It’s time to get serious people! Push the intensity (not necessarily the quality) to 11 and you’ve got: Knowing, Push, and The Unborn all rolling into stores. That along with some classic TV shows such as “Matlock” and “Murder She Wrote” along with newer comedies such as “Kath and Kim.” And then, of course, we have three horrible straight-to-DVD releases to whet your MST3K appetite.

Speaking of which, MST3K’s 15th Volume hits shelves this week along with plenty of mid-90s TV classics on DVD. Check out the full list below… Continue Reading

Looks like special effects will always beat out a good comedy and a clever spy film. Check out this weekend’s box office numbers below…

1. Knowing | New | Weekend Gross $24,814,000 | Average Per Theater $7,447 | Total Gross $24,814,000 | Week 1
2. I Love You, Man | New | Weekend Gross $18,005,000 | Average Per Theater $6,641 | Total Gross $18,005,000 | Week 1
3. Duplicity | New | Weekend Gross $14,402,000 | Average Per Theater $5,595 | Total Gross $14,402,000 | Week 1
4. Race to Witch Mountain | LW 1 | Weekend Gross $13,004,000 | Average Per Theater $4,080 | Total Gross $44,715,000 | Week 2
5. Watchmen | LW 2 | Weekend Gross $6,725,000 | Average Per Theater $1,916 | Total Gross $98,065,000 | Production Cost $150 | Week 3
6. The Last House on the Left (2009) | LW 3 | Weekend Gross $5,921,000 | Average Per Theater $2,465 | Total Gross $24,047,000 | Week 2
7. Taken | LW 4 | Weekend Gross $4,100,0002,661 | Average Per Theater $1,541 | Total Gross $133,139,000 | Week 8
8. Slumdog Millionaire | LW 6 | Weekend Gross $2,700,000 | Average Per Theater $1,306 | Total Gross $137,202,000 | Production Cost $15 | Week 19
9. Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail | LW 5 | Weekend Gross $2,510,000 | Average Per Theater $1,368 | Total Gross $87,208,000 | Week 5
10. Coraline | LW 9 | Weekend Gross $2,143,00 | Average Per Theater $1,498 | Total Gross $72,803,000 | Week 7

Knowing is quickly becoming remembered for it’s plane crash sequence where a plane randomly drops out of the sky in front of a bunch of people parked on a freeway due to an accident. Sorry, Cage, but this shot alone is enough to drive millions into the box office this weekend. And rightfully so. The shot is stunning. It’s beyond stunning, it’s effortless, smooth… it’s as perfect as it could possibly get. Recently Director Alex Proyas posted in his column what it took to create this amazing shot. 

One of my most challenging scenes in Knowing is the plane crash. I believe it was essential to have one of the predictions come true early on in the story, something so real and so horrible that we could no longer ignore the list of numbers.

I filmed this scene in one shot with a single hand-held camera. A nearly 3 minute continuous take where nearly everything in shot blows up or catches fire. There was absolutely no room for even the smallest error. I wanted to take the audience right into the depths of that horrible environment with Nic. It took nearly 2 days to set up, and I must say that I’m really happy with the way it turned out.

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Here are some of the late breaking developments from this year’s New York Comic Convention…..

• Check out some exclusive images from the convention floor of New York’s Comic Con. See photos of Terminator, Batman, and Transformers memorabilia and promotional items. [Coming Soon]
• McG gave fan’s hope at his panel when he vaguely insinuated that Arnold Schwarzenegger’s T-800 may be making an appearance in Terminator: Salvation after all. The director stated, “The T-800s as we know them look like Arnold. The T-800 plays a big role in this movie. I can’t quite tell you how we express that. Let me just hint at this: I don’t want today’s Arnold Schwarzenegger.” [First Showing]

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