INSIDE MAN 2 moving forward, ENTOURAGE still a must watch, and my take on LOST BOYS: THE TRIBE!
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Spike Lee and Warner Bros are moving forward with a follow-up to his heist thriller, INSIDE MAN. Both Denzel Washington and Clive Owen are reportedly very much interested in returning for a second time around. Inside Man did solid box-office, grossing 175 million worldwide. Personally, I really enjoyed the film and thought it was nice to see Spike direct more mainstream fair. I’m really interested in what direction they take this sequel in as it seems that a lot of thought will have to go into getting these two adversaries back for a believable storyline. By the way, Spike Lee’s new WW2 film MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA clocks in with a running time of 166 minutes. That’s a pretty long sit!
HBO’s ENTOURAGE didn’t miss a beat creatively with its new season premiere episode Sunday night. Highly entertaining, it did a really good job setting things in motion that will move its storyline forward this season. This is a MUST SEE program and the best reason to have HBO since The SOPRANOS ended its brilliant run!
I finally got a chance to watch the Direct to DVD sequel to the cult classic, The Lost Boy, which is THE LOST BOYS: THE TRIBE. Overall, the film was 
certainly watch-able from a DVD point of view as it had a few good elements; Cory Feldman’s fun turn as the vampire hunting Edgar Frog, and the appealing Autumn Reeser (OC fame) as one of the film’s leads. Still, it’s hard to understand why Warner Bros just didn’t finance a theatrical sequel considering the original has a nice sized fan base. Why redo the first film with a bargain basement budget? It just doesn’t make sense to me. Also, the biggest insult of this DVD quickie was the Cory Haim cameo in the closing credits. While I won’t give it away, let’s just say it’s a total insult to fans of the original, and showed the filmmakers here had no real respect for its source material.
SOUL MEN TRAILER!
Here’s a look at the Trailer to SOUL MEN, the last film for both Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes who have recently departed! Mac and Samuel L. Jackson star as two singers from the 70’s who reunite for one last gig! VIEW TRAILER
WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE Pretty SLOW, although THE DARK KNIGHT Flies on IMAX!
While the week after Labor Day is normally a slow one in terms of ticket sales, this weekend wound up being the weakest turnout in five years. With the only new wide release in the marketplace being the badly reviewed BANGKOK DANGEROUS there was little to get excited about to pull people into theaters. The film, where Nicolas Cage plays an assassin who travels to Thailand, pulled in a mild 7.8 mill to land in first place by default. As for Cage, his appeal continues to be wildly up and down. He still has the NATIONAL TREASURE franchise to fall back on and he recently said Warner Bros is in the planning stages of gearing up for GHOST RIDER 2. I love Cage but is anyone excited about that news?
One other bit of Box-office news – THE DARK KNIGHT has now grossed 512.3 million in eight weeks, taking in another 5.7 mill in ticket-sales. Worldwide it’s pulled in 949 mill and is now the highest grossing movie ever in the IMAX format, doing 50 mill there and beating the previous record of 45 mill held by THE POLAR EXPRESS.
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