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Five Movies to Consider on The Fourth of July

Norm Schrager — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:40:34 +0000

Nope, Independence Day isn’t on this list. That would be just too brutally obvious. (Frankly, I’m not even fond of the movie.) Instead, here are five movies to consider while thinking about freedom and revolution this July 4th: :: The Battleship Potemkin (1925) This mainstay of Film 101 courses is an important example of film propaganda, as [...]

Ze Countdown to Bruno: New Images

Norm Schrager — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:30:42 +0000

For those of us who dig Sacha Baron Cohen, or just enjoy shameless, filter-free, provocative comedy, Brůno is the summer cinema treat we’ve been waiting for. With a week to go before the gayest-ever Austrian hits the big screen, we’ve got some more Brůno photos from Universal. If we didn’t know this was Cohen playing [...]

2009 Box Office Update: Through June

Norm Schrager — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:38:22 +0000

UPDATE (07.02.09) The summer box office numbers do move fast… The dollars below have been updated to reflect business on June 30 and July 1. The biggest additions affected — no surprise — Transformers and Up. ORIGINAL POST In June, four new films landed on the box office Top Ten list for the year. The newest opened [...]