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WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE news!

The highly hyped political action thriller EAGLE EYE opened on top of the national box-office over the weekend. The film, starring Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan pulled in 29.2 million dollars in its first week in release. Despite lackluster reviews, the film felt like summer fare and, in the month of September, that’s a big advantage.

The romantic drama NIGHTS IN RODANTE, which pairs Richard Gere and Diane Lane for the third time on screen, placed second pulling in a solid 13.6 mill in business. A few other box-office items of interest: Spike Lee’s WW2 drama, MIRACLE ON ST ANNA, opened to weak reviews which pretty much solidified its fate as a 2hour and 40 minute bomb, grossing an anemic 3.5 mill in ticket-sales. It placed 9th. The Christian based film, FIREPROOF, starring born-again Kirk Cameron grossed a very healthy 6.5 mill on a budget of just 500,000. This film was heavily promoted on the CBN network where Cameron has a Christian themed hellfire program called Way of the Master. It placed 4th. Here’s a LOOK at the weekend TOP TEN

September 29, 2008 Posted by | Reviews | Leave a Comment

TINA FEY returns once again to SNL in hilarious MUST see PALIN–COURIC skit!

Amy Poehler plays Katie Couric. With the chance Palin could be our Vice-President, this skit is both funny and frightening at the same time! Check it out!

September 29, 2008 Posted by | Reviews | | Leave a Comment

ER kills off MAIN character!

After much speculation, Miki Pfeiffer’s Dr Pratt character was killed off in the season premier of ER on Thursday night. It wasn’t very surprising since it’s been pretty widely known after being reported at the end of last year. What was surprising was the way he meet his demise. Last season’s cliffhanger had Pratt riding in the back of an ambulance that had exploded, when a group of mobsters carried out a hit on a mob informant, played by guest star Steve Busemi. It didn’t look good for either one of them. Well, when this new season opened, Pratt had survived appearing pretty much intact, but we slowly start to realize he has a neck hematoma that is causing him to slowly bleed out. As the grueling hour passes, despite a gallant effort his fellow colleagues are unable to save him, and he passes away on the operating table.

As a fan of the show from the beginning it was a compelling but really sad piece of television to view. As for Pfeiffer, he had asked to be taken out as he wants to pursue other avenues at this stage in his career, including directing. He had been on the program for eight seasons. His first episode was ORION IN THE SKY, a classic piece of TV which happened to be Dr Mark Green’s (Anthony Edwards) last day in the ER before he was killed off. Pfeiffer brought a lot to the long running show, and his character was a terrific role model for inner city kids. I’ll miss him in this fifteenth and final season for this TV institution. Here’s a LOOK at his final moments in case you missed it!

September 29, 2008 Posted by | Reviews | , , | Leave a Comment

   

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