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Well, I think if Cavill had been Bond, he wouldn't have been free to do Superman. I've always thought Elba would just be too old for what TPTB usually want in a new Bond, by the time Craig finishes his run. And please no to Dan Stevens.

Yeah, but that didn't stop the news channel outrage when reality show famewhores crashed a White House state dinner, and Congress was all over the head of the Secret Service after the recent security lapse with the intruder who passed the gates, the lawn and walked around inside the White House. If there had been some French or Iranian movie about guys traveling to the US to off Dubya or Obama, maybe he wouldn't have retaliated like this, but a lot of Americans would not have found it funny at all and cable news would have tried to make it into a thing. Creatively people can do whatever they want, it just seems like a puzzling business decision to greenlight a movie like this, given how Hollywood is these days. I guess they should be applauded for taking a risk but I'm not sure how it happened. I would say they're Charlie Chaplin fans but I doubt the Sony execs/board know who he even was. There's a difference between a movie having fictional North Korean villains or Team America, which had puppets, and The Interview, a live action movie about killing a current world leader. There's a reason this is not a huge sub-genre in American film. I'm not saying he's a great guy, just the opposite, but there's nothing to indicate that he was going to react well and be all, "Yay, creative expression!" He's a brutal dictator, known for reacting badly to slights and NK has pulled off hacking attacks before, maybe in South Korea and not on US interests, but technologically, they're pretty advanced. I don't see anyone saying that the hacking was justified, just because they think Sony greenlighting the movie was a bad idea. Anyway, why Kim Jong Il didn't react this way ten years ago with Team America, he was older, maybe slightly thicker skinned and technology wasn't as advanced ten years ago. Plus being from a different generation, cyber attacks might not have been part of his MO.

Not really, if you watch TCM, tons of movies from the 1930s and 1940s clock in at under 2 hours or barely 1:30, something like GWTW was an outlier in terms of runtime even then. But I do think theater owners would balk, not to mention studios, they want more showings to get more money, they probably wish every movie was like Gravity, 90 minutes and getting jaded audiences to pony up for 3D surcharges.

Actually, the speculation is that Keira is already pregnant and just hasn't announced it yet. If you've looked at her wardrobe since she's been promoting TIG, it's a lot of generous draping around the middle. Cumberbatch got engaged not too long ago (causing a fangirl meltdown and rampant conspiracy theories which was ). Duchess Kate's grandmother worked at Bletchley Park during WWII, so Weinstein will be sure to trot out the royal endorsement when it's most advantageous.

IDK, with Quantum of Solace, it was less uncertainty than a collective WTF, no. It seemed like even the Bond nerds had to talk themselves into that one.

Isn't Cinemascore always just a handful of theaters anwyay, even for a wide release? Uncle Harvey will be advertising/press releasing the crap out of that Cinemascore, no matter how dubiously it was acquired, his thirst is real after having such a flop awards season last year (by his standards).

Not a bad title. Sam Smith seems like a strong candidate for the theme song, so long as he doesn't pull a Duffy and quickly becomes an irrelevant joke by the time the movie's released. They could also go with Lana Del Rey or a bit out of left field with Bruno Mars or something.

With Sorkin, I feel he has issues with message boards, social media, etc., he has a certain point of view about "those people" that use it, that's very limited/old school. He had to make Zuckerberg the loser not just because it was a "better story" but because that's honestly his concept of what an internet person/computer nerd is like. To me, it's just creatively lazy, as is making all of your characters speak almost exactly the same way.

Just because a movie is about the founding of Facebook doesn't make it the movie of a generation. I think it would be more that of a generational thing, if it were more about how social media has changed dating, bullying, friendships, family ties, work, etc., or brought something fresh to filmmaking. Sure, these were younger actors than the ones in A Few Good Men or on The West Wing, but what was really fresh about it? And pathetic how the screenplay left out Zuckerberg's now-wife because a steady relationship didn't fit the narrative Sorkin was trying to sell of the scorned, socially inept loser. The Imitation Game kind of combines elements of The Social Network and The King's Speech if you really think about it: computer genius who's not so great relating to people, except it's Brits triumphing over adversity during World War II. The best of both worlds! It only cost $15 million so I think it will be very profitable for Weinstein.

Watching this now, it was kind of cool to realize that it's Anthony Mackie as Papa Doc aka Clarence. Eminem is playing a thinly-veiled version of himself, but you can still screw that up (50 Cent), and he didn't. He might have had a decent acting career if he'd been interested.

Hawley and Jenny used to smash tho How many other characters are shown being able to do magic effectively while "powerful witch" Katrina swoons? The Headless Horseman was a lot more menacing last year when he was riding around machine-gunning everyone. Big mistake to make him lovesick (and shirtless), even if they did have to get a new actor (the guy last year is Batfleck's stunt double now so they recast).

Why can't it be a lot of money (relative to what we'll all ever make) and a disappointment? If the final gross drops $90-100M from the Catching Fire, why do we have to act like it's the most awesomest thing ever?

