Clint Eastwood is to retire from acting after his next film after a Hollywood career spanning five decades. The Dirty Harry star says he has no plans to appear in films again after starring in Gran Torino, a drama about a racist veteran of the Korean War.
Author: shelby
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Weekend Box Office: Nov. 21-23
Huge numbers this weekend – Twilight smashes the box office with a $70+ million performance.
Quantum of Solace, which I saw just last night, earned $400,000 more than premiering movie Bolt, $27.4 million and $27 million respectively.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa continues its $10+ million per week earnings, and Role Models continues to hold on to round out the top 5.
Weekend Top 5:
Statistics are provided by Box Office Mojo
Weekend Box Office Nov. 21-23 -
SquidFlicks Video Reviews
A new video series is coming to SquidFlicks!
The new feature is SquidFlicks Video Reviews, which is a series in which one or more reviewers rate a film in a fashion much like that of the Movie Marathons, but for single titles. They will serve as an accompaniment to written reviews of the movie on the site. The videos will be less than 10 minutes in length and will review featured and independent films alike.
Our premiere episode has been filmed, and it’s part of the new Super SquidFlicks Thanksgiving we have planned!
There will be a post highlighting just what will be happening in the Super SquidFlicks Thanksgiving tomorrow! I think you will be quite pleased with the surprise we have for you!
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Weekend Box Office: Nov. 14-16
Big big weekend here folks – the much anticipated release of the latest 007 movie, Quantum of Solace led to big box office bank rolls! The movie had the highest number of tickets sold in the entire history of the franchise (which spans 4 decades). I hope to see this one soon myself!
Another high-roller for this past weekend was Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, which debuted last weekend. It finished with a little over half of last week’s total at $36.1 million.
Role Models finished over $10 million for another week, and HSM3 is STILL in the top 5! Madness!
Kudos to the top 5 for this weekend – and let’s see what happens next weekend!
Weekend Top 5:
Statistics are provided by Box Office Mojo
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Weekend Box Office: Nov. 7-9
BIg numbers this weekend! The movie season is finally upon us – lots of big name films and franchises are gearing up and letting the floodgates of movies swing open! Just don’t drown!
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa raked in just over $63 million on its opening weekend, more than all the other top 5 weekend films put together! I myself enjoyed Madagascar, and I would like to see the sequel sometime soon.
Another opening film was Role Models, a movie about a man who has to mentor two very troubled kids. One is a huge dork, the other is a pain in the @ss! It also had a great start at $19.3 million.
HSM3 hangs in the top 5 for another week, almost earning another $10 million to its account. Other films left from last week were Changeling and Zack and Miri.
See you next week!
Weekend Top 5:
Statistics are provided by Box Office Mojo
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The Bond Songs you Didn’t hear
This is some great stuff! I found an awesome article about the James Bond/007 movies and their theme music selection. After reading, I found out that some big name celebrities have recorded theme music for several movies in the Bond series over the past 40 years, and that many of those themes went unheard.
The best part about the information is that you can actually listen to the music! (With the exception of two missing tracks.) There really were some great variations here that surprisingly didn’t make the cut.
Here’s a condensed list:
- Goldfinger (1964); Originally recorded by Anthony Newley.
Click to hear - Thunderball (1965); Originally recorded by Johnny Cash(!)
Click to hear - You Only Live Twice (1967); Originally recorded by Lorraine Chandler.
Click to hear - The Man With the Golden Gun (1974); Originally recorded by Alice Cooper.
Click to hear - For Your Eyes Only (1981); Originally recorded by Blondie.
Click to hear - Never Say Never Again (1983); Originally recorded by Phyllis Hyman.
Click to hear - The Living Daylights (1987); Originally recorded by The Pet Shop Boys.
Click to hear - License to Kill (1989); Originally recorded by Vic Flick & Eric Clapton.
No Audio! =( - Goldeneye (1995); Originally recorded by Ace of Base.
Click to hear - Tomorrow Never Dies (1997); Originally recorded by Saint Etienne.
Click to hear - The World is Not Enough (1999); Originally recorded by Straw.
Click to hear - Quantum of Solace (2008); Originally recorded by Amy Winehouse.
No Audio! =(
See more details on the original article!
- Goldfinger (1964); Originally recorded by Anthony Newley.
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Weekend Box Office: Oct. 31-Nov. 2
Shelby’s Note: Sorry for the delay this week on the Box Office update!
This weekend was pretty slow, with High School Musical 3, yet ANOTHER Disney film leads the Weekend Box Office. Will it EVER end? Yeah, you’re right; it won’t! =(
Also a nice figure to see is the comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno, which seems to be a great movie but has been plagued with its public image all because of its name. Let that be a lesson to all film makers out there: Your movie’s name is VERY important, not only for viewers but for ADVERTISEMENTS!
Saw V still hangs on, and The Haunting of Molly Hartley scrapes by with 5th place. Funny to note that there were very few horror movies out on Halloween. Figure that…
Well, until next week!
Weekend Top 5:
Statistics are provided by Box Office Mojo
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Michael Crichton, Age 66, Deceased
Wow. Another enormous loss for the entire media world came today after news of famous Science Fiction author Michael Crichton had passed away at the age of 66 in Los Angles.
Crichton was a phenomenal author, and is best known for writing Jurassic Park, a worldwide best-seller and one of the most grossing movies in recent time. Also in his resume are: creating the hit TV series ER and writing The Andromeda Strain, which is an excellent book and movie in its own right.
He passed away on November 5, 2008 after a private battle with cancer. Family and friends told reporters that he was happy and went peacefully. Here’s to hoping he lives the sci-fi world he always shared with us in the afterlife! =)
I have yet to feature Jurassic Park or The Andromeda Strain in reviews, but I have added them to the big list of reviews-to-be-made!
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Vote today!
Today is a very special and very important day for all US citizens and really, the entire world. Today we have to choose a new President, the most powerful leader in the world.
Voting is the foundation of democracy and is a basic US right. Please exercise your right to vote – it takes only a few minutes if you don’t wait till the last second!
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Fox won’t renew ‘King of the Hill’
After 13 seasons, long time comedy ‘King of the Hill’. written by Greg Daniels and Mike Judge, will not air another season for FOX.This is very disappointing to me. I have been a fan for the series for almost 5 years now, and I watch it whenever it’s on. It just goes to show how much power the production company has – to axe a popular comedy with hardly any hint of doing so beforehand made this news shocking to many. Looks to me like Fox wants to get the old shows out of the way so some new (and very likely to fail) shows can take their places.
But Greg Daniels and Mike Judge are working on bigger and better things, and had been for some time now. Daniels works with The Office, which is a great comedy and a VERY popular show at this time. Judge is also working on a new animated series of his own, The Goode Family, and will premiere on ABC.
There have been 13 final episodes purchased by Fox, and they will be shown in the 2009-2010 season.
Perhaps Fox will reconsider the decision, but that’s really unlikely. but I guess we’ll have to just wait and see.
