For his high-profile follow-up to the ludicrously popular “Batman” (1989), director Tim Burton had to decide on a new set of villains, a series of elaborate new set pieces and a new setting for the action — Gotham City at Christmastime. From the opening moments of “Batman Returns,” a ghoulish prologue that sets up Danny DeVito’s monstrous Penguin character, the movie is drenched in Christmas
Here are your weekend box office returns (new releases bolded):
1. Taken 2 – $ 50.0 million
2. Hotel Transylvania – $ 26.3 million
3. Pitch Perfect – $ 14.7 million
4. Looper – $ 12.2 million
5. Frankenweenie – $ 11.5 million
6. End of Watch – $ 4.0 million
6. Trouble with the Curve – $ 3.87 million
8. House at the End of the Street – $ 3.69 million
9. The Master
ABC Family is debuting a fun new reality show this summer – “Beverly Hills Nannies,” which follows the lives of childcare providers in the most exclusive neighborhood in the country. Zap2it has an exclusive look at the first promo for the new show.
In the promo, it looks to us like the nannies are actually a lot more than that – duck caretakers, dog walkers, Mom wranglers. Should be fun to… Continue reading 'Beverly Hills Nannies' first official promo: They aren't just nannies
Audiences lining up at the theater this weekend for ‘Straw Dogs’ (a remake of the 1971 Dustin Hoffman film) are probably in the mood for a fun, edge-of-your-seat thriller. That’s what the trailers and commercials and posters tell you to expect: the character of L.A. screenwriter David Sumner (James Marsden) retreats to the Deep South with his beautiful blond wife (Kate Bosworth), only to be confronted by intimidating… Continue reading What the Trailers For 'Straw Dogs' Aren't Telling You
