You're a Film Buff If...

...You automatically associate the name "Harvey" with Harvey Weinstein.

{Harvey with his gorgeous wife Georgina Chapman, co-designer of one of my favorite line's Marchesa}

I'm In Love With a...Boston Cream Pie

Mmmm... I finally tasted the delectable goodness of it this weekend.

And I looked it up on wiki and the first thing it says is:

"The Boston cream pie is a cake, not a pie."

DVDing Tuesday

I am so very excited to rent [and possibly buy] this week. Jim Sturgess cast his spell upon me with last year's Across the Universe (my 2nd favorite movie of 2007), so I naturally had to see him in his follow-up starring role in 21 (just two quick notes- it was number 1 at the box office for 2 straight weeks; I saw it opening weekend). And some of my favorite cinema alums- Kevin Spacey and Laurence Fishburne- top off the great and quite gorgeous cast of Vegas moneymakers and losers.

But other than 21, there's nothing else worth spending time sitting on your couch at home this week, so get a job, fool!

Out of the Box Office

What a wowzer of a weekend, huh? Obviously, I love it when films break records which is exactly what two films did this weekend, particularly TDK- I've heard it broke upwards of eight of 'em, but Mama Mia!, did as well, becoming the best musical weekend gross of all time. But this single-handed weekend has become the highest grossing weekend of all time. Wowzers!

For the Weekend of July 18th - 20th.

1. The Dark Knight...$158 mil
2. Mamma Mia!........$27 mil
3. Hancock..............$14
4. Journey/Earth....$12
5. HellBoy II...........$10

DVDing Tuesday

Eh. Nothing much to say about this week in the Land 'o' DVDs. But we have one of my latest crushes Jason Statham being the action star that he is in the obviously action-packed heist film The Bank Job. And we also have Penelope, which features the beauty of Christina Ricci, Reese Witherspoon, and the extreme hottness of James McAvoy. I did see this one; it's cute, a little shallow, but has amazingly quirky art direction. Enjoy!

Out of the Box Office

I saw no reason to go to the movies this weekend. Nothing interested me. Some audiences agreed with me- but obviously not all. The second installment in the Hellboy franchise raked in a couple million more than it's predecessor, but didn't have a huge opening by any summer box office standings.

For the Weekend of July 13th - 15th.

1. Hellboy II: The Golden Army............$34 mil
2. Hancock.................................................$32 mil
3. Journey to the Center of the Earth...$21 mil
4. Wall- E...................................................$18 mil
5. Wanted..................................................$11 mil

10,000 BC Makes You Want to Stay in 2008

I was really looking forward to this movie. I really and truly was; I even wanted to see it in the theatre, but because of the not-so-shining reviews I decided to pass. And let me tell you- the critics were right. It was horrible, just horrible. But let me go over the [very few] positives- the two main stars were well cast (hottie Steven Strait-who has his shirt off the whole time- and the eternally, ethereal beauty Camilla Belle), the acting overall wasn't bad; pretty good score; and visually, it was stunning. Now for the negatives- poor story; poor dialogue; but what annoyed me the most was that the music was too loud to hear the narration (which was spoken in a rough, indistinct voice) and the narration told the entire story. Overall, I would not recommend it to anyone because I couldn't even explain what it's about; half of the time as you're watching you don't know what the hell is happening! I'm very disappointed because it had the potential to be very, very good and just let me down completely.