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Fill-In-The-Blank: Monday, April 10th
Filed under: Gay & Lesbian », Awards », Podcasts », Steven Spielberg », Fill-In-The-Blank »
As part of our ever-expanding quest to bring you the most movie news most often, and with the highest possible ratio of slant to fact that we can manage, allow me to introduce our new video podcast. The idea is that it's an easy way to catch up on the previous day's movie news that you can download and watch every morning, either when you get to work or on your iPod during the commute. We're going to try to post one of these every morning, five days a week, through the end of the Tribeca Film Festival, at which point we'll evaluate the relationship between labor and demand and go from there. There's only one problem: we don't have a name. And that's where you come in: offer up your best title in the comments, and the best name we get by Friday will go on the podcast intro for good. The author of said name will also receive a credit on each podcast post, as well as a Cinematical t-shirt.
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00:00 - Steven Spielberg says he's creating a reality show
01:30 - Crash
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02:22 - Prison worker disciplined after showing 'Brokeback' to Inmates
03:08 -
'Ice Age Two" Frozen atop the box office
04:25 - Writers Guild releases 100 best Screenplays
05:14 -
Star Wars Kid settles lawsuit out of court
Box Office Report: Ice Age 2 Tops $100 million
Filed under: Animation », Comedy », Drama », Independent », Thrillers », Box Office », Remakes and Sequels », Cinematical Indie »
Despite seeing its take drop about 50% from the
massive first weekend (not uncommon for big animated films), Ice
Age: The Meltdown nevertheless retained the top spot and, with nearly $35 million, became the first film of 2006 to
go over the $100 million mark. Taking the second spot was the latest Adam Sandler-produced brainfest, The
Benchwarmers, which took in $20.5 million on about 3300 screens. Phat
Girlz, the other un-reviewed debut of the weekend, struggled into the ninth spot with only $3.1 million. Though the
film was shown on many fewer screens than Benchwarmers, it nevertheless scored
a much smaller per-screen average, which is not a good sign. The weekend's other two new films, Take
the Lead and Lucky
Number Slevin, both finished in the top five, with $12.8 and $7.1 million respectively. Also notable was the film in
the tenth spot, Jason Reitman's Thank You for Smoking, which took in $2.4 million on 300 screens,
averaging an impressive $8000/screen.The full top 10 is after the jump.
Trailer Park: Second Chances
Filed under: Trailer Trash »
Right now, I know you want to read this but for some reason you cannot take your eyes off the ones staring back at you from above. They're intense, and kind of freak you out, but it's okay - I'm there for you. Now, I'm giving you one more chance here, so pay attention. Are you reading now? Good.
I've always felt like crap after someone has offered me a second chance to get it done. Sure, it seems great to be able to try it again or do the whole thing over, but doesn't that just mean you failed the first time around? Then again, upon succeeding with your second chance, you're hit with this amazing feeling of accomplishment. Failure did not conquer. You did it. You're a star!
All of the following films feature people searching for their own personal second chance. Whether it be external, internal, dramatic or comedic - it's really about proving life is full of those "try again later" moments. Perhaps you may want to ponder your own second chances after reading this week's Trailer Park...
Jeremy Renner Wants To Be An Avenger
Directors We Love: Jim Jarmusch
Indie Roundup: 'Sweetgrass,' 'Clarkworld,' 'Broken Embraces'
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Watch: Famous 'Matrix' Scene Re-Created with LEGOs
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