friday follies...

The final July 4th Fireworks 2007 photo...

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New in Theatres This Week:

>>"Resurrecting the Champ"; (Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett); it's a boxing film about... well, I'm sure there are boxers and stuff... sometimes research takes a back seat to a nutritious breakfast... I was hungry, don't hate me...

Rating (out of 100)
Rotten Tomatoes: 62
Metacritic: 55
Nat'l Society of Film Critics: 60


>>"Mr. Bean's Holiday" (Rowan Atkinson); It's getting some good reviews, but there isn't a scenario on Earth in which I'll see this film... I'd write more, but I have to finish my breakfast...

Rating (out of 100)
Rotten Tomatoes: 48
Metacritic: 57
Nat'l Society of Film Critics: 67


>>"The Nanny Diaries" (Scarlett Johanssen); I literally have absolutely no idea what this film is about... granted, my breakfast is distracting me further...

Rating (out of 100)
Rotten Tomatoes: 22
Metacritic: 45
Nat'l Society of Film Critics: 53


>>"September Dawn" (Jon Voight); It's a Western. (Honestly, I shouldn't do this while eating breakfast... apparently I can't multi-task...)

Rating (out of 100)
Rotten Tomatoes: 16
Metacritic: 39
Nat'l Society of Film Critics: 57


New on DVD This Week:

>>"The Lives of Others"; It's a German film that's supposedly excellent. Look, I'm not going to be much help here today....

Rating (out of 100)
Rotten Tomatoes: 95
Metacritic: 89
Nat'l Society of Film Critics: 81


>>"Broken English" (Parker Posey); I'm almost done with my breakfast.. then I'll pay full attention this.. I swear...

Rating (out of 100)
Rotten Tomatoes: 63
Metacritic: 61
Nat'l Society of Film Critics: 63


>>"The Ultimate Gift" (James Garner, Abagail Breslin); it's a Christian sorta movie about a gift which apparently is pretty terrific... honestly, two more spoonfuls of cereal then I'm taking this stuff much more seriously...)

Rating (out of 100)
Rotten Tomatoes: 33
Metacritic: 49
Nat'l Society of Film Critics: n/a


>>"The Ex" (Zach Braff, Amanda Peet); I'm sure it's a tender, weepy look at growing up in the 21st century... or just a crappy relationship comedy... it doesn't matter, does it??

Rating (out of 100)
Rotten Tomatoes: 20
Metacritic: n/a
Nat'l Society of Film Critics: n/a


>>"Perfect Stranger" (Bruce Willis, Halle Berry); Looking forward to adding this to a "Bad Movie Double Feature" in the very near future...

Rating (out of 100)

Rotten Tomatoes: 10

Metacritic: 31

Nat'l Society of Film Critics: 21

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I'm only too happy to updated the SuperDuperMovieSummerPaloozaScoreboard...

(all figures Domestic + International)

1. Pirates 3; $957,009,000
2. Spider-Man 3; $890,207,000
3. Harry Potter 5; $874,357,000
4. Shrek 3; $736,478,000
5. Transformers; $661,602,000
6. The Simpsons Movie; $438,410,000
7. Live Free or Die Hard; $348,061,000
8. Ratatouille; $347,037,000
9. Fantastic Four 2; $266,897,000
10. Bourne Ultimatum; $204,508,000
11. Knocked Up; $165,123,000
12. Evan Almighty; $130,788,000
13. Rush Hour 3; $121,089,000

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Pamela Landy: He is really good at staying alive, and trying to kill him and failing... just pisses him off...
--"The Bourne Ultimatum" (2007)