Sidewalk Showdown
Hollywood Elsewhere —
... with the following sentence: "Michael Mann's Public Enemies is "a grave and beautiful work of art ." Gleiberman didn't end up writing the EW review -- Lisa Scharzbaum did giving it a B-minus.
Will Public Enemies Be Just Another Hollow Michael Mann Movie? [Ruminations]
Gawker —
... There are whiffs of that sentiment coming off the reviews. Lisa Schwarzbaum at Entertainment Weekly says "Public Enemies re-creates clothes, but doesn't fully fashion the man who wore them." Which reads to us like the film is just another feat of stylish camerawork and deftly-applied new technologies (Enemies was filmed entirely in HD, for example). Schwarzbaum sends the film to critical no man's land by giving it a listless B-. What are we to do with a B minus? ...
Will Public Enemies Be Just Another Hollow Michael Mann Movie?
Gawker: defamer —
... There are whiffs of that sentiment coming off the reviews. Lisa Schwarzbaum at Entertainment Weekly says "Public Enemies re-creates clothes, but doesn't fully fashion the man who wore them." Which reads to us like the film is just another feat of stylish camerawork and deftly-applied new technologies (Enemies was filmed entirely in HD, for example). Schwarzbaum sends the film to critical no man's land by giving it a listless B-. What are we to do with a B minus? ...
Box Office Preview: 'Ice Age 3' and 'Transformers 2' wage holiday weekend war
Hollywood Insider —
... that children love them some dinosaurs -- even if it's impossible that dinosaurs were ever around during the ice age. Critics haven't been kind, but with the past two Ice Age films grossing $176 million and $195 million, audiences will come out regardless. (Ticket buyers already plunked down $13.8 million on Wednesday, Ice Age 3 's opening day.) After all, parents need somewhere to take their kids. Oh, and that little squirrel Scat and his acorn adventures are pretty cute. 3. Public Enemies -- $25 million Johnny Depp as bank robber John Dillinger, on the run from ...
Trailer Park: “Public Enemies” And “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”
The Frisky —
... ) spent years trying to bring Dillinger to justice. The making of public enemies (including Bonnie and Clyde and Ma Barker) and development of “ethically elastic law-enforcement procedures” changed the FBI into what it is today. [ Entertainment Weekly ] The Hitch: Holy girl boner! Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in the same movie!? Sadly, the two don’t share much screen time, but apparently both of their favorite scenes was the re-created 1934 FBI raid at the Little Bohemia Lodge in Wisconsin where Dillinger and his gang magically escaped the Feds. But just cause we won’t ...
Box Office Preview: Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Bruno' eyes a big weekend win
Hollywood Insider —
... : $19 million While we won't dwell on what it says about our society that Transformers 2 is the second fastest movie ever to hit the $300 million milestone (behind the beloved The Dark Knight ) we will say that that is quite an achievement. But now it's time for the film to start dropping off, and Bruno is just the movie to knock it from its perch. Still, expect a 55 percent hold: Some guys just can't get enough of Megan Fox and transforming robots. 4. Public Enemies : $13 million Johnny Depp's John Dillinger flick bowed to a respectable $25 million. And its mid-week ...
Bruno tops the Box Office w/ 14.2 mil on Friday
Oh No They Didn't! —
... Age movie, which consumed $8.7 million on Friday while evolving past the $100 million mark. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dropped 58% in its third week for a gross of $7.6 million. While that steep of a drop would spell trouble for most movies, Transformers has already tallied $323 million in the U.S. (not to mention more than $330 million overseas), so we doubt Paramount is shedding any tears. In fourth and fifth place were Public Enemies and The Proposal, which picked up $4.3 million and $3.5 million, ...
Box Office Report: 'Bruno' ist No. 1 with $30.4 mil
Hollywood Insider —
... smashed up $24.2 million in its third weekend, bringing its total to $339.2 million. Transformers 3 will be here before you know it. Public Enemies (No. 4 with $14.1 million) and ...