They've all migrated to Lifetime/Hallmark Channel/ION/UP and cater almost exclusively to women. It's a serious cottage industry, there are more than 20 new holiday-themed TV movies just this year.

Not that THG doesn't have a dedicated fanbase living and breathing for the series, but the Twilight and Potter movies probably played to a bigger chunk of those fans up to their eyeballs in it. So, they didn't get the $400m sequel, because the general audience wasn't as interested, but the ride or die fans are more likely to be in for the split movie cash grab. They lost some business for Part 1 but not nearly this much. It will be interesting to see what angle the studios uses with Mockingjay 2 to lure audiences. I think Katniss taking care of business in the arena and the whole idea of surviving the Games was very appealing, but even without that, I think a single Mockingjay would've outgrossed Catching Fire for sure. But with "nothing happening" in Mockingjay 1, and Mockingjay 2 not coming for another year...could the franchise just go out with the ultimate whimper? Maybe the casual audience who just liked the movies well enough and heard "bad" things about Mockingjay 1 won't be rushing to theaters in droves for Mockingjay 2 twelve months from now. It will probably make Lionsgate much more money so I guess they don't care whether it's a good look or not. Allegiant, though...the fan hate for that book is major, far more than with the other big YA series, the series isn't that popular and the movies are far more expensive than The Maze Runner... I hope they aren't already counting on that Allegiant 1 and 2 money because that could go bad in a major way. As for Twilight, the whole point was never about action as much as it was romance, so the events of Breaking Dawn Part 1 (wedding/honeymoon/birth/etc.) would definitely count as something "happening" for the fans of the series.

If they announce a BOM shutdown ahead of time, everyone can rip the numbers (since I don't think the data belongs to them the way music numbers seem to with Soundscan) and set up their own box office sites, or the sites already in existence can step their games up and redesign to make them more user-friendly. Then Amazon doesn't make money off all those IMDb Pro subscriptions they were going to sell to studios/journalists/box office junkies willing to pay up to have those priceless numbers all neatly organized. The backlash probably ruined that plan for now, but expect them to try it again in stages by putting certain features behind a paywall. There's no reason to think BOM can be relied on...contingencies should be in place in case it does go for good next time.

It's not that The Judge is merely unknown, it's that it's unknown and doesn't look appealing to the general audience...Will Smith couldn't make Seven Pounds or After Earth happen, Tom Hanks missed with The Terminal and that one with Julia Roberts where he was in a community college. Cruise had Lions for Lambs, though generally, he tends not to stray too much from the action umbrella with his starring roles these days, which minimizes his odds of flopping.

It's ALIVE! TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week # 1 1 Gone Girl Fox $26,800,000 -28.6% 3,284 +270 $8,161 $78,281,000 $61 2 2 N Dracula Untold Uni. $23,457,000 - 2,885 - $8,131 $23,457,000 $70 1 3 N Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day BV $19,100,000 - 3,088 - $6,185 $19,100,000 $28 1 4 2 Annabelle WB (NL) $16,365,000 -55.9% 3,215 +30 $5,090 $62,156,000 $6.5 2 5 N The Judge WB $13,330,000 - 3,003 - $4,439 $13,330,000 $50 1 6 3 The Equalizer Sony $9,725,000 -48.1% 3,117 -119 $3,120 $79,885,000 $55 3 7 N Addicted LGF $7,600,000 - 846 - $8,983 $7,600,000 - 1 8 5 The Maze Runner Fox $7,500,000 -35.5% 3,072 -533 $2,441 $83,840,000 $34 4 9 4 The Boxtrolls Focus $6,676,000 -44.3% 3,270 -194 $2,042 $41,032,000 $60 3 10 6 Left Behind (2014) Free $2,909,000 -53.8% 1,887 +62 $1,542 $10,920,000 $16 2 11 N Meet the Mormons Purd. $2,700,000 - 317 - $8,517 $2,700,000 - 1 12 9 Guardians of the Galaxy BV $1,807,000 -39.9% 1,291 -603 $1,400 $326,077,000 $170 11 13 7 This is Where I Leave You WB $1,645,000 -59.0% 1,511 -1,224 $1,089 $32,116,000 $19.8 4 14 8 Dolphin Tale 2 WB $1,320,000 -61.4% 1,505 -1,285 $877 $39,945,000 $36 5 - 10 No Good Deed (2014) SGem $990,000 -60.4% 801 -779 $1,236 $51,766,000 $13.2 5 - N Kill the Messenger Focus $939,000 - 374 - $2,511 $939,000 - 1 - 13 The Good Lie WB $550,000 -34.6% 461 - $1,193 $1,703,000 - 2 - 11 A Walk Among the Tombstones Uni. $388,000 -80.7% 554 -1,672 $700 $25,702,000 $28 4 - 15 Let's Be Cops Fox $310,000 -58.0% 319 -462 $972 $81,462,000 $17 9 - 38 Pride (2014) CBS $230,000 +126.5% 97 +74 $2,371 $556,000 - 3 - 27 Lucy Uni. $178,000 -5.6% 202 -50 $881 $126,089,000 $40 12 - 30 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Fox $177,000 +2.2% 204 -23 $868 $176,321,000 $145 18 - N Whiplash SPC $144,000 - 6 - $24,000 $144,000 - 1 - N St. Vincent Wein. $121,000 - 4 - $30,250 $121,000 - 1 - 22 The Giver Wein. $108,000 -55.4% 202 -169 $535 $44,440,000 $25 9 - 24 Hector And The Search For Happiness Rela. $100,000 -56.1% 144 -39 $694 $795,600 - 4 - 32 Boyhood IFC $90,000 -37.4% 72 -66 $1,250 $23,581,300 $4 14 - 21 The Drop FoxS $73,000 -73.0% 103 -326 $709 $10,603,800 $12.6 5 - 41 Tracks (2014) Wein. $63,000 -32.2% 64 -3 $984 $338,400 - 4 - 42 The Trip to Italy IFC $61,100 -32.9% 72 -58 $849 $2,763,400 - 9 - 36 Love is Strange SPC $57,000 -50.1% 70 -64 $814 $2,141,800 - 8 - N One Chance Wein. $32,800 - 43 - $763 $32,800 - 1 - 63 Art and Craft Osci. $23,000 +2.2% 11 +3 $2,091 $115,500 - 4 - 59 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Wein. $21,900 -19.0% 24 -35 $913 $549,200 - 5 - N Christian Mingle RM $20,500 - 15 - $1,367 $20,500 - 1 - 64 The Blue Room IFC $16,800 -23.0% 14 +11 $1,200 $51,300 - 2 - 58 The November Man Rela. $11,000 -63.8% 51 -43 $216 $24,949,300 - 7 - N The Overnighters Drft. $4,800 - 1 - $4,800 $4,800 - 1

