The Possession MOVIE REVIEW

Good performances help make this PG-13 horror movie watchable, but it is still missing something to make it anything special.

Lincoln MOVIE TRAILER

LINCOLN is in limited theaters November 9th, 2012 and is nationwide November 16, 2012
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, John Hawkes, Jared Harris, Tim Blake Nelson, David Strathairn, Jeremy Strong, Bruce McGill, Lee Pace, Jackie Earle Haley, Joseph Cross
Director: Steven Spielberg


What do I think?? This movie has everything to be a great movie; the director, the cast, a historical figure.  But something about this trailer doesn't have me jumping out of my seat to run and see it.  I'm definitely seeing this either way, but hopefully a second trailer can make me want to see it opening day.

BOX OFFICE REPORT: "The Possession" Tops Worst Box Office in Over a Decade

"The Possession" occupied the top spot at a nearly comatose box office.

The fright flick with Kyra Sedgwick and Jeffrey Dean Morgan playing the parents of a girl possessed by a demon earned $9.5 million in its second outing, the lowest grossing weekend for the box office this year and one of the worst weekends at the box office in a decade. It marked the first time since 2008 that no film managed to crack the $10 million mark.

The weekend after Labor Day is typically the slowest of the year, but this weekend's grosses were down 20 percent over last year when "Contagion" opened in first place with $22.4 million. Total box office revenues are estimated at $67 million, which would make this the worst weekend at the box office since the weekend after 9/11 when revenues were $59.7 million.

"There just wasn't a strong opener," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. "We came off a summer that ended with a whimper. There wasn't any momentum. It just comes down to the movies and the marketplace. There's wasn't some extraneous force keeping people out of the theaters. This crop of movies just didn't have that solid draw."

The bootlegging tale "Lawless" starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy and Jessica Chastain kept a lock on the No. 2 position in its second weekend with $6 million, bringing its total haul to $23.5 million, while "The Words" featuring Bradley Cooper as an aspiring writer and Zoe Saldana as his girlfriend debuted in third place with $5 million.

A pair of action sequels rounded out the top five films. The ensemble flick "The Expendables 2" earned $4.7 million in its fourth weekend, while "The Bourne Legacy" captured $4 million in its fifth outing at the box office. "Expendables 2" also won $14 million internationally in 23 territories, and "Bourne Legacy" nabbed $13 million in 49 territories.

"2016: Obama's America," a conservative film exploring the roots of President Barack Obama's political views, raised its total to $26 million in its ninth week of release, earning another $3.3 million this weekend. That now makes "2016" the second highest grossing political documentary of all time behind director Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," which holds the top spot with  $119.1 million.

"The Cold Light of Day," the weekend's only other new major release, wasn't able to see the light of the top 10. The drama starring Henry Cavill and Bruce Willis earned just $1.8 million in the No. 13 spot.

Below "The Cold Light of Day," an IMAX re-release of 1981's "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" collected $1.7 million in the No. 14 position. The film starring Harrison Ford as the iconic archaeologist is playing a limited engagement in 267 theaters.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.


Updated Monday Numbers

1. The Possession — $9.32M
2. Lawless — $6.01M
3. The Expendables 2 — $4.95M
4. The Words — $4.75M
5. ParaNorman — $4.2M
6. The Bourne Legacy — $3.97M
7. The Odd Life of Timothy Green — $3.65M
8. The Campaign — $3.38M
9. 2016: Obama’s America — $3.28M
10. The Dark Knight Rises — $3.22M 

Source: TooFab

The Raid: Redemption MOVIE REVIEW

The great fight sequences has me putting this one with the likes some of the best martial arts movies ever made.

Premium Rush MOVIE REVIEW

It's a simple concept, but this movie is original and is more fun than the majority of the summer blockbusters this year.

BOX OFFICE REPORT: 'The Possession' Takes Hold, 'Oogieloves' Bomb Big Time

The Labor Day weekend is not usually all that busy at multiplexes and this year it was no different. That being said, the Sam Raimi-produced horror flick The Possession still managed to drum up a decent debut all things considered, pulling in $17 million and proving that exorcism flicks still have significant appeal. John Hillcoat’s Lawless, however, was not quite as lucky, earning just $9 million ($11 million if you count Wednesday and Thursday) despite a solid cast. It was still enough to stay ahead of The Expendables 2, which fell to third, while The Bourne Legacy and ParaNorman rounded out the top 5. As for Oogieloves In The Big Balloon Adventure, it broke the record for worst opening ever for a movie in wide release (which was previously held by Delgo). Not a huge surprise considering that many of us hadn’t even heard of it prior to this weekend, but apparently their target audience didn’t know it existed either.

1. The Possession — $17.7M
2. Lawless — $9.67M
3. The Expendables 2 — $8.8M
4. The Bourne Legacy — $7.25M
5. ParaNorman — $6.55M
6. The Odd Life of Timothy Green — $6.1M
7. The Dark Knight Rises — $5.88M
8. The Campaign — $5.45M
9. 2016: Obama’s America — $5.1M
10. Hope Springs — $4.7M

Source: BoxOfficeMojo

Lawless MOVIE REVIEW

An amazing cast along with a great villain help make this film one of the best dramas of the year.

"The Hobbit 3" Gets Title and Release Date

Warner Bros and director Peter Jackson recently revealed that they will turn "The Hobbit" in a trilogy, which means that a third film will be added. Now comes word that it's set for a July 18th, 2014 release.

The studio also swapped some titles around. The first film is still called "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and is still set for December 14th. The sequel is now called "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" and will hit theaters on December 13th, 2013. The third film is called "The Hobbit: There and Back Again," which was the title of the second installment.

Looking at the release dates, the second film will come an entire year after the first film. But the third installment will come only seven months after the second one. "We wanted to have a shorter gap between the second and third films," said Warners. "Opening in July affords us not only the perfect summer tentpole, but fans will have less time to wait for the finale of this epic adventure."

Source: WorstPreviews