

Columns By Noah ForrestForrest@moviecitynews.com
Skinheads in the Cinema & This is England
Russell Crowe in Romper Stomper, Edward Norton in American History X, and Ryan Goslingin The Believer. Three career-making, brilliant performances from three of the finest working actors and all of them played charismatic, handsome neo-Nazi skinheads. What is it about this particular group of hate-mongers that is so fascinating to us as viewers? And what is it about these people…
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July 29, 2007 Weekend Estimates Domestic Market Share “Why,” asks Homer Simpson rhetorically, “would anyone go to the theater to see something they could see on TV?” Answer (diplomatically): Because it’s bigger, man. The Simpsons Movie earned its big screen stripes with an estimated $71.2 million, roughly 40% of all ticket sales in the domestic…
Read the full article »Sienna Miller – Good or Evil?
Everyone knew her name before anyone had even seen her face. Sienna Miller was simply tabloid fodder, attracting legions of fans as well as opponents based on her style, her looks, and her famous on/off romance with Jude Law. When audiences first got a brief look at Ms. Miller in the Law-starring remake of Alfie, there really…
Read the full article »The Frenzy On The Wall…
You know that feeling you get when you’ve read the last word of the last sentence of a wonderful book and you close the book, set it down beside you and sit there silently staring into nothingness? Better yet, you know that feeling you get when you go to the movies and you’ve been so…
Read the full article »Wardrobe Challenge …
July 15, 2007 Weekend Finals Domestic Market Share I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry celebrated an estimated $34.7 million to take a closely contested box office weekend. Also in the fray were the second weekend gross of $32.4 million for Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix and a debut frame of $28.2 million…
Read the full article »Ashes to Ashes, Gold to Gold …
July 15, 2007 Weekend Finals Domestic Market Share Hari Potter, Harry Potter Potter, Potter, Hari, Harry To no great surprise Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, its fifth screen installment, went to the head of the class with an estimated $76.8 million. The only other film to venture out nationally was the oft-delayed Captivity that…
Read the full article »Transformulaic!
July 8, 2007 Weekend Finals Domestic Market Share Transformulaic! Shape shifting the box office, Transformers led weekend ticket sales with an estimated $67.8 million, more than doubling its closet rival Ratatouille. Anticipated as a major summer attraction, the film was given a wide berth save for the counter-programmed comedy License to Wed that ranked fourth overall with $10.3…
Read the full article »Live Hard or Eat French …
July 1, 2007 Weekend Estimates Domestic Market Share Ratatouille savored an estimated $46.9 million to lead weekend movie going. There was also good news for the bow of Die Hard 4.0 (aka Live Free or Die Hard) that grossed $32.9 million in its opening weekend and $47.9 since its Wednesday launch. Add to that a healthy…
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