Sunday Movie Report (Sept. 30 - Oct. 2) (FINALS LATER)

Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2005

This Week--Title--Weekend Gross

1 Flightplan $15,038,000
2 Serenity $10,141,000
3 Corpse Bride $9,755,000
4 A History of Violence $8,200,000
5 Into the Blue $7,000,000
6 Just Like Heaven $6,100,000
7 The Exorcism of Emily Rose $4,400,000
8 Roll Bounce $4,025,000
9 The Greatest Game Ever Played $3,749,000
10 The 40-Year-Old Virgin $3,110,000
11 Lord of War $2,450,000
12 The Constant Gardener $1,396,000

uninteresting.

to boycott the film. Maybe it worked.

The portrayal of these "servants of the skies" -- was quite unsavory.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1168272

FWIW

He says it is a good thriller but has to admit that when you think about it too much it does not make sense.

I plan on watching it when it comes to DVD, just to see how it turns out.

NEVER have happened. I don't want to spoil it for you.

one to rent and then get annoyed that I rented it. :-)

I am more of an artsy movie fan but I do like well made "popcorn" movies, although this one may not fit the bill. I just have this compulsion to know how things turn out.

As for the Jessica Alba movie, I watched Ebert & Roeper, and Roeper trashed it and said that was the only selling point (her rear) and from the clips they showed it sure looked like that is how they are selling it.

Ebert actually gave it thumbs up because it achieved its goal and was the movie that someone would expect it to be. He is getting soft in his old age. :-)

Capote looks like the next great movie. I love Phillip Seymour Hoffman and hope he at least gets an Oscar nomination. Too early yet to know if he should win.

movies.com looks excellent. Hoffman has done some amazing work through the years. This film has "Oscar" buzz, too.

However, if it screens during the three weeks we're on vacation, I guess we'll have to pay to see "Capote." (OT: I keep typing "Capone"... weird.) That's OK that we have to pay once in a while. Regal Cinema give us free tickets and popcorn after a certain number of paid admissions -- we're happy.

See you at the movies!

Radio Lady

I was riveted.

after seeing the movie.

Here are some clues:

The air is too thin and too cold in cargo parts of the plane. Won't support "human life".

Complexity of airplane design wouldn't be know by a propulsion engineer. Different specialty knowledge is necessary.

Others criticisms give away too much.

Sometimes I think critics need to learn how to sit and just be entertained.

:evilfrown:

realistic and plausible, even in the movies, don't you agree?

"Red Eye" -- another movie that came out recently -- had a more forceful and taut plot, and its exposition was more believable, although a bit stretched out at the end.

But I do not go to movies to analyze them to death. Just sayin'

reviewing, you have to come up with some criteria.

Would I recommend this to an adult friend? How about for a child? Is the movie worth spending (possibly) $9.00 each for a couple or a family to see it? If they don't take the kids, then there's the fee for the babysitter.

You have to be cut out for this. We see about 200 free movies a year. Only about 20 (10%) of them are really worth it. Sometimes it gets to be a grind, especially for the people who write their reviews for newspapers. They have the added pressure of filling a page with words -- on deadline, which is sometimes the next day.

There's a lot of entertainment out there, especially at this time of the year. Get the picture?

:7

Maybe in Hawaii -- our three families have to cook in a strange kitchen with frequently unfamiliar ingredients bought at local stores.

I'm the worst cook of all the women. I have to come up with something brilliant!

Help!

It is a Thai inspired dressing. It is good on regular salad greens, or if you like add it to shreadded cabbage, bean sprouts and pea pods!

Yikes! I have work to do ---------------------------------------->

I HAVE TO GET OFF THIS SITE NOW!


G'night and good luck.

Radio Lady

isn't the attraction it was thought to be. :-)

However, "Captain Rich" is very cute! Turns out that the actor who plays him is AFRAID OF FLYING!

http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0408790/trivia

That's Sean Bean (born 1959) -- a male cutie from the UK, and a year younger than my oldest stepson (born 1958).

http://www.us.imdb.com/name/nm0000293/

Instead of just be a pouty face....

Look for her to start singing any day now.....

As a matter of fact, I'm going to miss a bunch of previews this week, too, because of the Jewish holidays and preparations for our vacation. Boo-hoo...

Anyway, I was teh back-up movie reviewer for the mag I wrote for back in the 90's...

I always got the shit movies, never any of the good one's or the one's that played the art fest....

I can;t even remember half of them and I only recognize them when I see them on cale late at night....

But I saw them for free, took my kids to see many of them, and I got paid for the on-air reviews. There was some man named Frank something on national CBS radio who did reviews, but I was local CBS and I never did meet him.

Worst film I ever saw was "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" which some people loved. It's now a "cult" film -- someone brought it back to Portland, OR just a short time ago, and it appears on cable TV occasionally. And then there was those Billy Jack movies. Yuch...

My husband and I still see wretched movies, but we can pick and choose from the list of previews each week. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it!

It's gotta be a projection.

Here's hoping they underestimated Serenity, if'n that's the case, aye?

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

Studio Estimates

Next updates: Monday afternoon - Actual grosses for 90+ movies;

1 Flightplan $14,805,739
2 Serenity $10,086,680
3 Tim Burton's Corpse Bride $10,033,257
4 A History of Violence $8,103,077
5 Into the Blue $7,057,854
6 Just Like Heaven $6,128,180
7 The Exorcism of Emily Rose $4,380,280
8 Roll Bounce $4,029,257
9 The Greatest Game Ever Played $3,657,322
10 The 40-Year-Old Virgin $3,120,045
11 Lord of War $2,462,153
12 The Constant Gardener $1,419,745