Gone Girl 10.5.14 12:00 PM, 60% full Trailers: Into the Woods Theory of Everything Addicted Fifty Shades of Grey American Sniper Fury Interstellar Exodus: Gods and Kings Enjoyable ride, funnier than I'd expected, the ad calling it the "date movie of the year" is obviously trolling everyone. It will give a couple something to talk about but for getting to know you/first date material, the person's probably trying to tell you something. 8.5/10

You guys realize that some of Tyler Perry's loudest critics are also black, right? Larry the Cable Guy and Duck Dynasty have fans, too, but a lot of Southerners aren't thrilled with the images they trade in. It's the same sort of thing with Tyler Perry; people aren't jealous or haters, they just think his material is loaded with outdated, regrettable stereotypes. He's good in Gone Girl, though... maybe being around Fincher will rub off on him, or he'll let himself be directed by other filmmakers more often.

Yeah, that was the idea, but... Witherspoon is a producer on the film and obtained rights to the book in order to play the role of Amy (the part that now belongs to Pike). But director David Fincher had other ideas. “I think it would be awkward to have somebody who is starring in a movie and producing it,” he told EW. The Oscar-winning actress complied, saying, “He told me a vision for what the characters were, and it was very clear that I was not right for his vision.” FIncher didn't want her and Reese didn't put up a fight about it and find another director who would've gone along with it being a star vehicle. I hadn't read the book but figured out the twist had to be ahead of time which didn't have an impact on my enjoyment of the movie (which had more humor than I'd expected). Amy's story seems like it would have a thousand holes in it, especially the Desi part, and how was she allowed to go to leave the hospital coated in blood?

But if his rom-coms kept underwhelming, eventually he wouldn't get those jobs and paychecks anymore...if not for the McConaisssance, maybe he would've had to go the "dad in a family movie" route, a trip to Sandlerville or being the lead guy on the latest CBS procedural. All that would've paid the bills but without the respectability he's won now. Going the indie route was a gamble because there was no guarantee it was going to work out like it did...a lot of indie movies come and go without making any sort of impression.

This show's been hit hard up against Scorpion and probably just being caught up in the overall Fox ratings malaise.

Direct competition for the "older actor being a badass" audience. If Denzel and Neeson ever teamed up as co-stars...

The plot was so biting off Legally Blonde, but if the pace keeps up it will be a good way to spend an hour every week. The people nitpicking the law school/courtroom storyline are ridiculous: were they really expecting anything approaching realism from a show called How to Get Away With Murder on the Shonda Rhimes drama block? You should have known the writers here probably got their legal knowledge by watching Law & Order marathons. Annalise is such a badass and Viola is killing it in the role. So far, the law students aren't standing out except for Dean Thomas, I mean, Wes. The Scooby Gang are super dumb if they think burning a body out in the woods with some lighter fluid will destroy its DNA. I wonder if they found the body at Professor Keating's house, figure she did it and took it upon themselves to cover for her.

Katrina continues to be the worst thing about this show. She couldn't conjure up the tiniest flame to burn those ropes? Is she a witch or not? Also, a shirtless headless horseman: only on Sleepy Hollow!