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Comment on WES ANDERSON MARATHON: ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ (2001) by Asif Khan

Asif Khan — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:27:46 +0000

Not only its my favorite Anderson movie but also one of my all time favorites. Love the perfect balance of Comedy and sadness!! excellent work.

Comment on WES ANDERSON MARATHON: ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ (2001) by Kurt Thomas

Kurt Thomas — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:07:26 +0000

Ah, The Royal Tenenbaums. One of my favorite movies, to this day. Really funny, but really sad too. Did a good job of not making either of those emotions feel out of place next to one another, though. Fantastic soundtrack as well. The Beatles, Elliott Smith, and Nick Drake(?) if I remember correctly. The suicide attempt scene, where “Needle in the Hay” plays in the background is just fantastic. It’s one of those scenes that really sticks with you. Gah! I love this movie!

Comment on REVIEW ROUND-UP: Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ at the Cannes Film Festival by Asif Khan

Asif Khan — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:25:28 +0000

Very happy with the good response it is getting!! :)

Comment on Summer 2012 Box Office Predictions by Steven

Steven — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:58:28 +0000

Underestimated Avengers but everyone else did. Also, to Rob, Rises can make more then Avengers, Avengers only sold 3 million more tickets on OW then The Dark Knight and is looking at selling less ticket than The Dark Knight’s 75 million total. With ticket price inflation and IMAX The Dark Knight would have made $172 million in 2012 and meaning Rises would need something like an 18% jump to beat the Avengers which can happen.

Don’t forget, TDK had a 190% jump over BB OW and Rises has sold out midnight IMAX showings back in January in New York, LA and San Francisco in minutes. Avengers is the first movie OW to sell more tickets then TDK’s, the last Harry Potter film didn’t even do that. The Avengers OW is impressive but take out 3D, IMAX, IMAX 3D, (UltrAVX, UltrAVX 3D in Canada) and it wouldn’t make $200M (and the 3D in Avengers wasn’t even good).

Comment on Summer 2012 Box Office Predictions by Rob

Rob — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:18:39 +0000

Looks like you grossly underestimated Avengers. Don’t feel bad. Everyone else did.

Dark Knight will do well, but will end up being in second place.

Comment on Cannes Video: Scenes from Lee Daniels’ ‘The Paperboy’ and Andrew Dominik’s ‘Killing Them Softly’ by Jimmy

Jimmy — Sun, 13 May 2012 15:07:52 +0000

The Paperboy looks like a snoozefest and Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman are hardly actors that inspire people to rush out to the cinema. I think I’ll skip this one.

Looking forward to Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom!

Comment on Q & A: What Was the Movie That Made You Love Movies? by Raphael

Raphael — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:56:12 +0000

The movie that made me love movies was probably American Beauty which I watched when I was 14 or 15. I remember just the way the plot twists and turns was just so enthralling. And the way the characters don’t always speak but the story was told through simple suburban imagery and the chaotic right below surface was so amazing. As a struggling actor, Meryl Streep’s Sophie’s Choice made me want to act.

Comment on Cannes Video: Scenes from Lee Daniels’ ‘The Paperboy’ and Andrew Dominik’s ‘Killing Them Softly’ by Calvin

Calvin — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:51:00 +0000

Thanks to these, I’m still excited about the indie films this year!

Comment on MOVIE LISTS: Top 10 Television-to-Movie Adaptations by Jose

Jose — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:40:55 +0000

These are great picks, I just want to throw in “In the Loop” though, such a hilarious little gem.

Comment on WES ANDERSON MARATHON: Eric Anderson by Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:50:04 +0000

Thanks, Asif.