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1 Dark Knight Wins Box Office for the Fourth Week in a Row!
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2 What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
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3 Upcoming Under-the-Influence Movies: Pineapple Express and Speed Racer
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4 Song of the Day: Huey Lewis and the News, "Pineapple Express"
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5 Pineapple Express: More Than Just a Stoner Movie
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6 Buzz News Roundup, 8/8
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7 Box Office: Tropic Thunder Takes the Top Spot
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8 Superbad Sequel or a Superbad/Pineapple Express Hybrid?
It looks like Michael Cera (or maybe someone pretending to be Michael Cera) has been thinking "aloud" (or via Twitter) about future Superbad projects. He first twittered that he wants to do a movie with Jonah Hill and Jason Bateman (ending with the words: "Good idea?!"), and then he followed up with this one: Decided I'm gonna contact Jonah and Jason tomorrow. See what they think about doing a Read more
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the selections below you can also take home Battlestar Galactica: Season Four and Righteous Kill. Pineapple Express You guys, Pineapple Express is not just a stoner movie, OK? James Franco Read more
Current releases Traitor and Pineapple Express both feature main characters convinced that they are being tracked and monitored by the police or some government agency. In some cases it's true and in others it's just drug-induced paranoia, but the fear certainly isn't limited to fiction. I have a friend that is certain that Fastrak, a company that created an electronic toll collection system for Read more
Even though Tropic Thunder is technically No. 1 this weekend, The Dark Knight is still being called the biggest winner because it is "the second highest grossing pic of all time after Titanic domestically." Ben Stiller's comedy earned an estimated $26 million while the Batman sequel took in $16.7 million and has a total gross of $471.5 million. The rest of the top 10 was shaken up a bit as well Read more
Interestingly, neither a BFF movie nor a stoner action-comedy could dethrone The Dark Knight in its fourth weekend. Having already surpassed the $400 million mark in domestic ticket sales, the superhero movie pulled in another $26 million over the weekend. According to Variety, the movie has now taken the place of Shrek 2 to "become the third highest domestic grosser of all time with a cume of Read more
The Hollywood Reporter has the news that Martin Scorsese is in talks with HBO to direct a dramatic pilot titled Boardwalk Empire. Scorsese is already a producer for the upcoming show about Atlantic City gamblers in the 1920s. According to Variety, Pineapple Express had the best Wednesday opening ever for August. The comedy took in $12.1 million. Regis Philbin is following in the footsteps of Read more
The Pineapple Express pulled up to NYC night for another big red carpet premiere. This time the boys Seth Rogen and James Franco kept it casual and grin-filled for the cameras. As a special treat for us, Lipstick Jungle cutie Robert Buckley came out for the screening — yummy. The movie, which hits theaters today in case you want some midweek laughs, has been getting some pretty good reviews, Read more
How much you enjoy Pineapple Express may depend more on how charmed you are by the chemistry between James Franco and Seth Rogen and less on how funny you find pot jokes. Don't get me wrong, marijuana jokes abound in this comedy written by Rogen and his frequent collaborator Evan Goldberg, and they are funny. But I was surprised by how much more Pineapple Express falls into the category of buddy Read more
Even though Pineapple Express doesn't hit theaters until Wednesday, James Franco and friends have been hitting the promotional circuit in full force. I've actually never seen any of his movies, but every time I see him on the red carpet or late-night television, I can't help but pay attention — he's just so good-looking! Sure, he has a baby face, but come on, there's no denying his hot factor. Read more
It wasn't just the usual crew of Apatow boys at last night's LA premiere of Pineapple Express. Established and legendary Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy came out to support the younger crew of funny kids while fashion icon (and seriously loving it!) Kanye West also made his way to the screening. Of course, the stars of the movies themselves James Franco and Seth Rogen, meandered down the red carpet Read more
