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1 Box Office: The Hangover Hangs On to the Top Spot
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2 James Gandolfini Goes From Mob Boss to NYC Mayor for Pelham Remake
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3 Movie Preview: The Taking of Pelham 123
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4 Watch, Pass, TiVo, or Rent: The Taking of Pelham 123
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5 The Taking of Pelham 123: The Taking of Our Time, 104 Minutes
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6 How Well Do You Know Denzel Washington?
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7 Box Office: The Proposal Sweeps Audiences Off Their Feet
The Proposal, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, took the box office by storm over the weekend earning $34.1 million and securing the No. 1 spot. This was Bullock's best opening ever! Woo-hoo! Both The Hangover and Up continued doing good business coming in second and third place respectively. Jack Black and Michael Cera's primitive buddy comedy, Year One, came in at No. 4 earning an Read more
The Hangover had another fantastic weekend at the box office. The comedy came in at No. 1 with an estimated $33.4 million, and is now being called a bona fide box office phenomenon. Pixar's Up also did very well, coming in second place with an estimated $30.5 million over the weekend. According to Variety, "It's unusual for two films like Hangover and Up to simultaneously have such solid holds Read more
Denzel Washington is one of those mega-superstars who has mostly avoided becoming a tabloid staple, which is probably why I'm so enamored by him. Well, that and the fact that he has the whole tall, dark, and handsome thing going on. He's also hugely talented and has enjoyed one of the longest, most successful careers in Hollywood. So it's high time for a quiz on Mr. Washington's career, Read more
I wanted The Taking of Pelham 123 to be great, or at least kinda fun — full of thrills and interesting characters with a few little one-liners tossed in. Expecting too much? Maybe. But I was disappointed nonetheless because it turns out this movie is predictable and forgettable. It managed to keep my attention for a while, but mostly it's just blah. For the most part, what you see in the Read more
The Taking of Pelham 123 is a remake of the 1974 thriller in which "armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime." The movie features Denzel Washington and John Travolta in the lead roles, and the trailers for it look a Read more
In The Taking of Pelham 123, Denzel Washington plays city employee Zachary Garber who gets tangled up in a dangerous hostage situation when armed men take over a subway train and try to negotiate money in exchange for releasing the trapped New Yorkers. John Travolta plays the mean mastermind behind the whole thing who gets to know Zachary Garber fairly well during their little Read more
Everybody's favorite TV mob boss appears to have turned over a new leaf. James Gandolfini has been cast to play the NYC mayor in director Tony Scott's remake of the 1974 thriller The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three. He joins Denzel Washington and John Travolta. Variety has more: Gandolfini will plays a pol under incredible pressure to end a crisis when a packed subway car is ransomed by a Read more
