Sept. 5, 2008
Back in Time and Back to the Set
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – With “Bangkok Dangerous” the only new movie opening wide this weekend, movie buffs may pick some of the films neglected when others opened strongly against them. My recommendations for the “Hold Over Soup” leans strongly to “The House Bunny” (where Heff’s mansion represents the norm until the bunny is evicted), “Traitor” (a tart and jolting counterterrorism drama), or a sing a long at “Mamma Mia!”
For that matter, you might want to take in “The Dark Knight,” which continues at many multiplexes. The Batman flick has risen to #2 on the all time list with a little over $500 million. Among its recent conquests: #3 “Star Wars,” #4 “Shrek ii,” and #5 “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial.” However, the $600 million gross of “Titanic” appears safe. “Dark Knight” has dropped to a weekday average of just over $500,000 with its holiday weekend take ranging from $2.1 to $3.2 million per day.
Bottom line --- there’s not enough items in the Gotham City heroes utility belt to sink the big ship. And, even if it comes closer and closer, remember, that in 1997, well, movie tickers were cheaper than today. So, the Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet pairing would still be above the Caped Crusader.
IT HAPPENED ONE…
If you want to go really back in time, the Paramount Arts Center celebrates movies on a screen for the first time since its re-birth. Although Ashley Judd will not be making it in until close to performance time (8 p.m.), she will introduce “It Happened One Night,” Frank Capra’s daffy road movie with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. The 1934 film still plays with as zipping screwball comedy.
Note how times have changed in the scenes where the unmarried man and woman share a hotel room. Colbert teaches 21st Century women a little about 1934 fashion and comfort, too (or in today’s terminology the lack of comfort).
FREE 'WAM' WALK…
Meantime, for a cool freebie in a fumbling economy, the Herd’s in Wisconsin, but you can take a walking tour of campus and tell your friends about the shooting of “We Are Marshall.” Two of the pics depict the scene in front of Hodges Hall and the other is the somber scene in the Campus Christian Center Chapel.
Walking a little further into the downtown, you can dodge the giant hole in Harris River Front Park and get a glimpse of where Kate Mara walked (and, perhaps, buy an X-Fest ticket), or stroll Fourth Avenue where The Frederick and Keith Albee were prominent sets. In fact, if you look around some of the store fronts on the north side of Fourth, you may recognize a few of the set dressing items left behind. For that matter, Same Old Place was a Warner Bros. generic setting that after the lensing turned into a lottery business.
Next weekend, the cinemas will be again overflowing with “wide” choice possibilities as “Burn After Reading,” “The Women, “Righteous Kill,” and “The Family That Preys” open.
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Back in Time and Back to the Set
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – With “Bangkok Dangerous” the only new movie opening wide this weekend, movie buffs may pick some of the films neglected when others opened strongly against them. My recommendations for the “Hold Over Soup” leans strongly to “The House Bunny” (where Heff’s mansion represents the norm until the bunny is evicted), “Traitor” (a tart and jolting counterterrorism drama), or a sing a long at “Mamma Mia!”
For that matter, you might want to take in “The Dark Knight,” which continues at many multiplexes. The Batman flick has risen to #2 on the all time list with a little over $500 million. Among its recent conquests: #3 “Star Wars,” #4 “Shrek ii,” and #5 “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial.” However, the $600 million gross of “Titanic” appears safe. “Dark Knight” has dropped to a weekday average of just over $500,000 with its holiday weekend take ranging from $2.1 to $3.2 million per day.
Bottom line --- there’s not enough items in the Gotham City heroes utility belt to sink the big ship. And, even if it comes closer and closer, remember, that in 1997, well, movie tickers were cheaper than today. So, the Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet pairing would still be above the Caped Crusader.
IT HAPPENED ONE…
If you want to go really back in time, the Paramount Arts Center celebrates movies on a screen for the first time since its re-birth. Although Ashley Judd will not be making it in until close to performance time (8 p.m.), she will introduce “It Happened One Night,” Frank Capra’s daffy road movie with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. The 1934 film still plays with as zipping screwball comedy.
Note how times have changed in the scenes where the unmarried man and woman share a hotel room. Colbert teaches 21st Century women a little about 1934 fashion and comfort, too (or in today’s terminology the lack of comfort).
FREE 'WAM' WALK…
Meantime, for a cool freebie in a fumbling economy, the Herd’s in Wisconsin, but you can take a walking tour of campus and tell your friends about the shooting of “We Are Marshall.” Two of the pics depict the scene in front of Hodges Hall and the other is the somber scene in the Campus Christian Center Chapel.
Walking a little further into the downtown, you can dodge the giant hole in Harris River Front Park and get a glimpse of where Kate Mara walked (and, perhaps, buy an X-Fest ticket), or stroll Fourth Avenue where The Frederick and Keith Albee were prominent sets. In fact, if you look around some of the store fronts on the north side of Fourth, you may recognize a few of the set dressing items left behind. For that matter, Same Old Place was a Warner Bros. generic setting that after the lensing turned into a lottery business.
Next weekend, the cinemas will be again overflowing with “wide” choice possibilities as “Burn After Reading,” “The Women, “Righteous Kill,” and “The Family That Preys” open.
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