Aug 31 2009 Weekend Box Office: 'THE Final Destination' Fares Better Than Holiday-Themed Film
The Sirens' call of teenagers dying overly-elaborate deaths was too loud to resist:
1. The Final Destination - $28.3 million. I can't figure out if the third one was that good or if everyone just forgot prior Final Destinations existed.
2. Inglourious Basterds - $20 million. I saw a preview for this and the ABC series Shaq Vs. within a few minutes of each other, and it gave me a good idea for a show. Let's just say it loosely involves Shaq versus Nazis.
3. Halloween II - $17.4 million. An underwhelming showing, but, sadly, still enough to easily make back the $15 million budget and continue Rob Zombie's horror career.
4. District 9 - $10.7 million. Let's hope aliens don't land here while this is still in theaters. We shouldn't reveal how we're going to force them into a bottom caste until they start getting really annoying.
5. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - $8 million. Goodbye, final blockbuster summer movie of the year! See you again as an even more poorly-reviewed sequel!
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Aug 28 2009 Movies Coming to Your Theaters This Weekend
Halloween II
Director: Rob Zombie
Starring: Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton
Good if you want to see: if that man in the white mask is still stabbing people; a man in a white mask stabbing people.
Taking Woodstock
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Demitri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Anton Yelchin
Good if you want to see: How the original Woodstock (not Woodstock '94) started; probably a montage set to "Age of Aquarius" or "Turn, Turn, Turn."
The Final Destination
Director: David R. Ellis
Starring: Some pseudo-teenagers who will mostly die
Good if you want to see: Final Destination--now with more "The"!; what the director of Final Destination 2, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, and Snakes on a Plane has been up to (hint: this); some teenagers dying in absurd ways.
Big Fan (limited)
Director: Robert D. Siegel
Starring: Patton Oswalt
Good if you want to see: a Giants superfan get beat up by his football idol, then face those consequences; my Movie Pick of the Weekâ˘.
May 11 2009 I Think a Ghost Might Haunt Michael Myers in 'Halloween 2'
Is that the idea here? Myers murdered a girl on the side of the road, then he goes back the next day to murder her again, except she's not there, so he knocks on her door and there's this old lady who says, "That sounds like my daughter--EXCEPT SHE DIED 20 YEARS AGO LAST NIGHT, on the way to Halloween prom." She was a ghost! And now every time Halloween tries to murder someone he also has to cope with this phantom girl hounding him. What a twist! It's like recent episodes of House.
H2 Poster [IMPA]
Apr 29 2009 Michael Myers is a Hobo, and Really Likes Alice Cooper
Mike knows it's a bit expected for a murderer like him to have such rabid interest in the dark music of Alice Cooper, but that doesn't matter to him. He is a true fan, since the early days, and he's not going to stop being a fan because it's too predictable--just like he's not going to stop loving "School's Out" just because it gets radio play. If anything, he's glad the anti-establishment anthem has gained such mainstream popularity, and wishes the album Lace and Whiskey, a departure for Cooper and Myers' personal favorite, would find such recognition.
A Hi-Res Look Into the Eyes of Evil in 'Halloween 2' [Bloody Disgusting]
Apr 20 2009 'H2' Teaser -- The 'H' Stands for Halloween!
Standing, staring, meandering, stabbing, suddenly being behind someone who's looking in a mirror: Michael Myers is back, and he's doing all of that in this new teaser for H2! Get ready to dig your fingers into the shoulders of the person next to you!*
*Entertainment Tonight stooge's opinion, not a human sentiment.
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Jan 6 2009 Michael Myers Needs to Learn Proper Mask Maintenance
On the Rob Zombie MySpace Halloween 2 Blog, R.Z. has posted this early design of the new Michael Myers mask. Man, this mug is so orange and beat up, it looks like the face of... some celebrity reference. Posh Spice? George Hamilton? Whoever is currently known for being overly-tanned and craggy.
