So O.J. Simpson is being held without bail in Las Vegas on charges related to an alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia.
Las
Vegas police arrested Simpson in his hotel room, saying he was part of
an armed group that burst into a room at another hotel Thursday night
to steal thousands of dollars worth of collectibles. Oh, Orenthal… <insert deep sigh here> I hate to play the prophet card, but here we go…
Daily Archives: September 17, 2007
Jodie Foster Jacks Box Office… and You’re Next
Though not on par with previous thrillers Flightplan and Panic Room, Jodie Foster’s gritty, involving The Brave One topped the box office this weekend, ringing up an estimated $14 million on just over 3,300 screens.
3:10 to Yuma, shot up another $9.2 million, which was good enough to hang on to the second spot at the box office.
New openers Mr. Woodcock and South Korean import Dragon Wars, pulled in $9.1 million and $5.4 million, respectively, each bowing at more than 2,230 theaters. The rest of the top 10 was comprised of summer holdovers, with Superbad (which has now crossed $110 million) and Rob Zombie’s Halloween each tallying another $5 million and change, Matt Damon’s The Bourne Ultimatum picking up $4.1 million to pass the $215 million mark domestically (by far the tops in the series), and ping pong comedy Balls of Fury paddling its way to another $3.3 million, good for a $28.8 million total in its third week of release. In its second week, New Line’s super-stylized Shoot ‘Em Up tumbled out of the top 10, down 55 percent to $2.6 million.
In extremely limited release, finally, Across the Universe, a sprawling love story set to the tunes of the Beatles and starring Evan Rachel Wood, pulled in $685,000 at 23 sites. Expanding in air-quote fashion from its New York bow (from a total of two theaters to five), director Griffin Dunne’s Fierce People picked up just over $24,000. Daniel Radcliffe’s December Boys, meanwhile, rang up only $18,000 at four theaters, proving Harry Potter’s wizardry can only do so much.
Go to Hell, Drumline…
I live near a high school, and man do I hate their fucking early morning, inane and repetitive band practice! So much so that I’m considering creating an endowment for a silent poetry reading club…
Day of Locust Screens in Los Angeles
For those in Los Angeles, the Egyptian Theatre hosts an Art
Directors Society screening of director John Schlesinger’s Day of the Locust on Sunday, September 23 at 5:30 p.m. Starring Donald
Sutherland, Burgess Meredith and Karen Black as 1930s Hollywood players
suffering against the backdrop of the soulless yet glitzy façade of the
industry, the 1975 movie suffers frequently in celebration and remembrance due to the stacked slate of
other films of that year, but it’s a compelling work that holds up quite well. This
screening is a tribute to art director Richard MacDonald, and followed by a
discussion after the screening with his widow, Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth
Myers. Tickets are available through Fandango, but for more information, call (323) 466-FILM
and/or click here.