Hugh Jackman’s plummy-eyed posters did not scare off moviegoers (or robot foes) this weekend, as Real Steel toppled all challengers at the box office. The Ides of March comes in for a distant, but respectable #2, and Moneyball and Dolphin Tale continue to hold hands, shut out the rest of the world, and survive on sheer joy.
Buena Vista’s aggressive marketing push gave Real Steel a major edge on Friday’s box office receipts. In fact, it rocked and socked its competitors, including The Ides of March , which pulls in at a distant second. Elsewhere on the tally, Dolphin Tale and Moneyball continue their streak of identical revenues while 50/50 strides on admirably.
Toronto International Film Festival organizers took to Twitter early on Tuesday morning to announce the initial line-up for the 36th annual Toronto International Film Festival — and what a lineup! Hot fall releases like Moneyball and The Descendants lead the way, while Davis Guggenheim’s U2 documentary From the Sky Down will open the festivities. Click through for the list of impressive film titles.
When fans of Wes Anderson ‘s 1996 debut feature Bottle Rocket heard that the iconic motel used in the film was in danger of going under, they sprung into action to save it. So this July 9, devotees will gather en masse in Hillsboro, Texas for the ultimate event, hosted by the Alamo Drafthouse : a special screening of Bottle Rocket , with co-star Robert Musgrave in attendance, held at the very same motel off of I-5 where aimless crooks Dignan, Anthony, and Bob hide out in the film.
You heard it here first (or second, if you heard it in your own head and wished it away already): Daniel Radcliffe might be transforming into a Robert Pattinson doppelganger. In his new photo shoot for the UK version of GQ , Radcliffe cops the Pattinsonian pompadour and points his jaw all the Pattinsonian ways. Are the similarities eerie? You tell us if he’s starting to resemble the the dearly departed Cedric Diggory.
If you thought that sitcom rerun advertising was exclusive to commercials, you’re apparently wrong. Sadly (or excitingly, depending on your views on time-travel marketing), networks have found a way to generate ad revenue for new films and products in old episodes of your favorite television series by straight-up superimposing those products into a scene. For evidence, look no further than a recent rerun of a 2007 episode of How I Met Your Mother that allegedly (and eerily) advertised this weekend’s Kevin James vehicle Zookeeper .
It may seem like some cruel joke, but this past weekend marked the midway point of 2011. Where has the time gone!? Actually, don’t answer that rhetorical question — there will be plenty of time for looking back on the first six months of the year in the coming days here at Movieline. Instead, click open your Google Calendars and mark off the nine most important dates to remember for the rest of the year.
It may seem like some cruel joke, but this past weekend marked the midway point of 2011. Where has the time gone!? Actually, don’t answer that rhetorical question — there will be plenty of time for looking back on the first six months of the year in the coming days here at Movieline. Instead, click open your Google Calendars and mark off the nine most important dates to remember for the rest of the year.