans in to the movie theater for his new movies.  He does have that pull on you and he can pull off an action role pretty awesomely.  (Is that even a word?  LOL)

Contraband movie poster

Contraband, from director Baltasar Kormákur (Inhale, A Little Trip to Heaven), pulled in just over $24M at the ticket window, averaging almost $8.5K per theater.  Yea…  the fans like Wahlberg!

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Beauty and the Beast 3D movie poster

The 1991 animated classic, Beauty and the Beast, was re-released in 3D this last weekend and showed that classic movies that are close to the heart can still have an interesting draw when slapped out in the 3D theater…

Beauty and the Beast drew in almost $18.5M at the box office, which surprised me.  I was sure it would do OK, but I wasn’t sure it would be such the hit to be the No. 2 movie in America.

This brings the movies’ overall worldwide tally to $378M.

Sure, it’s a 3D release.  Sure, they’re just adding money to their coffers by taking advantage of your heart strings, but A: It worked, B: Animated features in 3D can be awesome.

Did any of my readers see this in 3D?  Was it any fun in 3D?

Hey, at the very least, you get to take your kids to the same movie and give them the experience you had once when you were young!  Right?

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New Movies This Week: Loosies, The Iron Lady, Contraband, Beauty and the Beast

by on January 10, 2012

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New Movies at the Box Office from Cinema Static 2011 logo 475w lq

This week, new movies coming to your local movie theater include celebrities like Peter Facinelli, Michael Madsen, Meryl Streep, Kate Beckinsale, Mark Wahlberg, Angela Lansbury (the voice of), John C. Reilly, & Queen Latifah, to name a few.

Come on in and check out the new movies this week at movie theaters:

Opening on Wednesday, January 11th:

Loosies

Loosies movie poster

Michael Corrente (The Door in the Floor) directs Michael Madsen, Peter Facinelli (Who wrote and co-produced), Jaimie Alexander, Joe Pantoliano, Christy Carlson Romano & William Forsythe.

This movie is about a young pickpocket in the New York subways, living a fast, free, lifestyle is confronted by a woman with whom he had a one night affair.

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Movies Opening on Friday, January 13th:

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady movie poster

This is a look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

It’s directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!) and stars the venerable Meryl Streep.

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New DVD and Blu-ray Releases this Week: Conan, Super 8, Doctor Who

by on November 21, 2011

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New Movies & TV Shows on DVD and Blu-ray

This week, there are more than 125 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this Tuesday, November 22, 2011.  With Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Tyler Perry, Jason Momoa, Matt Smith and others leading the fray of new DVD’s.

Check out my list of New Releases below and check out my search window link if you’re looking for product details!:

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New Movies on DVD:

Super 8 on DVD and Blu-raySuper 8 Starring Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney and Ryan Lee

A Madea Christmas: The Play Starring Tyler Perry and Tony Grant

Conan the Barbarian Starring Jason Momoa and Ron Perlman

Sarah’s Key Starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Niels Arestrup, Melusine Mayance

Love Begins Starring Abigail Mavity and Nancy Mckeon

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Movies New to Blu-ray:

Three Amigos [Blu-ray] Starring Martin Short, Steve Martin

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Guillermo del Toro Updates, Including Pacific Rim, Madness and Hellboy

by on November 2, 2011

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An update on Guillermo del Toro

Since I have become appreciative of Guillermo del Toro‘s work this last year, I’m always interested in things he’s working on.  The items that caught my eye that inspired this supposed short piece were notes on At the Mountains of Madness & Hellboy 3.

But first…

Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim movie mini teaser- Pacific Rim, his latest monster movie that I’ve been following, is due to start shooting five weeks from now.  Pacific Rim is basically a giant robot vs. giant monster kind of flick that will be starring Charlie Hunnam, Charlie Day, Idris Elba, Max Martini & Clifton Collins Jr..

Pacific Rim has already had it’s release date changed and is now due out in movie theaters in May of 2013.

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Guillermo del Toro‘s other projects include exec producing Mama, starring Jessica Chastain & Dreamworks Animation’s Rise of the Guardians.  Rise of the Guardians is sort of like Joss Whedon’s The Avengers, except, well, it’s where Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Jack Frost and the Sandman face off together against the Bogeyman.  The cast/voice power includes Hugh Jackman, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, Dakota Goyo, Chris Pine & Alec Baldwin.

Guillermo del Toro’s other efforts include having penned/contributed to the screenplays for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Due out 2012) and The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2013).  Being directed by Peter Jackson, the cast includes Luke Evans, Hugo Weaving, Evangeline Lilly, Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood plus the venerable character-actor Andy Serkis.

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‘The Lion King 3D’ Has Opened The Rerelease Flood Gates

by on October 5, 2011

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The Lion KingWith how well the rerelease of The Lion King did in 3D over this last month in the movie theater, I had said previously it will only be a matter of time.

The Lion King on Amazon

As it is, I’ve heard-tell that Top Gun is coming back to theaters in 3D and I’ve seen some folk say that this particular movie lends itself nicely to 3D.  (But I don’t know if they’re bribed studio shills or really fans of…)

But back when conjectured about the potential wave of new 3D movies being rereleases, I just didn’t realize how little time it would be before the onslaught.

