Monday, June 27, 2011 4:55PM - By Andrew Payne
With so many movies that, er, struggled with quality being released on DVD this week, I thought it prudent to blow out the format and play a little game in this week’s DVD picks column.
It’s quite simple. We will list ten DVD’s coming out this week along with a description from the manufacturer of what the movie is about, complete with some of the cast. It’s up to you to decipher which of these movies went straight to DVD and which actually premiered in a theater! (Hint: Seven bowed at a theater and three made the humiliating journey straight to DVD)
You may be able to get three of them, but I think you’ll find it pretty tough to get the other three. It’s just sort of that week in DVD land.
Ready? Let’s get started!
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Monday, March 7, 2011 7:26AM - By Laura Aguirre
Step aside Coen Brothers, there’s a new western film in town, and it stars a green cockeyed lizard in some authentic cowboy attire, Rango. The Johnny Depp animated featured followed the success of last weekend’s top choice Gnomeo and Juliet lassoing in a hefty $38 million during its opening weekend. Another successful newcomer was Matt Damon and Emily Blunt‘s The Adjustment Bureau. The Universal picture was No. 2 making over $20 million.
Though our box office predictions were rather popular, we didn’t get it all right, we had predicted that Beastly would be down in the bottom half of the top 10, but the romance-fantasy film surprised us and came in at No. 3 grossing $10 million.
Check out the numbers…
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Friday, March 4, 2011 12:33PM - By Scott Schachter
The Oscar race is over and this weekend will see a slate of new releases all competing for the top prize at the box office. Johnny Depp’s Rango, and Matt Damon’s The Adjustment Bureau will see mild competition from such teen fare as Topher Grace’s Take Me Home Tonight, and the Vanessa Hudgen’s starrer Beastly. In all, it should be a busy weekend filled with choices.
And Now For Our Predictions…
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010 5:59PM - By Krystal Clark
Beauty and the Beast is one of the most popular fairytales of all time. The 1991 Disney adaptation was the first animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards so imagine our skepticism when we heard about Beastly, a hipper live action version that stars High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer and one of the Olsen twins. Check out the trailer…
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 5:00PM - By Laura Aguirre
Neil Patrick Harris has landed two film projects this summer. Harris will take the lead role in the comedy The Best and The Brightest and co-star in Beastly, a film based on the 2007 novel by Alex Flinn.
In The Best and The Brightest, Harris will play a carefree father moves his family from Delaware to New York City’s Upper East Side. The family then finds it hard to handle the city’s competitive private school scene.
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