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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: August 6, 2009

Niall Browne — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:17:27 +0000

This week:

Aliens invade the box office with District 9; get ready to see more Saw; Elvis talks Bubba Nosferatu; St Elmo’s Fire gets remade; Dennis Quaid and Tim Allen join Ron Shelton in Q School, while Maggie Q looks for a Priest; Godzilla may be going on the warpath again; Sony takes a dose of Doctor Parnassus and Wall Street 2 adds another cast member.

Box Office

It looks like originality won out at the box office for a change. Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 banked a cool $37 million over the weekend. The Peter Jackson produced Sci-Fi film had a negative cost of just $30 million and with great reviews it looks like this could do well in the long run too.

GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra had an average drop from last weekend’s surprisingly high take. Down just around 60% ...

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Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up – Oct. 30, 2008

Niall Browne — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:45:07 +0000

Another week means another jammed-packed Mid Weekend Movie News Wrap Up.

This week:

Mel Gibson returns from the Edge; Iron Man goes Halloween; Jack Ryan may have two-faces; Elvis goes to hell and we bite down on some R-rated Pie.

1. Have you heard the one about the Movie Star and the Sheriff’s department? Me too.

However having said that here’s the first pic of Mel Gibson in Martin Campbell’s (Casino Royale) Edge of Darkness.

Mel, it has been way too long. Give ‘em hell Mel!

Source: Moviehole

2. Here at Screen Rant the guys love Iron Man – I’m ashamed to say that I haven’t seen it yet, however now that it’s on DVD that should change. Anything Iron Man is cool here – so imagine how excited Vic and the gang got when this Halloween image hit the web:

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