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| lASTUPDATE September 4, 2007 |
#1. Halloween
WeekEnd $31M,
Gross $31M
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Director: Rob Zombie
Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane (Full Cast)
Studio: Dimension Films
The Plot: After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers (Mane) is mistakenly released from the mental institution where he was committed as a 10 year old. His return to Haddonfield, Illinois spells mortal danger for his sister, Laurie (Taylor-Compton), and anyone else who crosses his path.
THE BUZZ: If any film will break the horror genre's current losing streak, it's Rob Zombie's reimagination of the revered John Carpenter slasher flick. More fretted-over than all recent remakes and reboots combined (especially after the reshooting and release date swapping), the early reviews have all pretty much said the same thing: Zombie has eschewed the bad-acid visual sense of his other works and is keenly focused on the origins of Michael Meyers's psychosis; we understand his robust character development extends to most of his principal cast -- even Scout Taylor Compton, a.k.a. the new Laurie Strode, is earning respect. We also hear the "pool scene" will have you shrieking like a young Jamie Lee.
#2.Superbad
WeekEnd $15.6m
Gross $92.4M
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Director: Greg Mottola
Stars: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Studio: Columbia Pictures
The Plot: On one of their last nights as high schoolers, best friends and social outcasts Evan (Cera) and Seth (Hill) experience a legendary evening as they test their cool at a raging party.
THE BUZZ: Superbad is essentially the little brother of Knocked Up, the one who will work harder to entertain and/or shock you. From what we hear, don't expect Evan and Seth to experience a warm and fuzzy mutual rite of passage; Greg Mottola (he of Daytrippers fame) and the white-hot team behind KU's unplanned success (Judd Apatow produced, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg wrote the screenplay) are set to gross-out the 18-34 demographic, and out-gross most teen comedies in recent memory. If you are 18+, here's the redband trailer; otherwise, earmuffs.
#3. Balls of Fury
WeekEnd $14.3M,
Gross $16.8M
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Director: Ben Garant
Stars: Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken, George Lopez
Studio: Rogue Pictures
The Plot: A former champion ping-pong player (Fogler) is recruited by an FBI agent (Lopez) to infiltrate an underground tournament in order to take down the crime boss who runs the event, the dastardly Mr. Feng (Walken).
THE BUZZ: Wait -- you mean this didn't already come and go from theaters? It seems like forever since Will Ferrell and Jack Black have made pudgy comedy a safe bet, so why not try and make a guy like Dan Fogler a star? The Tony Award winning performer looks more than shapely enough to represent hairy, everyday-type dudes (the kind of crowd that might just see this movie twice), and he appears more than game for the kind of hilarity that "Reno 911!" co-creators Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon serve up. But maybe this movie is trying too hard?
#4.The
Bourne Ultimatum
WeekEnd 13.2M,
Gross $203M
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Director: Paul Greengrass
Stars: Matt Damon, Edgar Ramirez, Joan Allen
Studio: Universal Pictures
The Plot: Amnesiac superspy Jason Bourne (Damon) puts together the final pieces not only of his identity, but also of the mysterious Treadstone project.
THE BUZZ: Same director as Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass)... same screenwriter (Tony Gilroy).... same stars (Matt Damon, Joan Allen)... sign us up already! After the magic they worked with Supremacy, we're more than ready for the continued shaky-camera, fast-edited, tightly-crafted espionage escapades of Jason Bourne. No offense to Edgar Ramirez, but we really wish the studio could have worked things out with Gael Garcia Bernal to play Bourne's nemesis this time around. Do you think Bourne and Nicky are gonna hook up?
#5. Rush Hour 3
WeekEnd $10.4M,
Gross $122M
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Director: Brett Ratner
Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker
Studio: New Line Cinema
The Plot: Fast-talking detective James Carter (Tucker) teams up with Hong Kong's finest (Chan) once more to face-off against Chinese gangsters in Paris.
