MCN Weekend Archive for June, 2012
Wilmington on Movies: Snow White and the Huntsman
The production design (by Dominic Watkins) and the cinematography (by Greig Fraser) is impressive, but the story loses its polish and swing and a lot of its coherence when the narration stops and it turns into an over-produced ersatz classic.
Read the full article » 6 Comments »Friday Estimates: June 1, 2012
Snow White comes out of the box with $20.2 million, leaving the question of what Saturday will look like. Are must-sees sated or will teens make it a hot Saturday night draw? Men in Black III is off 54%, which would be modest if last weekend’s opening was bigger. The Avengers is off a modest 42%, still strong, and will near $550m domestic by the end of the weekend.
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Our Players|Coming Soon|Box Office Prophets|Box Office Guru|EW|Box Office . com Snow White and the Huntsman|42.1|42.3|47.0|45.0|42.0 Men in Black 3 |29.5|27.5|25.0|27.0|27.5 Marvel’s The Avengers |21.0|20.4|22.0|25.0|23.0 Battleship|4.9|4.2|5.0|5.0|5.0 The Dictator |4.8|4.8|n/a|4.9|4.8
Read the full article »Critics Roundup – May 31
Snow White and the Huntsman |Yellow|||| 6 Month Rule (NY, LA) |||Red|Red| A Cat in Paris (limited) |Green||Yellow|Green| Wallander (NY, LA) |||Green|| Battlefield America ||||| For Greater Glory |||||
Read the full article »Wilmington on DVDs: Classic, Box Set. David Lean Directs Noel Coward (In Which We Serve; This Happy Breed; Blithe Spirit; Brief Encounter)
David Lean, the director of Lawrence of Arabia and Noel Coward, the playwright/star of “Private Lives,” weren’t exactly kindred spirits. Lean was a movie master craftsman and heterosexual romantic whom Rex Harrison once claimed had “no sense of humor.” Coward was a gay showman, theatrical prodigy and international social lion whose wit was world-famous. Lean sometimes seemed superficially repressed due to a strict religious upbringing; Coward had few, if any, inhibitions.
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