Hello and welcome back to my weekly Box Office Beat column, the second published here at Critic Speak. Last weekend, I did very well with my predictions–in fact, I was one of the few prognosticators to accurately peg that Think Like a Man would be the victor–but I did low-ball the grosses by a bit. […]
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Roger Ebert’s annual festival of overlooked films, held in his hometown of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois at the Virginia Theatre, began yesterday and continues all weekend. For those of us unable to make the pilgrimage to Ebertfest, Mr. Ebert and company are kind enough to provide a live-stream of all the Q&As (embedded above). Given that the
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Fringe, the Fox cult hit that has held on despite low ratings, has been renewed for a fifth and final season. Despite an average of 4 million viewers and a 1.6 adult demo rating, the series will have 13 more episodes to close out its story line. Recent sci-fi series have not done well on
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It’s a big day for promotional photos. Whether Summit originally planned to put out these new stills from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 today or decided they’d try to replicate the buzz created by those for Django Unchained (currently Critic Speak’s biggest story) is anyone’s guess. But if you need your Bella and Edward
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Don’t let the title, shared with a silly ’80s pop beat, fool you. “I Melt with You” is all doom and gloom, a drug-fueled journey through the miseries of four middle-aged friends over the course of a wild week at a beachside mansion. The four friends, played by Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven, and
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An old friend posted this to his Facebook wall today, and while it’s hard to condone vandalism, I can’t help but be impressed by the inventiveness of this new venue for reviewing movies. The only problem is that the prospective viewer has already rented the disc, thereby making a recommendation useless. But with a movie
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The first images from Quentin Tarantino‘s slavery-themed Western Django Unchained have hit the web. One image is of Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie, a sadistic plantation owner who makes his slaves compete in gladiatorial combat for his amusement. The picture depicts Candie wielding a hammer, tipping off those who have read the script to the
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