Right now the plans are on the table from Disney to rerelease more animated features in 3D for public consumption.

Those 3D rereleases include Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc. and The Little Mermaid in movie theaters nationwide.

The release dates for these movies are as follows:

· Beauty and the Beast – January 13, 2012
· Disney•Pixar’s Finding Nemo – September 14, 2012
· Disney•Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. – January 18, 2013
· Disney•Pixar’s Monsters University – June 21, 2013*
· The Little Mermaid – September 13, 2013

* Monsters University is the prequel to Monsters, Inc.

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New DVD & Blu-ray Releases for Nov 23rd, 2010 [The Expendables, Pillars of Earth]

by on November 23, 2010

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New DVD and Blu-ray Releases in movies, TV, kids & family

Looking over the new DVD & Blu-ray releases for November 23rd, 2010, there are over 250 new titles.  This week surprises me, being that the last few weeks have had some great titles.   This week it seems rather dull in the excitement category, but it could just be me.

This week is led by the Beauty and the Beast Two Disc Diamond Edition re-release of the classic animated story from Disney.  We also have The Expendables with Sylvester Stallone, and Eat Pray Love with Julia Roberts.

That’s really it for big titles but I’ll dig a bit deeper and see what other new DVD & Blu-ray releases might be coming along with these other titles.

In the upcoming weeks we have some great titles coming out… see below for those!

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Movies

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The Expendables DVD and Blu-ray

The Expendables (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham

Eat Pray Love on DVDEat Pray Love Starring Julia Roberts

The Complete Metropolis [Blu-ray] Starring Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel

A Nanny For Christmas Starring Emmanuelle Vaugier, Dean Cain

12 Men of Christmas Starring Kristin Chenoweth, Josh Hopkins

Crank / Crank 2 (Two-Pack) [Blu-ray] Starring Jason Statham, Amy Smart

Luther Starring Idris Elba, Steven Mackintosh

Terminator 2: Judgment Day / Total Recall (Two-Pack) [Blu-ray] Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside

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New DVD & Blu-ray Releases for October 5th, 2010

by on October 4, 2010

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New DVD and Blu-ray Releases from Cinema Static

The new DVD & Blu-ray titles for October 5th, 2010 number at around 400 titles!  Of all the titles, the most popular would seem to be the Beauty and the Beast Blu-ray release, Bones 5th season, The Karate Kid, and some classic titles to boot!  Check it out!

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Beauty and the Beast (Three-Disc Diamond Edition Blu-ray DVD Combo

First up is Beauty and the Beast (Three-Disc Diamond Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging).  This title includes

3-Disc BD Bonus Features:
• Restored film
• Three versions of the film
• Original theatrical release
• Special extended edition
• Original storyboard version (BD-exclusive)
• Original theatrical version with a PIP of the storyboard
• Disney song along mode
• Audio commentary
• Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind Making Beauty And The Beast (interactive)
• Broadway Beginnings – Up close and personal celebrity interviews with Nick Jonas, Donny Osmond, Toni Braxton, and others who have starred in the Broadway production
• Composing a Classic: A Musical Conversation With Alan Menken, Don Hahn, and Richard Kraft
• Deleted scenes
o Alternate opening (boards)
o Belle in the library – never-before-seen moment where Belle meets three new characters in the library
• Art galleries – Only available inside the “Beyond Beauty Experience”
• Family play games
o Enchanted Challenge: help Belle and the Beast fall in love in order to break the spell before the last petal falls (Disney Quest)
o Bon Jour, Who Is This? A Disney TelePlay Game – Powered by BD-Live. Using your cell phone, guess the identity of the other players before they guess yours
• Music & more
o All-new music video featuring Disney Channel star TBD
• Classic DVD bonus features

Did you know this is the only animated feature to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination?  And keep your ears out for one of my faves, “Gaston,” a lout’s paean to himself, because he uses “antlers in all of my de-co-ra-ting”.

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Bones 5th season on DVD

Bones: The Complete Fifth Season Starring David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, T.J. Thyne, et al.

On this title, the goodies include

Disc 1:
Episode commentary

Disc 2:
Episode Commentary
“The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken” extended version

Disc 3:
Episode commentary
“The X in the Files” extended version

Disc 4:
Episode commentary
David Boreanaz: Directing the 100th episode
House of 100 Corpses

Disc 6:
Episode commentary
Gag reel
The Nunchuck Way

The 5th season will have a wedding, the show’s 100th episode, and decisions that we all know, that Bones and Booth must make that could things forever.

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Opening Movies for Friday, February 12

by on February 9, 2010

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Movies opening this week on Friday, February 12th are:

•       Valentine’s Day, with a serious kick-butt cast:

Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Hector Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Kelvin Moore, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Carter Jenkins, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah,
Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, Bryce Robinson & Taylor Swift.  Just to name a portion of the cast!

•      Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Starring Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Melina Kanakaredes, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Joe Pantoliano & Uma Thurman… as Medusa?

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