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We could simply cut and paste stories from Variety, but we don’t. We’re too amazing for that. We RETYPE articles from Variety…

DELLAMORTE DOES BO – 5/20/07 WRAP UP

   Film  Dollar (hey!)  Per Screen  Total  1  Shrek the Third  $122,000,000  $29,597  $122,907,000  2  Spider-Man 3  $28,500,000 (-51.0%)  $6,591  $281,858,000  3  28 Weeks Later  $5,150,000 (-47.5%)  $2,234  $18,611,000  4  Disturbia  $3,675,000 (-22.4%)  $1,442  $71,323,000  5  Georgia Rule  $3,493,000 (-48.4%)  $1,380  $12,614,000  6  Fracture  $2,460,000 (-16.7%)  $1,530  $34,712,000  7  Delta Farce  $1,840,000 (-46.2%)  $952  $6,126,000 … Continue reading

THE JOKER HAS BEEN DEALT

That’s the first picture of The Joker from The Dark Knight, thanks to themykra, from the message boards. The other day we told you about the ‘I Believe In Harvey Dent’ fake campaign site for The Dark Knight. It turns out the speculation was true: the site was part of a viral campaign, as IBelieveInHarveyDentToo.com … Continue reading

CYBERSPACE GETS TORQUED

William Gibson’s Neuromancer changed everything. The book introduced (to a wide audience) the term cyberspace, and its cyberpunk attitudes, concepts and styles would be a major influence on art, music and film over the next decades. It’s no stretch to say that without Neuromancer there would be no Matrix films, for instance. Could Neuromancer again … Continue reading

THE DEVIN’S ADVOCATE: WHO’S THE SICKO?

Michael Moore’s Sicko is currently conquering France at the Cannes Film Festival (but no surprise there), where it’s being called a movie that “opens your emotional pores” (Jeff Wells) and “alternates between comedy and outrage” (Variety). There’s some Sicko-related comedy and outrage happening here at home, as well, where it’s been revealed that the obsessive … Continue reading

JOHN RAMBO GOES BLOODY BONKERS

"Bring any weapons?" "Of course not." "You ain’t changin’ nothin’." For about two minutes, the Cannes John Rambo showreel, currently being hosted by our pals over at Ain’t It Cool News, is muted, melancholy and contemplative – a nice companion piece to last year’s Rocky Balboa. Then… well, I don’t know how else to put … Continue reading

JUSTIN MARKS IS MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE

I’m so tired. I’m so tired of throwaway 80s pop culture outliving its expiration date by twenty years or more. I’m tired of living in a world where more people associate ‘Masters of the Universe’ with a homo-erotic toy line and its half-hour cartoon advertisement than with Tom Wolfe. I’m even tired of the hate … Continue reading

MGM IS A BIG FAN OF BIG STAN

Here’s the kind of Cannes story you wouldn’t expect to hear normally: After an apparently successful screening, MGM is grabbing the new Rob Schnieder movie Big Stan, a prison/martial arts comedy, even though Schneider and crew have already sold off partial rights for the film to HBO. Hell, MGM didn’t just buy it. They’ve committed … Continue reading