http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:56:31 -0700 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:59:41 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Box-Office-Report--November-2022?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner  According to boxofficemojo.com, the estimated top earner for this past weekend, to no one’s surprise, was The Twilight Saga: The New Moon with a huge $140.7 million haul. After breaking records for midnight screenings and one-day gross, N... Twilight Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:59:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Box-Office-Report--November-2022?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Review-The-Twilight-Saga-New-Moon?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner  With all of the hype and hate out there for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, it can almost be difficult to merely sit back and judge whether or not the darn thing is any good without it seeming like a political stance. There are fans eating up ever... Review Twilight Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:07:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Review-The-Twilight-Saga-New-Moon?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Reviews--Precious--The-Blind-Side?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner The absolute favorite to win the Oscar for Best Picture in a few months,Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire is worth all the hype, controversy and acclaim. Directed by Lee Daniels and with a script by Geoffrey Fletcher, the mo... Review Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:47:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Reviews--Precious--The-Blind-Side?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Review--The-House-of-the-Devil?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner One of the great American horror films of the decade, Ti West’s The House of the Devil is a gripping, frightening and fun throwback to the spooky movies of the 1980s. Jocelin Donahue is Samantha, a college girl with a dorm-mate from hell. Wande... Review Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:25:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Review--The-House-of-the-Devil?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d18-The-Wednesday-10--The-Top-10-Best-Box-Office-Bombs-of-the-Decade?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner Continuing the look back on this past decade’s film scene, this week is a spotlight of the films that companies dished out plenty of cash for but saw little in returns. Plenty of big name filmmakers, many of which followed up these financial fa... Wednesday 10 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:30:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d18-The-Wednesday-10--The-Top-10-Best-Box-Office-Bombs-of-the-Decade?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Trailer-Tuesday?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner     Trailer Tuesday is a weekly collection of all the past week’s trailers, from Hollywood to the art-house.    Date Night  Considering the comic talent on screen (Tina Fey, Steve Carell, James Franco and an always ... Features Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:42:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Trailer-Tuesday?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Whats-happening-on-screen-in-Seattle-this-week--November-16?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner City Lights: Arguably Charlie Chaplin’s finest work, with The Tramp doing all he can to win the love of a flower girl. (Landmark Metro, Wednesday @ 7pm & 9:10pm)   Big Trouble in Little China: Ancient Chinese mystics duke it out with a... Preview Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:31:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Whats-happening-on-screen-in-Seattle-this-week--November-16?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Box-Office-Report--November-1315?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner According to boxofficemojo.com, the disaster movie 2012 raked in the top spot this weekend with a massive $65 million. Though well below director Roland Emmerich’s 2004 outing The Day After Tomorrow’s opening ($85.8 million), it is an imp... News Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:45:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Box-Office-Report--November-1315?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Reviews--Pirate-Radio--2012?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner When can a film be plodding, with way too many characters, hackneyed direction and an annoying air of self-importance and still be entertaining? When it is Richard Curtis’ Pirate Radio.    Originally titled The Boat That Rocked in its... Review Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:31:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Reviews--Pirate-Radio--2012?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d11-The-Wednesday-10--The-Top-10-Directorial-Debuts-of-the-Decade?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner  One of the most exciting things to do when looking back at the decade that was is finding all the talented new people on the block. Oddly, many of the breakthrough names of the past ten years actually made their directorial debuts in the 90s, l... Wednesday 10 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:20:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d11-The-Wednesday-10--The-Top-10-Directorial-Debuts-of-the-Decade?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Trailer-Tuesday?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner   Trailer Tuesday is a collection of all the past week’s trailers, from Hollywood to the art-house.    A Single Man Now this is how to put a trailer together. Leave enough story out there, show off the talent (Colin Firth, Ju... Features Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:16:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Trailer-Tuesday?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Box-Office-Report--November-68?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner According to boxofficemojo.com, A Christmas Carol took the top spot in theaters this weekend with $31 million. With no other Christmas movie out for some time to come, the animated picture has room to keep a certain audience. However, Carol cost near... News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:49:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Box-Office-Report--November-68?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d6-Reviews--A-Christmas-Carol-The-Men-Who-Stare-at-Goats-The-Fourth-Kind--The-Box?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner   Going through the motions without any emotion whatsoever, Robert Zemeckis’ take on the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol adds not a single worthy element to the well-known tale, besides a bunch of goofy looking characters an... Review Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:42:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d6-Reviews--A-Christmas-Carol-The-Men-Who-Stare-at-Goats-The-Fourth-Kind--The-Box?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Reviews--An-Education--The-Horse-Boy?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner  Based on Lynn Barber’s memoir, An Education is a sweeping piece of cinematic filmmaking, with its roots in smart directing (Lone Scherfig), stellar writing (novelist Nick Hornby) and damn fine acting by a cast that is deep and wonderful.&... Review Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:00:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Reviews--An-Education--The-Horse-Boy?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d4-The-Wednesday-10--The-Top-10-Sequels-of-the-Decade?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner  As every decade has become, these past ten years were loaded with sequels. Whether based on books, television shows or Japanese horror movies, none of it mattered to Hollywood or even the indie crowds. If there were characters we liked once - a... Wednesday 10 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:33:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d4-The-Wednesday-10--The-Top-10-Sequels-of-the-Decade?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Trailer-Tuesday?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner   Trailer Tuesday is a weekly collection of all the past week’s trailers, from Hollywood to the art-house.    Avatar Forever in the making, the big-screen return of James Cameron is easily the most hyped film since The Dark K... Features Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:36:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Trailer-Tuesday?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Whats-happening-on-screen-in-Seattle-this-week--November-2?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Indy’s third outing, complete with more Nazis and papa Jones (Sean Connery). (Cinerama, Tuesday & Wednesday @ 8pm)   Rio Bravo: John Wayne, Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson united under the helm of Howar... Preview Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:44:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Whats-happening-on-screen-in-Seattle-this-week--November-2?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Box-Office-Report--October-30November-1?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner According to boxofficemojo.com, the Michael Jackson concert-film This Is It was the king of the weekend’s cinemas with a $21.3 million gross. Since its Wednesday release, the film has earned $32.5 million domestically. While this was well below... News Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:54:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Box-Office-Report--October-30November-1?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Review--Antichrist?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner   A woman (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and a man (Willem Dafoe) have sex in the shower. Lost in the throws of their passion, they fail to realize their young son escaping his from his crib. The child crawls to a windowsill, fascinated by the avalanch... Review Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:51:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Review--Antichrist?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d14-The-Wednesday-10--The-Top-10-Cult-Movies-of-the-Decade?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner Exactly what qualifies as a cult classic is a point of contention to many. Urban Dictionary describes it in a variety of ways. Including the concise, “A movie that is weird as f*ck.” Oddly, that source of love and mistakes Wikipedia may h... Wednesday 10 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:36:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1550-Seattle-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d28-The-Wednesday-10--The-Top-10-Cult-Movies-of-the-Decade?cid=exrss-Seattle-Movie-Examiner