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'Twilight' a romance of meaningful glances

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2008-11-20 17:07:31 by Sarah Sluis in Screener
...movies. The word-of mouth among the series' devotees is effusive: as soon as the girls at the advance screening could rip their embargoed cell phones out of the manila envelopes (I screened the film on Tuesday, and Summit required we relinquish all cell phones during the film, even wanding audience members to check), their fingers started...
 
 
 
 
 
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Disney and IMAX sign deal; 3D popping up everywhere

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2008-11-19 17:00:18 by Sarah Sluis in Screener
Appending to yesterday's post about the 3D version of Monsters vs. Aliens , here's a recap of even more 3D news Disney signed a deal with IMAX to release five pictures in 3D on their screens on the same day of the film's general release. Mimicking the five-picture deal that IMAX has with Warner Brothers, the deal will debut with next winter's A...
 
 
 
 
 
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CGI 'Monsters vs. Aliens' first entry in DreamWorks' all-3D plan

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2008-11-18 17:06:53 by Sarah Sluis in Screener
...trailers . With most animation moving into 3D, and DreamWorks committed to making all of their films in 3D from this point onward, the relative success of Disney competitor Bolt 3D stands to foreshadow Monsters vs. Aliens ' success this March
 
 
 
 
 
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Why 'Bride Wars' misjudges the female audience

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2008-11-18 13:20:50 by Sarah Sluis in Screener
The MTV Movie Blog , perhaps because of their preview/commercial show "Spoiler," frequently posts "EXCLUSIVE" clips from upcoming films. They recently posted clips from Bride Wars and Bedtime Stories . Despite my lifelong residence in the "young female" quadrant, the Bride Wars clip drove me nuts (trailer here ), to the point that I found the...
 
 
 
 
 
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'Quantum of Solace' finds plenty of viewers

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2008-11-17 14:42:53 by Sarah Sluis in Screener
Exceeding all previous Bond openings, Quantum of Solace vaulted to $70.4 million at the weekend box office. Overseas, it earned over $50 million in its third weekend, bringing the worldwide cumulative to $322 million At least in the United States, Quantum 's success has much to do with its spy-like maneuvering to secure near-perfect,...
 
 
 
 
 
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'Quantum of Solace' will shake, not stir, the weekend box office

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2008-11-14 15:58:24 by Sarah Sluis in Screener
Quantum of Solace (3,451 screens) releases today to a wide-open market. Without any competition, the film will likely exceed all previous Bond openings (2002's Die Another Day opened to $47 million). Forecasters have the film tracking in the $50-$60 million range, slightly below Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa' s performance last week Released two...
 
 
 
 
 
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Monopoly, Meta-mockery, Michael Moore, Iowa library kittens, and Paris Hilton: Coming soon!

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2008-11-13 14:34:39 by Sarah Sluis in Screener
...Movies inspires groans among critics; review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes frequently tallies a 0% rating for these movies, a sort of accomplishment in itself given that the movies keep on getting green-lighted. Finally, an answer to the success of " Not Another Movies ": Not Another Not Another Movie . The tertiary critique stars Chevy Chase...
 
 
 
 
 
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Who wants to see a 'Slumdog Millionaire'?

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2008-11-12 17:46:30 by Sarah Sluis in Screener
Slumdog Millionaire releases today in NYC/LA, and Fox Searchlight has done an incredible job activating the blogosphere with the well-deserved buzz over this film. "Breathless" seems to be Slumdog 's collective adjective, used variably to describe the editing , the story and pacing , and the cinematography The premise has a cheesy feel to it...
 
 
 
 
 
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Weinstein preps film of 'August: Osage County'

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2008-11-11 16:49:01 by Sarah Sluis in Screener
August: Osage Country , the Tony- and Pulitzer-winning Broadway play, will be a 2011 film produced and distributed by The Weinstein Company. The prestigious drama already has actors' agents calling, smelling Oscar material. A sort of "family reunion" story, Letts' play centers on an Oklahoma family that finds itself under one roof after the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Jaden Smith next 'Karate Kid'

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