Water for Elephants
Weekend Box-Office: Fast Five Blows Past Competition!
It’s one thing to have a slightly down weekend; it’s another to be blown so far out of the water to not even be funny. Rio slipped to second place this week with $14.4 million, not bad for a third week. Shame it can’t even begin to compare to the fantastic weekend debut of Fast Five. The action blockbuster with Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, and Paul Walker made an astounding $83.6 million, and nearl...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Rio Still High atop Its Perch; Madea Big & Happy at #2
Apparently it pays to not only be 3D and kid-friendly, but have three letters in your title. Just as Hop did not too long ago, Rio holds the top spot for a second week in a row. Its take isn’t as big as last week’s (only a “paltry” $26.8 million), but it was enough to keep it solidly in its top spot, above newcomers Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family ($25.8 million) and Water for Elephants ($1...[Read More]
Movie Review: Water for Elephants
Sure, there are plenty of golden-hued stories set during the American Depression of the 1930s which merely glance at the legendary hardships of the time but mostly linger on the crisp fashions and hot jazz of a romanticized era. Water for Elephants, based on Sara Gruen’s bestseller, is another glossy Depression-era tale of a clean-cut young man who runs away with the circus and falls into romantic...[Read More]
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