THE BUZZ: First off, wasn't this supposed to come out like three years ago? Secondly, you should know that RH3 is the movie that edged Tucker past the likes of Tom Cruise and Eddie Murphy to become the highest-paid actor in Hollywood. Even Chan's gotta be amazed at pulling off a stunt like that. Especially, since Tucker's been virtually MIA since the last Rush Hour installment. Oh, and Roman Polanski has a small role as a French cop. No joke.
#6. Mr. Bean's Vacation
WeekEnd 8.1M,
Gross $21.1M
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Director: Steve Bendelack
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe
Studio: Universal Pictures
The Plot: Mr. Bean (Atkinson), a curious, bumbling, nearly silent chap, travels to the south of France for a holiday, where his video diary somehow winds up as a world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
THE BUZZ: I don't really get the appeal of Rowan Atkinson's beloved character, but who am I to argue with the original film's status as one of the highest grossing UK films in history and this sequel's phenomenal international success? The 10-year gap between Bean films will not be a concern here, as Bean's face appeared online and in cinema lobbies as filming commenced, and you know how cultish fans love being marketed to early on.
#7. The Nanny Diaries
WeekEnd $6.36m,
Gross $16.5M
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Director: Shari Springer Berman Robert Pulcini
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti
Studio: Weinstein Company, The
The Plot: A college student (Johansson) goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, her studies, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
THE BUZZ: What we can't figure out is, why did the filmmakers behind the trenchant, intellectually challenging American Splendor chose this chick-lit cream puff of a book for their follow-up? Yeah it's fun and everything, but it's also just as bland as the sweater sets we bet Linney's "Mrs. X" will be sporting. And if the trailer is any indication, the comedy is as broad and obvious as it comes -- think Lindsay Lohan vehicle and you're on the right track. Kudos, though, to Berman and Pulcini for the spot-on casting, even down to Chris Evans as the sporty boy-toy Johansson flirts with -- though why exactly is Alicia Keys around?
#8. Death Sentence
WeekEnd $5.2M,
Gross $5.2M
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Director: James Wan
Stars: Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, Kelly Preston
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
The Plot: After his son is brutalized by a gang, a father (Bacon) sets out on a mission to kill each thug involved with the crime.
THE BUZZ: It's about time sometime remade Death Wish, um, right? Multitasking director James Wan looks to move past the suckage that was Dead Silence with this Bronsonesque tale of father vs. gang. We hear Goodman is the big boss, and the sequence in which Bacon turns from everyday dad into street vigilante will go down in infamy. Where's Wan's Sawmate, James Whannell, you ask? He's in the cast, but he had no hand in this screenplay ...
#9. War
WeekEnd $5.14M,
Gross $18M
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Director: Philip G. Atwell
Stars: Jet Li, Jason Statham, Nadine Velazquez
Studio: Lions Gate Films
The Plot: An FBI agent (Statham) wedges himself in a conflict between a Triad boss and Yakuza chief in order to suss out the assassin (Li) who killed his partner three years ago.
THE BUZZ: Why Jason Statham hasn't reached the echelon of action hero status enjoyed by the likes of Willis, Stallone, and The Rock is anybody's guess. Same goes for co-star Li (whose retirement talk apparently got lost in translation). We don't expect they'll get their due with this one, but if it's twice as action-filled as Fearless and half as quotable as Crank, it could be one of the year's surprise sleepers.
#10. Stardust
WeekEnd $3.9M,
Gross $31.9M
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Director: Matthew Vaughn
Stars: Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Sienna Miller
Studio: Paramount Pictures
The Plot: In order to win the heart of the woman (Miller) he loves, a villager (Cox) sets out to fetch a newly fallen star, which he soon discovers is actually a young woman (Danes) with secret powers -- ones that have earned the interest of a king's scheming heirs, as well as a powerful witch looking to stay young forever.
THE BUZZ: Will a Neil Gaiman story ever look good on the big screen? Looks like we'll have to wait for Coraline, Henry Selick's upcoming stop-motion animation take on Gaiman's story, for an answer, since Ms. Danes and her big-name supporting cast look to be plopped in the middle of an adventure from which good reviews cannot escape. Then again, we're the ones who thought absolutely no one would shell out for Eragon. But we still have to ask: This is what wooed away Matthew Vaughn from directing X-Men 3?
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