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Scenes We Love: Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Filed under: Comedy », Documentary », Music & Musicals », Fandom », Trailers and Clips », Scenes We Love »
I'm not exactly what you would call a sentimental kind of person, and I tend to get a little 'gaggy' when it comes to the so-called touchy-feely things in life. But if there is one thing that makes me feel like a big old softy, it would be Dave Chappelle's Block Party. Now this is what I call a call a 'feel good movie' with everyone from the lady behind the counter at a liquor store to a *
The 2005 documentary was written and hosted by Chappelle with Michel Gondry behind the camera, and even if you aren't the biggest fan of soul and hip-hop music, you can't deny that you can practically feel the joy that seeps through every frame. The musical line-up included artists like Mos Def, The Roots, Common, Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu. Chappelle even pulled off the impossible by getting The Fugees to perform onstage together for the first time in seven years.
*Correction: the marching band Chappelle brings along is the celebrated College band, The Central State University Marching Band.
The Best Movie Posters of 2006
Filed under: Distribution », Movie Marketing »
With so many movies crowding the box office these days, distributors have to try to produce marketing for their films that will cut through the cacophony of TV, radio, iPods and ringing cell phones. It can be hard to produce a poster that is eye-catching enough to make you stop and give it a second look. What's the last poster that really caught your eye? The blog Sam's Myth has a nice collection up of his favorite five posters from the past year. While we don't agree with all of his choices (Nacho Libre, really?) -- for the most part they're nice picks from the absurd amount that were seen plastered around a town near you.Check out the poster for Dave Chappelle's Block Party, which proves that a movie doesn't have to be great to have a fantastic poster. This is basically a concert film, but the poster really pops and has a 60s/70s feeling to it. Plus, a film like Hard Candy, which was barely a blip on the radar, has what is probably the most visually arresting poster from the entire year. I'm a huge fan of retro art and magic, so naturally I rushed out to see both films that were set in the world of turn-of-the-century magic. I thought The Illusionist was extremely engaging, but The Prestige fell a bit flat for me. The same is true for their posters, as well. In fact, The Illusionist is probably my favorite poster from this year, besides the Superman Returns poster that pays homage to the amazing artwork of Alex Ross.
However, this year has also produced some posters that weren't worth the adhesive they were hung with. What's with The Good German directly ripping off Casablanca? That's a classic movie poster that shouldn't be imitated, and there's a fine line between homage and copying.
Look for my inner Grinch to come out as I post the Worst Movie Posters of 2006 just before Christmas. Bah, humbug!
Box Office Report: Drag rules!
Filed under: Action », Comedy », Music & Musicals », Thrillers », Box Office », Family Films »
For the second week in a row, Madea's Family Reunion topped the weekend box office, earning an estimated $13 million.
While that's less than half what the movie made last weekend, it nevertheless was more than enough to out distance all
four of this week's debuts. The most successful of the four was 16 Blocks, Bruce
Willis' latest actioner - apparently the old dude still has it, because the movie took in a little over $11.5
million, putting it just beyond Eight Below which, in its third week of release, was still the third biggest earner in the country with
about $10 million.Ultraviolet, meanwhile, despite no early reviews and an explosion of terrible ones the moment it was released, finished fourth with a respectable $9 million. (I sure as hell hope Milla's getting percentages on this one, because about $8.75 million of that is all about her.) Rounding out the weekend's top five was Aquamarine, also making its debut, which made $7.5 million. Block Party, meanwhile, finished seventh (just behind The Pink Panther, which just keeps holding on) with a very respectable $10 million on roughly half as many screens as Aquamarine and Ultraviolet. The complete list is after the jump.
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