Surges in summer sequels have been beginning to wear on the average moviegoer. Returns on sequels have dipped sharply from their predecessors in almost every instance and reviews have been consistently middling. In 2011, adding another level of intrigue has been the rapidly expanding importance of the international market and the gargantuan surge in 3-D offerings.
Welcome to Box Office Wizard, Player Affinity’s Movie Box Office Prediction Contest. Just read through this post and tell us your top five box office predicted finishers for this weekend. Finish out 2011 on top and you will win something COOL.
Zoe Saldana, star of action hits like Avatar and Star Trek, headlines Colombiana, an action thriller out this Friday. What’s controversial about that, you ask? Well, the film is about a young Colombian woman out for revenge. And Saldana, as most of you probably know, is not Colombian.
Looking to buy? Searching
for that dream house on Perfect Lane with the white picket fence, grand oak in
the front yard and kindly neighbors Joe and Jane Smith living right next door?
Well then, be cautious of these components and not just for the sake of
potential repairs. Toss any number and any combination of these earmarks
together and you have the devious makings of an apparitional abode; a creepy
castle; a haunted house. Troy Nixy directs the horror tale Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark with godfathering from Guillermo Del
Toro which is due in theatres this Friday, so we thought we would run down ten
of the most abundant hallmarks of a domicile with frequent bumps in the night.
Two sequels to popular mythological-based action flicks will christen our docket this week on Player Affinity beginning with Underworld: Awakening, which marks the return of Kate Beckinsale and is the fourth entry in the popular vampire/werewolf franchise.
We
are human. We want to do good things for our families and please them,
even if it leads to some unwise decisions. Filmmakers have fallen into
this trap by letting their children get involved or be influenced by
them, and Robert Rodriguez is one of the greatest offenders.
We
all know Robert Rodriguez is a talented director of very violent adult
fare. Like many directors Rodriguez wanted to work with bigger budgets
and got the chance when he made the family friendly Spy Kids series, earning critical and commercial success. But Rodriguez made a very stupid move after the success of Sin City by making The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl.
Rodriguez got his ideas from his children Racer and Rebecca and gave
Racer a writing credit, believing children would know how to make a
story for a children’s movie. There is nothing wrong with a parent
trying to encourage their children’s artistic side, but multi-million
dollar feature films is not the best medium for them to do that. Added
to that was his children’s influence on his family movie Shorts, particularly the jarring method of storytelling.
Be it a film where people from different eras become lovers or one that sees a couple’s relationship over a significant period of time, we at Player Affinity have decided to take a look at some of cinema’s other time-spanning romantic ventures.
When encountering a Type Dick vampire, here are a few (fun!) tools of the trade to get you to daytime. Note: Wooden Stakes did not make this list. If you don’t know you need one of these then just let the vampire kill you.
Welcome to Box Office Wizard, Player Affinity’s Movie Box Office Prediction Contest. Just read through this post and tell us your top five box office predicted finishers for this weekend. Finish out 2011 on top and you will win something COOL.
Documentaries aren’t exactly the biggest moneymakers or the most popular film genre, but they often represent some of the best and most powerful films of a given year. Here are some of this summer’s most highly-acclaimed docs.
