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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Thursday, August 4, 2011 5:07PM - By Damon Houx
This weekend James Franco and Andy Serkis hope to defeat Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds for the top slot at the box office. If Bateman and Reynolds look familiar it’s because they’ve both top-lined movies earlier this summer. And they star in The Change Up with Olivia Wilde, who just appeared in Cowboys and Aliens. Emma Stone seems the champ of the summer, with two starring roles in Crazy, Stupid, Love and The Help, along with a cameo in Friends with Benefits, all opening within a month of each other. It’s the end of the movie summer, even if the real summer has a couple of weeks left.
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Monday, August 1, 2011 10:49AM - By Laura Aguirre
Cowboys and Aliens and – Smurfs! This weekend the unthinkable happened. Cowboys and Aliens tied with The Smurfs. Unfortunately, both new releases are off to a rather disappointing start, with a debut of $36.2 million. Captain America: The First Avenger followed the top films with $24.9 million, and Harry Potter came in at No. 4 with $21.9 million. Warner Brother’s new romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love. came in fifth, grossing $19. 3 million. It was a hard weekend for new releases, check out the complete numbers…
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Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:00PM - By Mali Elfman
This weekend in theaters, Favreau is back with two grumpy, bad-asses, Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford with his latest genre twist, Cowboys & Aliens. The film is big and bad, with plenty of explosions and known faces, but it never quite delivered on anything I was hoping for. The biggest problem with this film is that it’s very much a Western, with alien bad-guys, that never really evokes the natural comedy that one would imagine should come with a film titled “Cowboys& Aliens”. Find out more below…
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Friday, April 15, 2011 9:36AM - By Damon Houx
One of the more interesting summer movies this year is Jon Favreau‘s Cowboys and Aliens, which opens July 29. It stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Sam Rockwell, and Oliva Wilde, and combines science fiction action (and invasion) with the old west. The latest trailer finally starts giving more details of the film’s narrative, and more of a look at the alien invasion and some of their tools. Take a look..
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11:11AM - By traviswoods
Catching the endless deluge of tiny news nuggets that fly through the air during an average day in Hollywood, it’s time for another round of the News Roundup—get the scoop on Avatar 2, Cowboys and Aliens, Sylvester Stallone, and World War Z news.
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Monday, February 7, 2011 9:23AM - By Krystal Clark
With TV spots from Captain America, Thor, and Super 8, did you really think that Cowboys & Aliens would sit this one out? Super Bowl Sunday is the premiere place to advertise summer blockbusters and Jon Favreau’s latest got in on the action. The film is slated to hit theaters this May, and blends multiple genres including western and sci-fi. Check out the TV spot…
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010 8:16AM - By Krystal Clark
We’ve got to admit that we really love the marketing campaign for Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens. The first domestic poster was released a couple weeks ago and it showed Daniel Craig in an obscure profile shot that highlights his space-age bracelet. Today they’ve released an international version of the poster that shows the actor head on, but this time he’s in complete shadow. The minimal imagery makes us even more intrigued!
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:00AM - By Krystal Clark
Last week the teaser trailer for Jon Favreau’s upcoming film Cowboys & Aliens debuted to a slew of ecstatic fans. Seeing Daniel Craig wear a cowboy hat, tight pants, and a vest was just the tip of the iceberg. The film is a hybrid. It has old school western elements as well as some futuristic sci-fi elements, just check out the heavy duty bracelet Craig’s character wears in the film. To get you up to speed, Favreau gave his personal commentary on the trailer in a new video courtesy of MTV and it’s pretty interesting to hear his take on the whole thing. Check it out…
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