Summer Movie Wrap-up
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Movie title, score (out of 10), box office info and liner notes…
X-Men III (6) - $446 million at the box office. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellan, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Kelsey Grammer, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. Available on DVD 10/3.
Mission: Impossible III (7) - $396 million. Starring: Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Keri Russell, Laurence Fishburne, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. HERE’S the story about Tom Cruise I mentioned.
The DaVinci Code (5.5) - $753 million. Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellan, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany, Alfred Molina. Buy the book HERE. - be sure to check out the illustrated version of the book. That’s the one I read and it made it soooo much better.
Poseidon (4) - $181 million. Sucked ass. I neglected to write a review. Just don’t bother.
Superman Returns (8) - $383 million. Starring: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Marlon Brando. Oh yeah, forgot to mention they re-created Marlon Brando as Jo-rel - amazing. Worth the rental. Less action, more story. But that’s a good thing and the action that’s there is great.
Cars (9.5) - $425 million. Voices: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hnt, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin, Tony Shalhoub. So far, best movie of the year aside from United 93.
The Omen (6) - $118 million. Starring: Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Julia Stiles, Liev Schriber, Pete Postlethwaite, Mia Farrow.
Click (6) - $177 million. Starring: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsdale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler.
The Break-Up (7) - $190 million. Starring: Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Lauren Adams, Cole Hauser, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman, Vincent D’Onofrio
You, Me and Dupree (5) - $101 million. Starring: Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson, Michael Douglas. Don’t bother unless you’re hard core Owen Wilson fan. And I mean hard core.
Pirates 2 (6) - $1 BILLION. Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce. Holy crap did this movie make a ton of money!
Miami Vice (7.5) - $136 million. Starring: Colin Farrell, Jaimie Foxx, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, John Ortiz.
Monster House (8.5) - $115 million. Voices: Steve Buscemi, Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Lee, Kevin James. I promised the director’s name. Here it is: Gil Kenan.
Clerks II (8.5) - I was RIGHT! $25 million. That’s ridiculous! People need to go see this who want to laugh. Starring: Brian O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Trevor Fehrman, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith.
Lady in the Water (3) - $61 million. Starring: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, M. Night Shyamalan. Worst movie of the year; maybe of the decade.
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (7) - $41 million. Starring: Luke Wilson, Uma Thurman, Rainn Wilson, Anna Faris, Wanda Sykes. The girl who’s name I couldn’t remember is Rainn Wilson.
Talladega Nights (5.5) - $145 million. Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Gary Cole, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jane Lynch, Amy Adams, Michael Clarke Duncan.
Invincible (8) - $50 million. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Conway, Michael Rispoli.
Pulse (4) - $23 million. Starring: Kristin Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Rick Gonzalez, Jonathan Tucker.
World Trade Center (6.5) - $69 million. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Michael Pena, Jay Hernandez. SEE UNITED 93 INSTEAD!! SEE IT NOW!
Little Miss Sunshine (9) - $48 million. Starring: Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin. Best comedy of the year that has no beastiality in it.
Snakes on a Plane (8.5) - $50 million. Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Flex Alexander, Kenan Thompson, Keith Dallas, Rachel Blanchard, Bruce James, David Koechner, Todd Louiso. Check out my podcast #14 for my SoaP review. Then listen to epsiode 15 with discussion on SoaP at the box office.
Films I didn’t get around to seeing but wanted to: The Devil Wears Prada (Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway are the names I couldn’t remember), The Lake House, Nacho Libre and Over the Hedge.
END OF SUMMER MOVIE WRAP-UP.
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