| $ | 55.6M | Marvel's The Avengers |
| $ | 25.5M | Battleship |
| $ | 17.4M | The Dictator |
| $ | 12.5M | Dark Shadows |
| $ | 10.5M | What to Expect When You're Expecting |
| As of May 21, 2012 | ||
An office worker has been fired for her whistle, distracting nice boobs, figure and look at that...Maria Menounos gained 6 pounds on Dancing with the Has Beens. Kristen Stewart is number 15 on Maxim's 100 Hot List. I wonder how her acting ranks on the S*it List? These days Hugh Hefner spends more time in the kitchen than in the bedroom. John Mayer regrets dissing Jessica Simpson and Jen Aniston in interviews. We just regret John Mayer. Is Bar Rafaeli the hottest woman in the world? Dude, your girlfriend is the hottest woman in the world and don't you ever forget it! Justin Bieber is dating high school students? Man guys at that age are so impressionable. Kate Gosselin says she and Jon have made peace. Awww, that's special. Once their fame ran out they stopped cheating. That's really sweet. Why does Kelly Clarkson lose weight when she's only going to put it back on? Heidi Klum felt more special as a blond. Ah, the world's most profound questions answered as only a super model can.
A man has broken the world record for fist pumping by pumping for 17 hours. My god what an achievement, but we are overlooking how raw his penis must be. The President of Yahoo has been forced to resign because he made an inflated claim on his resume. Meanwhile, in other news, Barak Obama ate dog. Robert Pattinson is 27 going on 17, good for you RSchmuck, I mean RPutz. Are Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer an item again? Is Jessica Simpson's body still a wonderland? Yes, it's just we are wondering why her territory doubled in size. Is Jay-Z acting like a wild bachelor on the prowl? With a name like Jay-Z I don't think any of us really care. Drake is romancing two cougars? Man, dude's a zookeeper. Does Casper Smart enjoy his five minutes of fame? Is that all he lasts for? Lightweight. Rihanna was recently hospitalized for too much partying. It's ok though, let's keep the focus on Lindsay Lohan, she's white after all. Christina Aguilera is quitting The Voice. John Travolta is not gay, he just like's dudes.
Mariah and Nick renew their vows in Paris? I bet he showed her the Eiffel Tower. Truth be told, it might have been more like the leaning tower of Pisa. Gwyneth Paltrow has post partum depression. Me too, but it has been quite a while since I was in the womb. Kim K and Lindsay Lohan will attend the White House Correspondent's Dinner. I guess they wanted to see who has the best lines, and I'm not talking about comedy. Jessica Simpson has a baby shower? What is it like 2 feet tall and a tiny water head? Weirdo. Ellen DeGeneres is a Vegan? I thought she ate meat every night! Jenny McCarthy loves Botox. She loves silicon too. Richard Simmons has flammable shorts. Molly Ringwald drinks Kristen Stewart's blood. But alas it's not that time of the month yet. Want to see Taylor Lautner pics? Then go see Breaking Dawn Part 2. Lisa Rinna does advertisements for adult diapers. That's a coincidence because the first time I saw her naked I shit my pants!
Katy Perry dyes her hair purple. That's quite a change from the pink it was last week. Kelsey Grammar has proven you are never too old to get a tattoo or a Viagra prescription. Nicole Kidman does not mind being naked. Trust me when I tell you we don't mind either. Ashton Kutcher is having "intercourse" with Mila Kunis. One more time for those of you from Port Saint Lucie Florida, that's "intercourse". Who's is bigger Angelina's or Jennifer's? What are we talking about? Just ask Brad Pitt, he'll tell you! Seal has a new girlfriend and her name is whatshernameIdon'tcare. Will Pippa Middleton face arrest? Will switching to Progressive really give you better discounts? Taylor Armstrong is "so not ready to date yet". Wait, I don't speak moron, does that mean she wants to date or not? Bow Wow is no longer a wanted man but that doesn't answer the question who let the dogs out?
