Knocking out the competition by a wide margin, the sci-fi action film Reel Steel [RSTEL] topped the weeeknd box office at an estimated $27.3 million. The audience was predominantly male at 59%, while evenly split between those under 25 and those 25 and over. With a Saturday bump from the family crowd, the crowd-pleasing should enjoy a long stay at the box office.
The political thriller The Ides of March [IDESM] debuted in second place with $10.4 million. The cast attracted an audience...
Relativity has unleashed the first trailer for the period thriller The Raven [TRAVN] on Apple. John Cusack [JOHNC] stars as Edgar Allan Poe who joins forces with a young detective, played Luke Evans [LUEVA], to hunt down a serial killer who is committing a series of brutal murders inspired by the stories of Poe. Set in the 1800s, the dark and gritty film looks like Sherlock Holmes meets From Hell. The film is directed by directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta).
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Universal has unveiled a second trailer for the action comedy Tower Heist [TWRHS] on Apple, which took out the epilepsy joke that some found offensive from the first trailer. The new version gets straight to the point of the story about the employees of a luxury condo banding together to steal back the money from a Wall Street financier who had swindled their pension. Directed by Brett Ratner [BRATN], this timely working man's Ocean's Eleven starring Ben Stiller [BSTIL], Eddie Murphy...
After a dull September for new releases, the first week of October brings a real heavyweight contender in the sci-fi actioner Real Steel [RSTEL]. Set in the future where boxing are fought with robots, the PG-13 rated film stars Hugh Jackman [HJACK] as a former boxer who becomes a robot trainer and bonds with his estranged son as they rise through the ranks of the sport. Known for comedies with mass appeal, director Shawn Levy [SLEVY] has brought his crowd-pleasing touch to a new genre....
Warner Bros. has released another trailer for the animated sequel Happy Feet Two [HPYF2]. Besides the usual song and dance numbers from the penguins, the new film introduces a baby penguin speaking ebonics and for no particular reason that's apparent from the trailer, Matt Damon [MDAMO] and Brad Pitt [BPITT] voice a couple of krill shrimps.
Paramount has dropped the teaser trailer for the dramedy Young Adult [YADLT] on Apple. The film reunites Juno director Jason Reitman [JREIT] and its Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody. Charlize Theron [CTHER] stars as a writer of teen novels (hence the bookcover-esque poster) who returns to her small hometown to try to win back her high school sweetheart, played by Patrick Wilson [PWILS], who is now happily married with a newborn. While we've seen many man-childs on film, her...
The Weintein Co. has revealed the first trailer for the biographical drama My Week with Marilyn [MYWWM] starring Michelle Williams [MWILL] as Marilyn Monroe. Based on a true story, Eddie Redmayne [EREDM] plays a young assistant to Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh [KBRAN]), who meets the American actress during her first visit to England. While he escorts her around town, the unlikely pair developed a romantic relationship that was doomed to last one week, but what an unforgettable week...
DreamWorks has unveiled the full, theatrical trailer for the World War I drama War Horse [WHORS] directed by Steven Spielberg [SSPIE]. Based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo that was also turned into a stage play, the story follows a horse named Joey and the young man who trained him. When they are forced to part by the outbreak of war in Europe, the horse is passed through different hands from the British to the German to the French, inspiring everyone along the way, until the horse is...
After a couple of lackluster teasers, Sony has finally released a proper trailer for the CG animated family film Arthur Christmas [ARTHC] produced by Aardman Animation (Flushed Away). The story reveals that Santa Claus has a highly efficient, high-tech operation managed by elves in order to deliver a present to every child on earth on Christmas eve. When a little girl who doubts Santa's existence is missed, Arthur decides to personally deliver the present the old fashioned way, by a...
The full, theatrical trailer for the biographical drama of Aung San Suu Kyi, The Lady [TLADY] has debuted online. Michelle Yeoh [MYEOH] stars as the leader of the Burmese pro-democracy movement, while David Thewlis [DTHEW] plays her husband, Michael Aris. Cohen Media Group will release the Luc Besson [LBESS] directed film in 2011 to qualify it for the next Academy Awards where it could face off against The Iron Lady, another biopic about another female leader of a nation.
