It’s that special day where relationships are born, broken, and even never exist! Whatever your relationship status is, there are some great cinematic love stories to be enjoyed if you find yourself in front of your DVD cabinet.
SquidFlicks is serving up a Valentine’s Day Special for ya – 5 great tales of love and loss to celebrate the day!
Intro:
When your confused but lovable coworker/friend gets his fingers chopped off in a tragic lawnmower accident, and there’s no insurance to cover the surgery, what do you do? Well, I would call my shady uncle and mastermind the perfect plan to grab some easy cash – rigging the Special Olympics!
Even if you didn’t win the cash though, you may come out of the scam in a squad car, or possibly with some new appreciation of people for who they are.
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Lower numbers to end a rather busy January this past weekend. Taken leads the pack with $24.7 million in hand, with Paul Blart: Mall Cop following behind with $13.9 million.
The Uninvited earns $10.3 million for third place, while Hotel for Dogs edges Gran Torino with $8.6 and $8.2 million respectively.
Weekend Top 5:
Statistics are provided by Box Office Mojo
After completing filming for Urban Nights segment Late Night Stranger a couple of weeks ago – see the Urban Nights blog for details – It was decided that some behind-the-scenes footage I took on the set should become the fourth episode of the series Urban Nights Insider.
This episode features a short message from Producer Shelby Jones (me!), and some behind-the-scenes footage from The Late Night Stranger that I shot. It’s really funny! =)
I plan to continue making episodes to keep everyone updated with current Urban Nights progress. As mentioned earlier, the official Urban Nights blog is also a great resource.
As you may have heard, most of the Midwest has been hit by an ice storm. Unfortunately, SquidFlicks HQ in West KY took a direct blow from Mother Nature, and is now experiencing massive power outages. Shelby and Patrick are caught right in the middle of the blackout, while I have escaped to a hotel in Jackson, TN.
Electricity is not expected to be back on for 3-5 more days, so until then, readers, send us some warm vibes!
Intro:
It’s been twenty five years since a horror film has been released in 3-D, and it’s been LONG overdue. Who knew the film that was being given the 3D treatment, surprise surprise, would be a remake. So you think, OK, what will it be? a Friday the 13th, or A Nightmare on Elm Street remake in 3-D? Nope, it’s a little cult film from 1981 called My Bloody Valentine. Over the past year there has a lot of hype for this film, and needless to say I was very happy to see the 2009 release of Patrick Lussier’s My Bloody Valentine.
Acting:
The acting had its high and lows to me. Jensen Ackles (Smallville, Supernatural) was one that was about 50/50 in this. There were times which he shined the brightest on the screen, but then again there were times when he seemed to be confused and even lost in what he was portraying. The actor I was most excited was Tom Atkins. This was his return to the horror genre after a eight year absence, and boy did he return with a bang. He seemed not to lose a step in the classic acting that we all know and love from films such as Halloween 3: The Season of the Witch and Night of the Creeps. Jaime King was another actor that semi-shined. She seemed to do such a great job when she had very emotional scenes, but seemed to fizzle out when in minor dialogue.
Plot:
The plot was almost a exact copy of the original, with a few name changes. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the original, but I still vaguely remember the general plot. Now with a MUCH bigger budget I was hoping for a little reason for the killings; a motive, a backstory, something to help connect the original killer with the copycat, but that was not present. This bothered me some and I thought the movie would have been better off if it was included.
Music:
Composed by Michael Wandmacher, the music, was REALLY catchy to me and I often found myself tapping my fingers along with the score. It helped the film pace at a decent speed. I enjoyed it a lot.
Overall:
Overall everyone should go see this film in 3-D as its a historic event in horror. Is it the best film is years? No, but will you be entertained with the 3-D aspect; HELL YES. So for the 3-D and full frontal nudity, AND the epic return of Tom Atkins, Check it out.
3/5 Reels
Squid Rating
See it before it’s Gone!
Trailer:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsRbqpiqkKU
Purchase:
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Almost up to to date with this series! Keep your fingers crossed!
Some more big numbers from January, this time from the weekend of January 16-19. We have the premiere of Paul Blart: Mall Cop with a huge $39.2 million.
Sharply dropping off from first place to land in second is Gran Torino with $25.6 million. My Bloody Valentine 3-D edges Biggie Smalls tribute Notorious for second with a $700,000 advantage.
Finishing out the top five is the children’s film Hotel for Dogs, which earned $22.9 million.
Not one film in the top five this weekend grossed any less than $20 million. That’d be fine in my account any day, so the execs must be loving it!
Weekend Top 5:
Statistics are provided by Box Office Mojo
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Still playing catch-up with the Weekend Box Office! Sorry!
Starting off January strong, we have Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino, which grossed $29.5 million in its opening weekend.
Bride Wars starts off at just over $21 million for second, followed by The Unborn at $19.8 million. Marley and Me lasts another week in fourth place, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button holds off its top five title with $9.2 million
Weekend Top 5:
Statistics are provided by Box Office Mojo
If you happened to visit the site at any time yesterday afternoon or throughout the night, you may have noticed that you were not let in. Well, there was a massive failure of one the many anti-spam features of the site; one of which caused every user to be banned from the site. After much hacking and searching, I found the solution this morning and got the mess cleaned up.
I am sorry for any trouble this may have caused you!
Everything should work fine now, but I think the site may have a mind of its own ala Maximum Overdrive.
If you are experiencing any problems accessing the site, please contact us and we will try to fix the problem ASAP.
Intro:
When a lovable but rugged wanderer is discovered by a local radio talk show host in a Los Angeles radio station, his story becomes an instant hit. Going by the name of Joe Dirt, he shares every aspect of his life. From the day his parents left him at the Grand Canyon at the age of eight to his days as a janitor for a school in Louisiana, Joe travels across the entire United States searching for his parents, meeting new friends (and some enemies) along the way.
It takes the interview to make Joe realize that he had been happy after all, but his tireless search and goal prevented him from seeing it originally. Can Joe go back, or is it too late?