Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:45AM - By Damon Houx
Creating a such a successful seven book and eight film-long franchise as Harry Potter makes you a global phenomenon. The pressure must have been intense for author J.K. Rowling, not only in finishing what she had started and meeting the demands of critics and fans, but then the pressure of figuring out what’s next. As for the latter, she’s written her follow-up to the Potter universe and that work is The Casual Vacancy.
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Friday, April 6, 2012 12:00PM - By Damon Houx
I liked The Hunger Games. A lot. I have no problem with that. But I think that it’s also a film that should be graded on a curve, the franchise/blockbuster curve to which Hollywood seems most comfortable turning everything into (they’re trying to make a Horrible Bosses 2). As such, it’s worth noting that these films – including The Dark Knight - have very noticeable flaws. Here are the top five problems with every blockbuster franchise film.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:08AM - By Damon Houx
With year-end worst of lists, it’s rarely fun to pick on films that are dead and buried. Is it really worth rehashing why I Am Number Four or Apollo 18 are bad movies? In five years no one’s going to remember those films, to say nothing of Shark Night or One Day. in fact it’s likely everyone’s forgotten them. What’s much more disappointing and terrible is cinematic good will squandered. And so here is our list of the ten worst films and trends in cinema in 2011:
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Friday, December 9, 2011 5:22PM - By Laura Aguirre
This week featured news about crying kids, ridiculous feuds, and yes, more Lindsay Lohan. In the list of news bits we’ve compiled for you, you’ll find details on Lohan’s much anticipated Playboy issue, due out January/February. Also, more details on the feud between Daniel Craig and the Kardashians, which unfortunately is still going strong. And for all of you Harry Potter fans (well, if you’re a fan you probably already know this piece of information but just in case you missed it) find out what new magical development is happening really soon.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:53PM - By Travis Woods
In case you just so happen to be one of the three of four Harry Potter fans on Earth that, for some reason, hasn’t built a shrine of Potter DVDs and Blu-Ray around your TV, well, you might want to hop on that—looks like Warner Bros. will stop producing any more copies of the Potter films on home video on December 29, 2011. As in, they will never be available again.
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Monday, August 8, 2011 11:31AM - By Travis Woods
Well, the headline says it all—teen culture, as it has pretty much always been (except for maybe when teens went gaga for the Beatles back in the day), is pretty much screwed. Basically a live action version of TigerBeat!, the 2011 Teen Choice Awards took place in L.A. last night at the Gibson Amphitheatre, in what was essentially a morbid orgy of cultural mediocrity and inexplicable celebrity worship. But Justin + Selena looked soooooooo cute together, you guyz, OMG!!!
Thursday, July 28, 2011 9:54PM - By Scott Schachter
After last weekend’s strong debut, Captain America: The First Avenger will attempt to hold on to the top spot as it faces stiff competition from The Smurfs, The Steven Spielberg-Produced Cowboys & Aliens, and the Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Emma Stone movie Crazy, Stupid, Love. It should be a hectic week at the box office. Now for our predictions.
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Monday, July 25, 2011 12:00PM - By Laura Aguirre
Captain America has topped Harry’s huge success and taken the No. 1 spot at the box office. We did not see that one coming. Captain America: The First Avenger was expected to have a successful weekend, but not to the point where it would knock Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 off its spot. The Superhero film made a debut of $65.8 million – over $100 million less than Harry Potter made last weekend. The new romantic comedy Friends with Benefits landed itself third with a weekend gross of $18.5 million. This weekend was full of surprises, check out the complete numbers…
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Monday, July 18, 2011 10:04AM - By Laura Aguirre
There’s something very appealing about being the very last of something. Everyone wants a piece, and that’s what happened this weekend with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. At least three records were broken during the last few days including The Dark Knight‘s highest-grossing opening weekend of $158.4 million by over $10 million. Harry Potter also beat out the other phenomenon, Twilight, by breaking two of its records — biggest opening day with $92.1 million and highest midnight previews with $43.5 million. Most films, along with Transformers: Dark of the Moon, were completely overshadowed by the Wizard boy movie. Check out the numbers below.
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