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New Jack City: Star Alert! TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE Cast Appearances in K.C. Today!
A number of TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE cast members are doing double duty this holiday weekend!
They’re barnstorming movie theaters across the country by criss-crossing America for surprise live appearances on behalf of their current mega-blockbuster!
Stops include Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Las Vegas, New Orleans and Minneapolis just to mention a few.
And yes, KANSAS CITY is included in the tour with two appearances scheduled here for later today!
First stop will be at AMC’s Barrywoods theater where fans will be able to Continue reading
New Jack City: ECLIPSE Kicks Midnight Butt, Sets New Record!
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE did something amazing in the middle of this past night!
At 12:01 a.m. Wednesday morning the third chapter of the series broke its OWN midnight show record which it set last November with NEW MOON!
The run on theaters showing the movie last night in multiple auditoriums was so strong that many complexes added 3:00 a.m. showings in order to accommodate all the owl show fans.
TWILIGHT: NEW MOON had set the pre-opening midnight show record with previously unheard of ticket sales of $26.3 million.
Last night the TWILIGHT franchise shook the Industry by topping itself with over $30 million in late show sales! Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Bella’s Wolf Tease Puts Twilight Bite on Vampire!
Just minutes into TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, 100+ year old VampMeister Edward Cullen passionately pops the proposal: MARRY ME!
But Bella Swan backs off. We’re still young, she figures. And then there’s still her girlish Continue reading
New Jack City: Sir Richard Branson Commands Fountains of Bellagio!
Call it showmanship, exploitation, merchandising or just good promotion…
Contrary to popular belief none of the above are dead—especially where Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Sandler, James, Rock, Schneider and Spade = Cheap Summer Laffs!
On Wednesday night’s LATE SHOW Adam Sandler told David Letterman that he and his four co-stars in GROWN UPS were like Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Tom Cruise’s New Romantic Action Thriller Underwhelms!
It’s been nine years since Tom Cruise shared the screen with Cameron Diaz in VANILLA SKY
Question is, is that enough time for yet another teaming of those two?
It probably would’ve been Continue reading
New Jack City: Woody, Buzz Lightyear & Company on a Roll!
As expected, TOY STORY 3 roared into the market place on Friday with guns BLAZING!
Disney booked its latest PIXAR hit at some 4,000+ domestic locations of which 2,463 are showing it in
3-D and 180 in IMAX 3-D.
The Friday opening day, North American estimated Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Pixar Raises the Bar with Toy Story 3
Don’t let the numeral 3 behind the title scare you off because TOY STORY 3 is as good as it gets this summer!
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and you’ll gladly kiss your 8 bucks goodbye.
Granted, it may not have the impact of the groundbreaking 1995 original, but it makes up for that with a terrific 3-D process and heartfelt storytelling. Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: A-TEAM Foursome Blows ’em Up Good!
You might wonder why I’m being so kind to THE A-TEAM movie.
Probably because going in, my expectations were so low.
After all, I’ve suffered through such past lowbrow Continue reading
New Jack City: Zona Rosa’s Studio Movie Grill Bows to Critics!
You may recall an interview-story I did with operators of the STUDIO MOVIE GRILL prior to its opening at Zona Rosa.
Hearne Christopher then did a follow-up review of the Eat-Drink-Movie Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Russell Brand & Jonah Hill Take Trip on Wild Side!
| I’ve got to be honest with you. I was really pumped to see GET HIM TO THE GREEK! |
After all, it’s the latest from producer Judd Apatow’s fun factory who’s sometimes cutting edge—other times raunchy-with-a-heart Apatow’s comedies have literally become a franchise of their own.
How can you argue with PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, KNOCKED UP, SUPERBAD, TALLADEGA NIGHTS, THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, STEP BROTHERS, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL and ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY?
Still it never fails that Continue reading
New Jack City: Studios HIDE while you SEEK!
Here’s a cine-quiz for movie fans!
What do the following recent movies all have in common with the new romantic action-thriller KILLERS, starring Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher and opening here Friday?
- BANGKOK DANGEROUS
- G.I. JOE
- MADEA GOES TO JAIL
- SAW V
- STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI
- UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS
- THE COLLECTOR
- MY BEST FRIEND’S GIRL
- DISASTER MOVIE
- CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE
- FIREPROOF
- TYLER PERRY’S THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS Continue reading
New Jack City: Dud City -OGRE-LITE & MacGRUDER!
My review of SHREK THE FINAL CHAPTER (a.k.a. SHREK FOREVER AFTER) hinted that it ain’t Ogre ‘TIL it’s Ogre!
Well I’m about to eat crow.
Based on Friday’s estimated North American ticket sales I would venture to say that a fifth outing to be highly unlikely.
SHREK 4 opened Friday in some 4,359 runs (of which 2,373 were in 3-D and 194 in IMAX 3-D) to just Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Shrek’s Legend Lives–One Final Time!
What we’ve got here is one SHREK of a finale, as Dreamworks’ married-with-children ogre comes down with a major case of midlife crisis!
What’s he to do?
Enter a pact with evil Rumpelstilsken which now propels the Shrekster back to an alternative land—Far….REALLY far away where nobody is who he or she seems.
Good God, what we’ve got here is an OGRE-dose of George Bailey smack dab in the middle of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE—or is it?
So now the big question: Can Shrek undo what’s he’s done? Restore the real world and reclaim his one true love, Princess Fiona?
Hint: Continue reading
New Jack City: Conan Sets Date!
Television UPFRONTS are where the networks introduce their new fall season shows to the major New York ad agencies.
TBS’s presentation earlier today was of special interest to everyone—including the press—as Conan O’Brien in a surprise move introduced TBS and TNT’s slate which, of course, includes Conan’s new late night talk show.
The announced TBS premiere date of the new CONAN O’BRIEN SHOW is Monday, November 8, 2010.
According to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, O’Brien sang that he wants his own show again even if it’s at 10:00 p.m. or on a women’s network like Oxygen, for which he would be willing to get a sex change. Continue reading
New Jack City: When it comes to Movies Who’s Influencing Today’s Influenceables?
Movie reviews and information via social and electronic media are rapidly outpacing the printed page…
That goes for both newspapers and magazines. Last week I came across a survey conducted along those lines by the ONLINE TESTING EXCHANGE (OTX). It was published by the motion picture data research company MOVIELINE INTERNATIONAL.
I’ll share the interesting results here:
“The Internet is filled with information from movie review sites, offering articles, user-written feedback, message boards, thumbs and even vegetation.
And while reviews and recommendations from people moviegoers know are the most widely influential source when they are deciding whether or not to see a film at the theatre, online reviews and ratings do heavily sway with some portions of filmgoers.
* Younger males (those under 25) are the age/gender segment most receptive to reviews and ratings from people they don’t know with close to 2-in-10 saying they find this type of word-of-mouth VERY INFLUENTIAL. Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: ‘Letters to Juliet’ a Pleasant Early Summer Surprise
Imagine Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: “Robin Hood’ – The Story You Probably Didn’t Care to Know!
What do Errol Flynn, Sean Connery, Kevin Costner—even Mel Brooks have in common?
They’ve all delivered past versions of the myth of ROBIN HOOD. Continue reading
New Jack City: IRON Weekend Update!
Paramount now estimates the North American 3-day weekend boxoffice total for Marvel Studios’ Continue reading
New Jack City: IRON MAN 2 Kicks Ass at America’s Boxoffices!
Say what you will about super heroes but North American moviegoers sure love their cocky iron dude!
Just a few weeks after a less than stellar outing of KICK-ASS, Disney’s Marvel Studios Continue reading
