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[Expendable.]

What!!!! Tropa Elite 2 is old, I saw it months ago WTF? can someone explain me why is it out until november?

Read what I wrote

It isn't coming to US theaters (what the list is based on every month for two years) until this month.

 

[Robot 492]

My Week with Marilyn
The Muppets
A Dangerous Method
The Artist
Elite Squad 2
Tyrannosaur
Hugo
The Descendants
J. Edgar

I already saw and enjoyed Melancholia.
Oh, and then there are these movies that are just opening near me that I still want to check out - Martha Marcy May Marlene, Take Shelter, The Skin I Live In.

 

[nilbog21]

Although, its like 22.50$ to see a movie with my girlfriend lmfao what the fuck have we come to

 

[Expendable.]

Although, its like 22.50$ to see a movie with my girlfriend lmfao what the fuck have we come to

Average ticket prices actually just went down for the first time in forever - http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/average-movie-ticket-price-falls-below-8-32371

 

[Kraftwerk]

The Artist

Into the Abyss

Edgar

These are the ones I will go watch 100%. The rest, who knows? Some are intriguing.

 

[Blader]

J. Edgar, The Descendants, and Hugo

 

[midonnay]

London Boulevard is worth watching just for Anna Friel

Spoiler

in a slutty dress

:O

but yeah, abit of a mess

 

[Expendable.]

I hated it, but everyone else seems to love it and it is getting a limited one-week release on Nov. 23rd.

Oren Moverman's The Messenger follow-up Rampart starring Woody Harrelson

Also, for the love of god avoid The Son of No One. Limited release this week and it is just atrocious.

 

[faridmon]

Holy crap! Tyrannosaur and Melancholia have been out for a while in UK and I haven't even bothered to watch them. Damn it Expandable, you are either too early for reccomendation or late.

I'll see if I can watch Tyrannosaur in some Cinema, at least.

 

[Expendable.]

Holy crap! Tyrannosaur and Melancholia have been out for a while in UK and I haven't even bothered to watch them. Damn it Expandable, you are either too early for reccomendation or late.

I'll see if I can watch Tyrannosaur in some Cinema, at least.

I go by US releases, so although we saw Tyrannosaur 10 months ago at Sundance it is finally getting a limited release here. Same with Melancholia. Saw the Cannes premiere 5 months ago, but it is just now hitting US theaters.

A lot of the independent films take quite some time to finally get releases.

 

[faridmon]

I go by US releases, so although we saw Tyrannosaur 10 months ago at Sundance it is finally getting a limited release here. Same with Melancholia. Saw the Cannes premiere 5 months ago, but it is just now hitting US theaters.

A lot of the independent films take quite some time to finally get releases.

Just a joke! But yeah, we either get some movies too damn early or too damn late. unless they are rubbish.

 

[Futureman]

Does the OP work for the Filmstage, or does someone just copy their article every month and post it on here??

 

[Expendable.]

Does the OP work for the Filmstage, or does someone just copy their article every month and post it on here??

I'm the CEO/Editor-in-Chief of The Film Stage and glad to share the article here every month in its entirety for further discussion.

 

[The Interrobanger]

Does the OP work for the Filmstage, or does someone just copy their article every month and post it on here??

Every thread Plainview/Expendable makes has at least 1 FilmStage link in it. Clicks = Money.

 

[andycapps]

I'm not sure I'll even have time to see any of them in the theater, but I'm interested in seeing The Elite Squad, The Descendants, and My Week with Marilyn.

 

[Expendable.]

Every thread Plainview/Expendable makes has at least 1 FilmStage link in it. Clicks = Money.

I've removed all trailer links from now on here and the rest of my post in threads are original content and/or alternatives to official trailer links. Huzzah!

 

[overcast]

Harold and Kumar (You've seen it Expendable?). First one was a classic, and the 2nd was also hilarious.
The Descendants. Looks pretty damn good, love Clooney and loved Sideways. So this right up my alley.

