Month: May 2012
Weekend Box-Office: Avengers Sink Battleship
It is not quite Memorial Day yet, but the studios have released their big guns early, with Men in Black 3 remaining the only major May blockbuster to be released next weekend. However, it will still face stiff competition from The Avengers, which handily held onto the top spot with an estimated $55.1 million this weekend, and likely to be a major contender over the holiday weekend. However, it may...[Read More]
Poetry Becomes Surrealism: The Cinema of Jean Rollin
The citizens of Paris were in a bad mood in May of 1968. Student protests lead to a general strike that almost caused the collapse of the government. The City of Light was paralyzed by the most violent protest seen in Europe in over 100 years. It was in this atmosphere that Jean Rollin’s first film opened in Paris. It was only one of two new films to open that week and audiences flocked to the cin...[Read More]
Win Tickets to Chernobyl Diaries
Congratulations to the winners of our “Win Tickets to Chernobyl Diaries” contest! Here they are: Lopez Kristina, Justybear96, Jackie C., BigD, iceman821, fortfied, Toni, klz, gary burbrink, Louis, Robert Martinez, Doyrhw3, Chelle, Scutia51, Marilynn Reese, Tigerfanforlife, Rick M., Donald Bush, Rita Broils, william, Lalalauren, Lempo4, David301977, Reelybored, and m0sh. If you won, you should have...[Read More]