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Box Office: Audiences Book a Night With Couples Retreat
Well, the numbers speak for themselves — people love a Vince Vaughn movie. I was admittedly lukewarm about Couples Retreat, but that didn't stop it from cashing in at the box office. The ensemble comedy took in $35.3 million, making it the first big hit for Universal after a lackluster Summer.
Zombieland Eats the Competition Alive at the Box Office
Well, it looks like Très isn't the only one who loves a good horror comedy — Zombieland took the top spot at the box office this weekend with $25 million in ticket sales. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs slid to No. 2 with $16.7 million, followed by the Toy Story 1 &2 3-D double feature with $12.5 million.
Weekend Movie Reviews, Dave's Multiple Affairs, and the Kanye/Gaga Tour Gets Canceled!
Trying to figure out which movie to go see this weekend? Check out our one-sentence movie reviews of Whip It!, Zombieland, and The Invention of Lying. Plus, find out what we're thinking about the David Letterman affair/extortion bombshell and possible reasons behind why Kanye West and Lady Gaga canceled their tour.
Zombieland: The Feel-Good Zombie Flick of the Year
A Note From Buzz: With so many new movies this week, my friend Très was nice enough to apply her scary-movie expertise to review the box office's newest zombie flick.
In the United States of Zombieland, zombies outnumber people. A mad-cow tainted burger tipped the population in favor of the drooling, limping, and grunting set, and now zombies roam a crashed-car littered, empty-minimall-blighted zombiescape.
Link Time!
- It's Jim and Pam's wedding website! — Halpert Beesly
- Get a load of new Edward, Bella, and Jacob stills from New Moon — PopSugar
- Glee has been picked up for a full season! — Fox
- Sacha Baron Cohen will lend his voice to an episode of The Simpsons — Entertainment Weekly
- The NPH Effect: Emmy ratings were way up this year, improving on 2008's low viewership — The Wrap
- Listen to new tracks from Built to Spill's upcoming album, There Is No Enemy — Stereogum
- Can Michael Cera break out of his hipster-nerd pigeonhole?
Buzz's Picks For Fall Movies: Comedies
I've already given you previews of tons of upcoming Fall films, but now that their release dates are fast-approaching, I'm going to share my picks for the ones most worth seeing. Mark your calendar (or just write 'em in on your TV calendar!). First up, comedies.
Movie Preview: Zombieland
As I mentioned when I came back from Comic-Con, I'm not really big on zombie movies, generally speaking, but after attending the panel there for Zombieland, I'm pretty much sold on this particular zombie movie. They screened the trailer, of course, as well as some funny clips from the movie, including a great scene with Abigail Breslin and Emma Stone as sisters that actually made me kind of sad — before it turned funny. It's really the cast that makes me want to see the film: Jesse Eisenberg is the dorky little guy who gets paired up with the crazy, Southern-drawlin' Woody Harrelson, and the two make for a very fun zombie-fighting team as Eisenberg's character uses the movie to run through the rules for surviving "zombieland."
Buzz News Roundup, 8/27
- Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns is becoming a TV series for TBS. — Hollywood Reporter
- The cop drama Pride and Glory will open the Woodstock Film Festival on Oct. 2.
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It's a Scream: 5 Funniest Scary Movies
Ever notice how easy it is to laugh when you're scared? Breaking the tension in a freaky film can make you laugh the hardest, and some of my favorite scary movies are those that tread the comedy genre. Zombieland, opening this Friday, looks like it's going to be as hilarious as it is creepy, and Transylmania, due this Winter, satirizes the horror genre.
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