J-Lo bought Casper Smart a truck for his birthday. Hey, we already know where he likes to park it! Lamar Odom you are fired! Thanks for playing, next time leave the 500lb gorilla at home. Yeah, we are talking to you Kardashian. NBC's Rock Center has coverage more lopsided than Brian Williams' face. Miley Cyrus is not anorexic, she just eats lots of laxatives, get it? LOL? Ann Hathaway's hair is so short she looks like Jerry Seinfeld and there is nothing funny about that. Jennifer Hudson will appear at a murder trial. As a witness or as a defendant? Ah who keeps up with the Kardashians anyway. Khloe Kardashian says Lamar Odom deserved better from the Mavericks. Khloe, try running your fat ass up a basketball court and then you can talk. Is Lindsay Lohan guilty of assault? Only because she attacked my heart. Awwwww. Mila Kunis or Kate Upton? It depends, which one did Justin Timberlake already date? After being arrested for a DUI Amanda Bynes went back to her hotel bar. Maybe it's time she went back to acting because she sure plays a dumbass great in real life.
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Disney’s A Christmas Carol should have remained Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Once a treasured didactic novel, A Christmas Carol has fallen victim to Hollywood's urge to tarnish the influence books have to nourish one’s intellect and imagination. It has been metamorphosed into an IMAX 3D production. However much this bothers me, I still must give Disney’s marketing executives credit for forestalling A Christmas Carol’s Blu-ray and DVD release until this holiday season (nearly one year later) to maximize the film's sales.
A Christmas Carol is a Dicken’s story about the joy of the most wonderful holiday of the year (Chanukah, Christmas or Kwanzaa, pick your holiday). It is a morality tale about family, love, friends, and how to treat one’s fellow man. Ebeneezer Scrooge was once a kind child and a as a young man he became devoted husband. Having been poverty-stricken for much of his youth, when financial opportunity called he answered. This sudden financial turnaround molded his innocent persona into that of a frightened old miser terrified of losing his vast fortune and returning to degradation. This led to parsimony and cruelty and eventually he lost his true love. For Decades Ebeneezer retreated from the public sphere to earn a considerable fortune. Dickens writes about Scrooge’s inability to give to charity or even to pay his own assistant a decent wage to support his ailing family. Years of neglect after his wife’s passing and being emotionally detached from people’s lives stunted Scrooge’s ability to move forward or to grow as a person.
One Christmas Eve he is haunted by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. So harrowing is what Scrooge sees of his potential future that he is both scared to death of the outcome and mortified at witnessing his own cruelty. After being scared for an hour and a half by ghosts who look like and speak like Jim Carrey, Scrooge decides to change his lifestyle at any cost. Any cost indeed!
Once awoken from the perilous dreams or haunting, Scrooge decides to attend his nephew’s Christmas party and offers to pay for their next gathering despite their obvious discomfort at his presence. He also makes a massive donation to charity. Perhaps most fascinating is Scrooge’s decision to help his assistant’s crippled son financially so that he may live a happy and healthy life. These reversals are on paper didactic and stunning. On screen with Jim Carrey at the helm they changes are hyperbolized, predictable and lose their essence. Take any 200 plus page book and rewrite it for the screen and not only is the brilliance of the printed word lost, the soul of the author is as well. In my experience 1/10 books turned into a movie do justice to their writer. Unfortunately Dickens would not only condemn this pile of refuse, he would say the 3D effects distract from its intent.
What can I write about Jim Carrey (and get away with)? For starters he is a washed up over the hill actor who is always in hyperdrive. He routinely makes a mockery of everything he touches. Rather than evolving comedically, he has chosen to amplify the tired shtick and has augmented the decibel level of every word he speaks. While this might still play in the adolescent age demographic, in the adult world it is simply obnoxious. Choosing to model several animated characters after him was clearly a mistake. The film is more frightening than it is moralistic.
A Christmas Carol is one of the most appalling 3D movies in the history of the enhancement. It should be renamed A Christmas Nightmare. Do not be suckered in because this superficially appears to be a fun film for the whole family to enjoy, it is not. The only reason for its limited success is it is a holiday oriented film. Rent It’s A Wonderful Life instead, or any other charming and heartwarming feature film.
Jonathan Jacobs
Member FFCC
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