REPO MEN AN AGGRESSIVELY RIDICULOUS THRILLER
Source: reuters.com
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The future looks awfully predictable (underscore “awfully”) in “Repo Men,” a blood-soaked, derivative and increasingly ridiculous sci-fi thriller in which Jude Law and Forest Whitaker play a pair of hotshot repossession agents who forcefully remove artificial organs from those who fall behind on their payments.
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Comprising reclaimed bits from “Blade Runner,” “A Clockwork Orange” and “Children of Men” and glibly served up with hyper Guy Ritchie attitude by first-time feature director Miguel Sapochnik, the resulting in-your-face mess never knows what it wants to be when it grows up.
Those identity issues are destined to take their toll when it comes to tracking down an audience after the Universal picture opens Friday.
When you think clinically violent, muscular, futuristic action vehicles, the nominally thoughtful likes of Law, Whitaker and Liev Schreiber don’t readily spring to mind, and that should pose a problem where a targeted young-male demo is concerned.
Based on the cautionary tale “Repossession Mambo” by Eric Garcia (“Matchstick Men”) and set in a near future where society’s quest for eternal youth has come with a price, “Repo Men” revolves around the daily activities of Law’s Remy and Forest’s Jake on behalf of their employer, an unscrupulous medical technology firm known as the Union.
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND WINS BOX OFFICE FOR SECOND STRAIGHT WEEKEND
Source:TV Guide.com
Everything is still wonderful in Wonderland: Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland topped the weekend box office for the second week in a row.
The Johnny Depp-fronted flick pulled in $62 million over the weekend, bringing its overall totals to $208.6 million domestically and $430 million worldwide. This also marks the highest gross ever for a Burton-Depp collaboration.
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IAN MCKELLEN CONFIRMS: THE HOBBIT BEGINS FILMING IN JULY
Source: scifiwire.com
[Updated: McKellen has updated his site to say that the movie now shoots in July, a month later than he originally said.]
Peter Jackson told us in December that production on The Hobbit would begin sometime this year, and now, thanks to one of its stars, we finally know when.
Sir Ian McKellen revealed on his official site that the start of filming for the Lord of the Rings prequel is only three months away
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Yay! I’m excited about the fact that The Hobbit is going to start filming! The Hobbit! No real surprises with Alice smashing the box office for a second week, I don’t think. And Repo Men … well, I can’t say it’s grabbing me.
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