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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
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.
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What a difference a year makes!
Box Office: High School Musical Dances to No. 1
We knew High School Musical was a huge television hit but now it's a bona fide silver screen success. The third installment of the perky Disney musical bonanza scored the top spot at the box office over the weekend, earning an estimated $42 million.
Meanwhile, Saw V did excellent business over the weekend as well, earning an estimated $30.5 million in the No.
Wahlberg Feels No Payne at the Box Office
Mark Wahlberg had a good weekend. His movie Max Payne was No. 1 at the box office, with an estimated $18 million.
Max Payne: Awesome Style, Not Much Else
In its own haunting way, Max Payne is beautiful to watch. I knew that director John Moore had utilized some new digital technology while filming, but I didn't quite expect the movie as a whole to be so visually mesmerizing. This world never strays from its grainy state, everything awash in a blue-gray sheen — except for striking spots of bright red, and sometimes twinkly orange sparks — and there is near-constant precipitation usually large snowflakes swirling through icy air.
Watch, Pass, TiVo or Rent: Max Payne
Time to weigh in on one of this weekend's new releases, the darkly stylized Max Payne. Based on a video game, the story follows our hero Max Payne as he tries to hunt down the people who killed his wife and child, but every step he takes towards solving their murders only brings up more questions and lead him into a sinister world.
Are you familiar with the video game?
BuzzSugar at Comic-Con: Day One!
Greetings from sunny San Diego! And I'm not kidding about the sunny: Though I'll be spending most of the weekend indoors, I at least got to bask in the rays (or, OK, sweat next to other sweaty people) while waiting in line for this morning's 20th Century Fox panels.
Frankly, it's been a pretty insane trip so far.
Movie Preview: Max Payne
The trailer for the video game-turned-movie Max Payne looks dark and spooky, though the story doesn't seem particularly new. According to the plot description, Mark Wahlberg's character, Max Payne, is looking to avenge the deaths of his family members. Mila Kunis costars as an assassin who is also looking to avenge a loved one's death (her sister's).
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The Love Guru, The Happening "Win" Razzie Nominations
A day before the Oscar nominations celebrate Hollywood's best, the annual Razzie Awards nominations slammed Hollywood's worst. Among this year's bunch of films vying for the coveted Golden Raspberry trophies: The Love Guru (eight nominations), The Hottie and the Nottie (five nominations), and The Happening (four nominations).
The Razzies also have a special hate for director Uwe Boll, nominating him in several categories (including a nod for "Uwe Boll and Any Actor, Camera, or Screenplay" in the Worst Screen Couple category) and giving him a special Worst Career Achievement award by dubbing him "Germany's answer to Ed Wood."
Comic-Con Surprise — Hugh Jackman Shows Up With Wolverine Footage!
Ho-ly smokes, people, this has been a ridiculously exciting day. More on the Max Payne and The Day the Earth Stood Still panels later — it's what immediately followed the Max Payne panel that is blowing my dome right now!
As soon as the panel was over, Hugh Jackman — looking freaking fine — appeared onstage and the crowd.
Which October Release Are You Most Excited to See?
October 2008 is chock full of big movies. Even Variety notes that "the biz" is bracing itself for some "bottlenecking" at the box office this month. Studios are none too pleased about all the releases because with the glut of options, as Disney president of distribution Chuck Viane wonders, "How do you even get noticed?"
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