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Redbox Still Exists & Their Top 15 Most Rented Films Aren’t Great

Charles Barfield — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 16:59:42 +0000

Remember when, for like a solid minute, Redbox was the best way to rent movies? Sandwiched between the fall of Blockbuster (RIP) and the rise to digital streaming, everyone was going to their local grocery store or gas station to rent the latest and greatest movies. While they’re not as ubiquitous as they once were, Redbox is still alive and well renting movies to those that…don’t use computers? And now, they’ve released what is their Top 15 most-rented films of all time.

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Weekend Box Office: Filmgoers Request Pinch Of ‘Salt’ But Plate Of ‘Inception’

Gabe Toro — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0000

By and large, studios have somewhat agreed to play nice during the major moviegoing periods of the year, agreeing to space out their major releases so that each studio can have their own weekend to themselves, with the other majors and mini-majors offering only smaller counter-programming. As a result, Sony had no real competition opening this weekend against their action thriller “Salt” and it was reflected in a solid opening frame that firmed up Angelina Jolie’s rep as one of Hollywood’s more versatile stars.

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Box Office: ‘Eclipse’ Strong, But Not Nearly As Brawny As Taylor Lautner’s Publicist Thinks He Is

Kimber Myers — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:00:00 +0000

Comic book nerds can rest easy, at least for now: “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” didn’t topple “Spider-Man 2″‘s Independence Day record weekend of $88 million. But those hoping for the Summit release to be anything less than a box-office behemoth had better get out their stakes: the supernatural soap swindled teens (and their moms) out of $69 million, just from Friday through today, bringing its total to a beefy $161 million. Even though it boasts a record-breaking 4,468-screen opening, the per-site average is still a healthy $15,443.

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In Theaters: ‘Knight & Day,’ ‘Grown Ups,’ ‘Dogtooth’

Hunter McClamrock — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:54:00 +0000

No sequels or reboots this week, just two star vehicles from very reliable box-office draws: Tom Cruise and Adam Sandler. The two stars might not have a whole lot in common, but when they appear in the context of their more comfortable genres (action/comedy for Cruise and broad manchild comedy for Sandler) they usually can’t fail. They are both also notable for taking major risks outside of their comfort zones (both have worked with P.T.

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Review: ‘Grown Ups’ Is Adam Sandler’s Mentally-Challenged Version Of ‘The Big Chill’

Gabe Toro — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:19:00 +0000

We’d like to be eloquent and dance around this, but an intervention has to happen. This Adam Sandler thing was cute when it started, then became mildly tolerable, devolving into a disaster in front of our very eyes, one that a collection of glazed-over eyeballs nationwide have sworn by. Fame seems to strike all popular comedians to the point where their intentions sometimes go beyond “having a laugh” into trying to send “important messages” to their audience and/or ego trip paychecks for transparently subpar work, and it’s now hit the beloved village idiot responsible for jackass touchstones like “Happy Gilmore.”

But make no mistake about it, while some comedic legends were forced into these positions, Sandler is nothing if not self-made.

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‘Knight & Day’ To Hit Theaters Two Days Early On June 23

Edward Davis — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:14:00 +0000

Looking forward to seeing Tom Cruise go a little crazy, a little early? His new action comedy, “Knight & Day,” directed by James Mangold (“Walk the Line”), co-starring Cameron Diaz with appearances by Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Dano, Viola Davis and Maggie Grace is hitting theaters two days early now — midweek on June 23 (a Wednesday) instead of the regular June 25, Friday/weekend-begins date.

The idea of Cruise sending-up his insane, Oprah-on-the-couch character is an amazing one.

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Another Look At ‘Alice In Wonderland,’ Clifton Collins Jr. Joins ‘The Experiment,’ ‘Inglourious Basterds’ To Appear At UFC 100

Simon Dang — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:21:00 +0000

Another look at Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland” featured in this month’s Vanity Fair magazine with further glimpses at Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Mia Wasikowska as Alice and Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen. [Planeta Disney]

Clifton Collins Jr. is set to join the cast of “The Experiment,” a remake of German film “Das Experiment” about a psychological experiment gone wrong. Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Cam Gigandet and Elijah Wood are all already on board.

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