Weekend Box Office August 28-30, 2009
Aug 31st, 2009 | By Allan Given© Copyright 2009 Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc.
Archive for August 2009
“Glee” returns to the air and is in search of the “Biggest GLEEk”
Aug 30th, 2009 | By Allan Given
FOX’s new show “Glee” will have an encore presentation of its pilot episode this Wednesday night, September 2nd (8:58-10:00 PM ET/PT), but this time around, viewers will get to see the “director’s cut” of the show, which includes never-before-seen footage. Created by Ryan Murphy (“Nip/Tuck”), “Glee” follows the story of high school teacher Will Schuester
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“Chopped” is another Food Network must see
Aug 29th, 2009 | By Marie Peasha
Looking for an exciting cooking show but don’t have time to devote to an entire season? “Chopped” may be just what you’re looking for. Premiering on the Food Network in January, “Chopped” has proven to be a great new concept in culinary entertainment. “Chopped” is a fast-paced, one-hour competition for four contestants who are all
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If Wile E. Coyote decided to write a horror film, it would look something like THE FINAL DESTINATION
Aug 28th, 2009 | By Allan Given
New Line Cinema | 2009 | Rated R | 82 minutes With the belief firmly entrenched in Hollywood that once your movie finds even a modicum of success, you must quickly develop it into a franchise, the fourth installment of the FINAL DESTINATION series hits theaters to once again prove that you can actually have
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Ang Lee captures the truth in TAKING WOODSTOCK brilliantly
Aug 28th, 2009 | By Allan Given
Focus Features | 2009 | Rated R | 110 minutes This month marks the fortieth anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair held in Bethel, New York, where for three days over thirty bands performed to joyous, and oftentimes, rain soaked fans. While initial estimates believed that the festival would draw in close to
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HOTHOUSE FLOWER AND THE NINE PLANTS OF DESIRE – An exotic journey of greed, magic, love and the power of plants
Aug 27th, 2009 | By Elizabeth Lyell
Pantheon Books | 2009 | 288 pages | List price: $24.00 | Get it for less at Amazon Freedom, sexuality, fortune, power, magic, love, immortality, adventure, and knowledge: according to Mayan legend whoever collects the nine plants of desire will have everything that he or she desires, but collecting them has a price. Before Lila
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Games! Games! Games! Working the summer away at ADVENTURELAND
Aug 26th, 2009 | By Allan Given
Miramax Films | 2009 | Rated R | 107 minutes | List price: $44.99 | Get it for less at Amazon ADVENTURELAND is a charming coming of age story, set during the summer of 1987 when recently graduated from college James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) has to forego a planned trip to Europe in order to
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Adams, Blunt and Arkin give the shine to SUNSHINE CLEANING
Aug 25th, 2009 | By Allan Given
Overture Films | 2008 | Rated R | 91 minutes | List price: $39.98 | Get it for less at Amazon While many may find it surprising that a film set in the world of those who clean up crime scenes is not unique in itself, having already been tackled before in the 1996 movie
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Are you TV’s biggest fan? Want to go to the Emmys?
Aug 25th, 2009 | By Allan Given
Do you consider yourself TV’s number one fan? If so, CBS is looking for you. Running through September 7th, the “Best Seat in the House” contest can put you right in the middle of the action with an all-expense paid trip to Hollywood to attend the 61st Primetime Emmy® Awards hosted by Neil Patrick Harris
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