Tuesday, February 12

• DVD Tuesday

  Ben Affleck's acclaimed directorial debut Gone Baby Gone, featuring a career-defining performance from brother Casey, leads this week's crop of DVD releases. Also arriving on store shelves are the Mark Wahlberg/Joaquin Phoenix cop drama We Own the Night, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?, Anne Hathaway's Jane Austen biopic Becoming Jane and John Cusack's quirky drama Martian Child.

  In honor of Valentine's Day, our DVD pick of the week is No Reservations, the culinary-themed romantic comedy starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart. 

  
  

  Posted 02/12/2008 by Thomas

  No Reservations | Why Did I Get Married? | We Own the Night | Gone Baby Gone

Sunday, October 14

• Weekend Box Office Wrap Up

  Tyler Perry's endless hot streak continued this weekend as his latest, Why Did I Get Married?, took the top spot at the box office with $21.5 million. The Game Plan beat out the opening of star-studded We Own the Night and the expansion of Michael Clayton with $11.5 million. The massively successful Game Plan has taken in a $59.4 million toll to date.  

  Michael Clayton, which is already receiving strong awards buzz for star George Clooney, expanded its release this weekend to the tune of $11.01 million for third place and We Own the Night came in fourth with $11 million.

  This weekend's other highly buzzed about open, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, came in sixth with $6.1 million in box office receipts.

  
  
  

  Why Did I Get Married? Trailer

  Tyler Perry's big screen adaptation of his stage play.
  

  Weekend Box Office Numbers

  Tyler Perry Owned the NIght and Day

  Posted 10/14/2007 by reelz

  Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Why Did I Get Married? | The Game Plan | Michael Clayton | We Own the Night

Friday, October 12

• By the Numbers: Reviews of this Weekend's New Releases

  It's a crowded weekend at the Cineplex for new movies, with four major releases, We Own the Night, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? and The Final Season, opening. Oscar candidate Michael Clayton also expands nationwide.

  A rundown of our reviews of this weekend's new releases:  

  We Own the Night  
  "A solid, angst-ridden thriller with strong performances from Phoenix, Wahlberg and Duvall." [Full Review] 

   

  Elizabeth: The Golden Age 
  "Takes dull pages of a history book and turns them into powerful, enveloping, stirring, and gorgeous drama."  [Full Review]  

  Why Did I Get Married? 
  "Why does Tyler Perry have a job?"  [Full Review]

    

  Lust, Caution 
  "If one submits to its rhythms rather than rage against them, its acting and just-so overall design prove a more than inviting combination for the arthouse set."  [Full Review]     

  Sleuth 
  "An occasionally entertaining, mostly tedious exercise in actor self-indulgence."  [Full Review]

   

  Lars and the Real Girl 
  "A lovely little indie dramedy...Gosling is pitch perfect, oozing painful vulnerability down to his twitching eyes and innocently hopeful gazes"  [Full Review]

  Also opening: Control, Terror's Advocate

  
  

  Posted 10/12/2007 by Thomas

  Lust, Caution | Why Did I Get Married? | We Own the Night | Sleuth | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Lars and the Real Girl