Freshly Popped Movie Blog Archives - May 2007

May 2007 Archive

How to Promote an Indie

By: Chuck Walton on May 29, 2007 at 7:02PM Comments (1)

Fox Searchlight had the right idea for their upcoming Day Watch (a sequel to Night Watch, the highest-grossing Russian film ever, and the second in a trilogy that's best described as Star Wars meets The Matrix meets Underworld meets Dostoyevsky). Usually, a Hollywood press screening is just that. Your friends back home think, oooh, you got to see the stars at the premiere, right? Nah,...

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Who's Buying for Pirates 3?

By: Chuck Walton on May 22, 2007 at 7:47PM Comments (11)

So we saw Pirates 3 last night, but per the studio's request, we can't really say too much about it until Thursday. I will say, though, that if you loved all the action spectacle, intricate plotting, and of course, the eternally engaging Captain Jack Sparrow (even a slight wink from Johnny Depp's rascally bandit is good for a laugh), you're about to get your full 2 hours and 45...

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What's Up with Johnny Depp?

By: Chuck Walton on May 13, 2007 at 7:51PM Comments (16)

There aren't many true movie stars left. Back in the '80s, it was all about the star. You saw Top Gun to see Tom Cruise. You saw Beverly Hills Cop to see Eddie. And you went to see Raiders of the Lost Ark because Harrison Ford was a literal living action figure. Now, no more. Kids are savvy and they're fickle. They don't usually need movie role models as much as 70-story virtual...

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Last Word on Spidey

By: Chuck Walton on May 7, 2007 at 1:29AM Comments (14)

There’s a reason they call him amazing. Spider-Man 3 broke every record in the book. It was the biggest opening weekend of all time ($148 million). It was the biggest Friday ($59.3 million), Saturday ($51 million) and Sunday ($37.7 million estimated) ever. It made $230.5 million overseas, raking in $378.5 million so far, and it hasn’t even been out one week. On the Fandango front, it...

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