In the beginning, it was just a punchline, a gag. The original Toy Story (1995) ended with a scene in which Woody and Buzz, having patched over their differences, sit in Andy’s room on Christmas Day, waiting to find out what the newest additions to the household will be. Woody, seeing that Buzz is nervous, teases him by saying, “Now Buzz, what could Andy possibly get that is worse than you?” Suddenly they hear a dog bark, as Andy’s voice... Read more

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. The Back-Up Plan — CDN $4,340,000 — N.AM $34,124,782 — 12.7%Furry Vengeance — CDN $1,620,000 — N.AM $15,089,070 — 10.7%Robin Hood — CDN $3,720,000 — N.AM $36,063,385 — 10.3%Clash of the Titans — CDN $15,890,000 — N.AM $160,127,747 — 9.9%Date Night — CDN $8,370,000 — N.AM $86,522,622 — 9.7%How to... Read more

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. Millenium 3 — CDN $564,012 — N.AM $564,012 — 100%The Back-Up Plan — CDN $3,780,000 — N.AM $30,103,940 — 12.6%Oceans — CDN $1,860,000 — N.AM $16,131,584 — 11.5%Furry Vengeance — CDN $1,330,000 — N.AM $12,100,064 — 11.0%The Losers — CDN $2,290,000 — N.AM $21,496,907 — 10.7%Clash of the Titans —... Read more

How to Train Your Dragon — considered such a disappointment when it opened over a month ago that shares in DreamWorks Animation dropped 9.2% — has shown remarkable staying power. While the film’s grosses have dropped every week, as is standard for wide releases these days, they have dropped slower than usual — and since most of the past month’s films have done rather poorly, Dragon even “rose” back to #1 on the weekly box-office charts two weekends ago. In... Read more

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. The Back-Up Plan — CDN $2,760,000 — N.AM $22,963,517 — 12.0%Oceans — CDN $1,490,000 — N.AM $13,460,115 — 11.1%The Losers — CDN $1,800,000 — N.AM $18,013,781 — 10.0%Clash of the Titans — CDN $15,160,000 — N.AM $153,911,073 — 9.8%Furry Vengeance — CDN $642,447 — N.AM $6,627,564 — 9.7%Kick-Ass — CDN... Read more

Many people, including myself, have noted that the armoured “amp suits” in Avatar bear a striking resemblance to the load-lifting mechanism that Ripley used to defeat the Queen Alien in Aliens (1986). But James Cameron’s love of mechanized extensions to the human body goes back even further — to his low-budget short film Xenogenesis (1978). