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Box office: ’21 Jump Street’ easily takes Friday with $13.1 million
20th Century Fox Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum took on “The Lorax” Friday night at the multiplexes, with “21 Jump Street” coming out on top. The comedic remake of the ’80s TV drama laughed its way to...
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SXSW: Wrapping up the 26th annual
Lionsgate AUSTIN, Texas – After 10 days and seemingly hundreds of films, the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival closes this weekend. In typical form, I saw almost none of the ones that ended up...
View ArticleC-Tates smashes weekend box, John Carter gets another coffin nail
Proving to the bizzy yet again that the C-Tates = C-Notes, 21 Jump Street took home an estimated $35 million in North America at the box office over the weekend, the second biggest opening for an...
View ArticleWatch: Ice Cube and Rob Riggle talk ’21 Jump Street’ and stereotypes
An angry black man and a jerk-off gym teacher. “21 Jump Street” has its share of fun stereotypes, from both high school movies and buddy-cop films. Rob Riggle and Ice Cube are both aware of the roles....
View ArticleWeekend Movie Guide: Just The Hunger Games
"Honey, that's not how you use a broom." Opening Everywhere: The Hunger Games Still in Theaters: 21 Jump Street. I have unjustifiably not seen this yet. That will be remedied this weekend, but in the...
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Box Office: ‘Hunger Games’ headed toward the biggest March debut ever with...
Lionsgate Lionsgate is over a decade old, but up until this weekend its biggest hits were Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” which made $119.1 million in 2004 and “The Expendables” which found $103...
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Box Office: ‘The Hunger Games’ no. 1 again with $251 million in just 10 days
Lionsgate “Hunger Games” is making history. The Lionsgate adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel has expanded beyond the franchise’s core young adult base as it grossed an estimated $61.1 million over...
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Digging for gold in 2012’s first quarter
Lionsgate So, the first quarter of the release calendar is complete. If it doesn’t exactly feel that way, that’s because we tend to spend the first two months of every year fixating on the previous...
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Box office: The unstoppable ‘Hunger Games’ wins another Friday
Lionsgate The kids at the center of the “American Pie” franchise may be all grown up, but they still can’t defeat Katniss and the other teen tributes from “The Hunger Games.” “American Reunion” opened...
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The Original Johnny Depp Knock-Off Lands on 'Dexter'
To be fair, Jason Gedrick’s Iron Eagle movies actually predate the success of Depp’s “21 Jump Street,” but the early 90s were a dark period for Gedrick, who basically lost his career to Johnny Depp...
View ArticleYour Mid-Week Guide To DVD And Streaming: A Thousand Words About The Artist...
If you look closely, he's actually pinching Jonah Hill's thumb. Movie magic! With choices ranging from The Artist to Bikini Spring Break, there’s plenty to discuss about this week’s new DVDs. Besides...
View ArticleIs '21 Jump Street' Actually Getting A Sequel?
Time to twist the other nipple, son. I meant to hit this little tidbit of “news” yesterday, but I was too busy opening my own custom furniture shop in Tampa, thanks to the inspiration that Magic Mike...
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The Lists: Top 10 first-half Oscar contenders
Music Box Films It hardly feels like it, but we’re already over a week into the back end of 2012’s release calendar: technically, we’ve seen approximately half the films that will be eligible for...
View ArticleIt's Time To Take A Break, Channing Tatum
Dallas would want you to leave the audience wanting more. Yesterday morning, around 6:45 EST, Channing Tatum participated in a Twitter Q&A with the UK’s Glamour Magazine. Among the things that...
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’21 Jump Street’ sequel to start shooting this fall
Sony Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill are ready to go back to school…again. This year’s “21 Jump Street” exceeded both viewers’ and critics’ expectations, and a sequel was all but pre-ordained. It turns...
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Movie Power Rankings: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ stays on top
“The Dark Knight Rises” has been in the news all week, but mostly for all the wrong reasons. The Christopher Nolan-directed Batman film’s massive box office take is certainly no consolation for the...
View ArticleChanning Tatum Was Honored By The New York Times, Apocalypse Still On Track...
New York Times chief film critic A.O. Scott, which I choose to believe stands for Artichoke Octagon, is among the first of journalism’s heavy hitters acting as the clap to break the eventual avalanche...
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An Important Phone Number and Morning Links
Stay safe out there, you guys. MORNING LINKS This Week in Posters & Stills: A German Shepard in a Mask |Film Drunk| Vince will be performing tomorrow night during SF Sketchfest. Show some support...
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Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill suiting up for ’21 Jump Street’ sequel in 2014
Universal Pictures Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill confirmed a while ago that they’ll return in a sequel to last year’s surprise hit “21 Jump Street,” and now we know when we’ll be seeing the duo suit up...
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Chris Miller and Phil Lord want you to enter the ‘Lego Movie’ contest
Warner Bros. I am honestly surprised by just how omnipresent LEGO is in the daily play lives of my kids. When I was young, LEGO was a make-your-own sort of thing. Sure, there were plenty of playsets,...
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