Other than that nothing, really disappointed in those Dangerous Method reviews. Not so sure about Hugo.

 

[Expendable.]

Harold and Kumar (You've seen it Expendable?). First one was a classic, and the 2nd was also hilarious.

Yeah, it is extremely dumb as expected but I laughed a good amount. It wasn't really the big gags that got me, more about some of the banter and small delivery.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Saw HaK3 last night. Very funny.

Spoiler

Great penis scene.

 

[Discotheque]

i'm gonna get high and watch Hugo, I hope there's no little kids and parents in the theater.

 

[AbsoluteZero]

Saw this at a local movie theater today:

I had forgotten about this film.

 

[Platy]

I just want to say that calling Elite Squad an "Action Movie" may give the wrong impression here ... but then again, if you are going to see this you probably saw the first and know that most of the movie is plot, not blowing up stuff =P

 

[overcast]

Yeah, it is extremely dumb as expected but I laughed a good amount. It wasn't really the big gags that got me, more about some of the banter and small delivery.

That sounds like Harold and Kumar, good to know.

 

[Krev]

I'll likely see the top 9.

 

[Expendable.]

Early Rottenwatch

See:

My Week with Marilyn - 64%
A Dangerous Method - 81%
The Artist - 94%
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within - 100%
Tyrannosaur - 90%
Melancholia - 82%
Into the Abyss - 100%
The Descendants - 89%

Matinee:

Tower Heist - 67%
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas 3D - 65%
London Boulevard - 30%

 

[Fallout-NL]

Average ticket prices actually just went down for the first time in forever - http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/average-movie-ticket-price-falls-below-8-32371

8 bucks huh?

I was paying 12 all over the States when I was there this summer.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

Disappointed the movie called Tyrannosaur with 90% is not about dinosaurs.

 

[Expendable.]

8 bucks huh?

I was paying 12 all over the States when I was there this summer.

Yeah, I don't really see the effect here in NYC. Most regular films are $13-14 and you are talking $18 or so for 3D.

 

[Johnlenham]

Disappointed the movie called Tyrannosaur with 90% is not about dinosaurs.

Aha.

Yeah I have a love hate relationship with these threads.
Love because I find out about films I would never have seen (like Drive)

Hate because being in the UK we never ever ever ever seem to match up date wise so I see stuff thats been out for four months or stuff that not out for another three sometimes!

I plan to see The Rum Diarys (out today) Imortals and probably a few others ive not decided on.

 

[Fallout-NL]

Yeah, I don't really see the effect here in NYC. Most regular films are $13-14 and you are talking $18 or so for 3D.

Yeah, makes you wonder where they're getting this kind of average from.

 

[distantmantra]

The Skin I Live In and 3 both start in Seattle today. Seeing Skin tonight and hopefully 3 on Sunday.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

The Skin I Live In and 3 both start in Seattle today. Seeing Skin tonight and hopefully 3 on Sunday.

I might be at Skin tonight, too.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I heard Melancholia starts out good but then fizzles out. Any truth to that?

 

[distantmantra]

I might be at Skin tonight, too.

Wife and I are going to the 4:35 matinee today at the Egyptian. I love Almodovar soooo much, but she's been having a tough time handling brutal violence since getting pregnant. Hopefully the film isn't too much for her.

 

[Expendable.]

The Skin I Live In and 3 both start in Seattle today. Seeing Skin tonight and hopefully 3 on Sunday.

Ah, The Skin I Live In is so freaking good. Need to see Tywker's 3 even thought I haven't heard the best of things.

 

[CyReN]

J. Edgar not in Top 10?..

 

[TrumanBurbank]

Any word on whether Immortals is any good? Haven't seen any buzz for it...good or bad.

 

[distantmantra]

J. Edgar not in Top 10?..

Another Eastwood Oscar-grab film not making the top 10?

[sarcasm]Shocking.[/sarcasm]

 

[Expendable.]

I heard Melancholia starts out good but then fizzles out. Any truth to that?

