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Starring
Mike Myers as Shrek (voice)
Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona (voice)
Eddie Murphy as Donkey (voice)
Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots (voice)
Justin Timberlake as Artie (voice)
Ian McShane as Captain Hook (voice)
Maya Rudolph as Rapunzel
by studiobriefing.net
Another Dr. Seuss character is coming to the screen -- this one in 3D. With family films increasingly showing big profits in theaters and in home-video outlets, Universal has made a deal with the estate of Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Giesel to turn his environmental fable The Lorax into a feature. Universal, which announced plans for the new deal, also indicated that The Lorax will be featured at its Universal Studios theme parks. Seuss's book has sparked controversy in the past with its warnings about spoiling the environment. A group in one California town once demanded that it be removed from a school library because, they claimed, it treated the timber industry unfairly.
'Funny People' finding its feet
$8.7 million bow Friday fends off "G-Force"
by Gregg Kilday from HollywoodReport
Judd Apatow’s new, more serious comedy “Funny People,” starring Adam Sandler, didn’t exactly kill ‘em at the boxoffice as it opened Friday.
Although number one for the day, the R-rated movie about stand-up comics that also stars Apatow regulars like Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann, collected an estimated $8.7 million in 3,008 theaters in North America.
That puts the Universal release on a path to score a first-weekend gross in the low $20-million range, which would put below Apatow’s last feature “Knocked Up,” which bowed to $30.7 million, and on about the same level as his first film, “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” which debuted to $21.4 million.
Fox’s new release “Aliens in the Attic,” a PG-rated family comedy directed by John Schultz, was even less of a draw. It took in $2.9 million in 3,106 theaters for a fifth-place showing for the day.
Freestyle’s R-rated horror-tale, Marcus Dunstan’s “The Collector,” the weekend’s other new wide release, was running even further back in the pack in eleventh place, grabbing $1.3 milion in 1,325 theaters.
Disney’s “G-Force,” with its rodent-heroes, which commanded the top spot last weekend, shifted to second place on Friday as it pulled in $5.7 million.
Warners’ “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” in its third weekend, was in the third spot as it took in an additional $5.4 million as it moves steadily toward topping the $250 million mark.
Rounding out the top five, Sony’s rom-com “The Ugly Truth,” registered fourth for the day as it took in $4.5 million.
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New Generation. Welcome to Elm Street
This name might not mean a lot to the little ones, but it means countless sleepless nights for people like me.
For horror fans like myself, New Line Cinema is bringing back our favorite dream monster with a new actor and all. Sadly Robert Englund is not in this movie, but it is about time he passes the "glove" to a new actor, and this actor is Jackie Earl Haley.
When I hear that this movie was going to be remade, I was SCREAMING LIKE A MANIAC. How could they do this??? Doesn't Hollywood have new ideas?? But after reading a early draft of the movie, I started to realize that this could be good. The script was written by Wesley Strick and in my opinion he did justice to Freddy.
The story maintains the essence of Freddy giving it a modern look.
Wesley Strick focus in the little details that work in the original one and enhanced it to a different level. I believe that this movie has the potential to be a GREAT film, if they don't change the script too much and the director does a good job.
Long story short, go see it when it comes out April 30, 2010
WARNING IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ PARTS OF THE SCRIPT, Stop HERE
His eyes snap open and he stares right at Kris, halfwhispering
a warning as his last words:DEAN
He’s back --
He falls backward off the ledge --
QUENTIN
‘At the seventy-hour mark, an
insomniac will begin to experience
‘micro-naps’ every eight to ten
minutes...
...Clinically, the subject
is asleep for those brief
moments.’
There are great films and horrible films and the TOP grossers have lots of both.
School is not over and these are the grades. I will give two grades for each film, one for content and the other for purpose.
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) A/A+
2. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) C+/B
3. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) A+/A
4. Beverly Hills Cop (1984) D/B+
5. Batman (1989) C-/B
6. Ghostbusters (1984) A/A
7. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) A/A
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) B+/A
9. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) B/A-
10. Back to the Future (1985) A+/A+
11-50
11. Tootsie (1982) A/A
12. Rain Man (1988) A/A
13. Three Men and a Baby (1987) B-/A
14. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) C/B
15. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) D-/B
16. Gremlins (1984) C/A
17. Top Gun (1986) B-/B
18. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) B/B+
19. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) F/C
20. Rocky IV (1985) F/D-
21. Back to the Future Part II (1989) B/A
22. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) B/B
23. Crocodile Dundee (1986) B/B
24. Fatal Attraction (1987) A/A-
25. Platoon (1986) B+/B
26. Rocky III (1982) F/D
27. Superman II (1981) C/B
28. Coming to America (1988) B-/B+
29. Working Girl (1988) B/C
30. On Golden Pond (1981) -/-
31. 9 to 5 (1980) -/-
32. Stir Crazy (1980) C/C
33. The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) D/C
34. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) -/-
35. “Crocodile” Dundee II (1988) D/D
36. Twins (1988) F/C
37. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) B/A
38. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) -/-
39. Porky’s (1982) -/-
40. Terms of Endearment (1983) -/-
41. The Color Purple (1985) A/B
42. The Karate Kid (1984) B/A
43. Out of Africa (1985) B/B
44. Arthur (1981) A/A
45. Airplane! (1980) B/A
46. Any Which Way You Can (1980) -/-
47. Stripes (1981) -/-
48. WarGames (1983) A/A
49. Superman III (1983) D/F
50. The Untouchables (1987) -/-
