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Hollywood sends four new wide releases to the plate this weekend. However, none are likely to contend for first place at the box office, which will be fought over by three holdover films. Although Dolphin Tale [DLPHN] finished third in its opening weekend, the family film has a chance to ascend to the top spot. The inspiration story has earned excellent word of mouth. Without any new competition for the family audience, Dolphin Tale may only decline around 30% to $13.5 million, which...

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By Box Office Whisperer on Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 04:28 PM 9069 views

Universal has released the first trailer for the action thriller Contraband [CNTRB],  Mark Wahlberg [MWAHL] stars as a former smuggler gone straight and happily married with a wife played by Kate Beckinsale [KBECK], who gets back into the game when his brother-in-law botched a drug deal.   He assembles a crew to retrieve millions in counterfeit bills to pay off the debt owed, and take down the criminals threatening his family.  Director Baltasar Kormakur remakes his own Icelandic film...

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By Antibody on Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 11:45 AM 7874 views

Warner Bros. has debuted the first trailer for the drama Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close [ELAIC] on Apple, and it's an emotional roller coaster all in itself.  First you're like, it's a movie starring Tom Hanks [THANK] and Sandra Bullocks [SBULL]. Smile  Then you realize it's a movie about 9-11. Frown  Slowly "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2 kicks in to say it's not going to be a sad tale of woes Cry, but an inspirational story to lift your spirits. Laughing  The film is directed by Stephen Daldry...

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By Antibody on Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 11:08 AM 7953 views

Paramount has revealed a new trailer for the horror sequel/prequel Paranormal Activity 3 [PNAC3].   The newly found footage showed Katie and her sister kristi as children in 1998 when the demon first began to haunt their family. 

 

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By Antibody on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 @ 02:17 PM 6658 views

New Line has dropped the full, theatrical trailer for the romantic comedy New Year's Eve [NYEVE] on Apple.  The not-a-sequel follow-up to Valentine's Day features another all-star ensemble cast making a big deal out of stressing over another holiday celebration.  Who will get match up with who when then ball drops at midnight? 

 

 

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By Antibody on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 @ 11:20 AM 7427 views

IFC Films has unleashed the full trailer for the horror sequel The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) [HUCN2] directed by Tom Six.  Apparently, the original The Human Centipede is really just a movie, one which inspires an obssessed viewer to create his own chain of victims linked anus to mouth in one continuous digestive system.  The unrated film opens in limited release on October 7th.

 

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By Antibody on Monday, September 26, 2011 @ 04:08 PM 8000 views

Lionsgate has released the theatrical trailer for the action comedy One for the Money [1MONY] based on the novel by Janet Evanovich.  Katherine Heigl [KHEIG] stars as Stephanie Plum, who desperate for money turns to bounty hunting for her cousin's bail bonds company. Her first assignment is to track down a former cop and murder suspect who also happens to be the same man who broke her heart back in high school.  Didn't we already see this movie when it was called The Bounty Hunter?

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By Antibody on Monday, September 26, 2011 @ 11:40 AM 7403 views

With four new releases gunning for its box office throne, the 17-year-old The Lion King 3D [TLK3D] fended off the upstarts to reign once again with $22.1 million.  The animated classic tailed off just 27% from last week and has $61.1 million in just 10 days of re-release.

Two movies based on a true story were in a close race for second place.  Moneyball [MONYB] earned $20.6 million as the baseball movie managed to draw both men and women in equal numbers with 64% of the audience over the age...

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By Antibody on Sunday, September 25, 2011 @ 10:59 AM 8323 views

Warner Bros. has debuted the threatrical trailer for the muscal comedy Joyful Noise [JOYNS] on Apple.  Queen Latifah [QLATI] and Dolly Parton star as two strong-willed women who despite their differences work together to save their small town Gospel Choir from getting shut down.  Parton is looking a bit plastic these days, but at least she's not afraid of making fun of it.  Joyful Noise is set to open wide January 13th, 2012.

 

 

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By Antibody on Friday, September 23, 2011 @ 12:17 PM 7842 views

Although general manager Billy Beane used statistical analysis to build a baseball team that was a perennial playoffs contender, his Oakland Athletics never actually won a World Series. Does the movie adaptation of the best-selling book Moneyball [MONYB] have what it takes to finish in first place? Brad Pitt [BPITT] flexes his starpower as Beane, while Jonah Hill [JHILL] plays the stat geek and Philip Seymour Hoffman [PSHOF] plays the manager of the A’s. Baseball movies have not generally...

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By Box Office Whisperer on Thursday, September 22, 2011 @ 04:37 PM 4229 views

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