I felt the exact opposite. I was pretty unengaged the first hour then it really picks up and I ended up kind of loving it.

It MUST be seen in a theater though to have the same effect, can't imagine watching it on VOD.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

I heard Melancholia starts out good but then fizzles out. Any truth to that?

I felt it was the opposite: beginnings are slow, a bit off-putting. Second half knocks it out of the park.

Wife and I are going to the 4:35 matinee today at the Egyptian. I love Almodovar soooo much, but she's been having a tough time handling brutal violence since getting pregnant. Hopefully the film isn't too much for her.

Hm, maybe I'll actually get myself over there for the matinee! Surprisingly, this is going to be my first Almodovar in a theater.

 

[TheKaeptain]

GAF should have more hype for The Muppets. Aren't you people children of the 80s?

I'm pumped about it.

 

[distantmantra]

Surprisingly, this is going to be my first Almodovar in a theater.

My first Almodovar in the theater was All About My Mother back in 1999. Caught every single one (either at the Harvard Exit or Egyptian) since then.

 

[drkOne]

I've been meaning to ask this for some months already...
Do you have an up to date RSS feed for your site? Would love to subscribe.

 

[Expendable.]

Any word on whether Immortals is any good? Haven't seen any buzz for it...good or bad.

I've heard it is completely middle-of-the-road. Not good, not bad. Then again, I wonder if people are just expecting 300 as it is selling. But very little press screenings isn't always a good sign.

I've been meaning to ask this for some months already...
Do you have an up to date RSS feed for your site? Would love to subscribe.

Nice! RSS Feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/thefilmstage

J. Edgar not in Top 10?..

Yeah, and even less excited after last night's reviews.

 

[Blader]

I'm not totally psyched about J. Edgar, but at the very least Leo's performance has been very well-received. Going to a screening on Monday, so even if it's awful at least I won't be out any money for it. :lol

 

[Expendable.]

1st BO:

Weak Box Office: ‘Harold & Kumar’ Franchise Best $550K Midnights, ‘Tower Heist’ $85K

FRIDAY AM: Hollywood studios are worried that the recent box office slump in North America will hurt what is supposed to be a big weekend kicking off the holiday movie season. Already executives are looking for less. Insiders tell me that Universal’s Tower Heist opened with $85K in midnight shows. What was once thought a sure-thing $35+M first weekend is now projected around $30M for the R-rated action comedy directed by Brett Ratner and starring Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller. But any double-digit number with a ’3′ in front of it is reason to celebrate in these days of lowered expectations as young males generally keep away from multiplexes since August. ”Tower Heist looks good. Got big break when Puss In Boots moved up,” a source tells me about the Oceans Eleven-style heist movie intended to appeal more to adults. DreamWorks Animation’s Puss In Boots distributed by Paramount will have very good hold off last Friday’s/Saturday’s snowstorm and funky Halloween weekend with a $25M outcome for #2. New Line/Warner Bros’ low-budget A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas debuted after midnight in 1,000 locations for $550K which is a franchise best. It opens wide today in 2,875 runs with 2,943 3D screens and expectations are for a $19M finish which, again, is a gift in these soft attendance times. No other pic even cracks $7M this weekend.

 

[lethial]

Just The Immortals for me. Everything else looks like shit.

 

[drkOne]

Nice! RSS Feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/thefilmstage

Awesome! Thank you

 

[distantmantra]

The Skin I Live In was fantastic. Even though it's based on a novel, it very much felt like an Almodovar creation.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

The Skin I Live In was fantastic. Even though it's based on a novel, it very much felt like an Almodovar creation.

I was somewhat disappointed with it. Hard for me to explain, but even though it felt like an Almodovar film structurally and visually, the tone was so distinctly against what I generally come to expect from him that it nearly lost me a few times. There was so little warmth and emotion of his latter work, and the wry, outlandish humor from his earlier period seemed to be warped into something more perverse and salacious -- which, I suppose, was the intent, but it was still off-putting to me.

Not a bad movie at all, just substantially different than what I had hoped for.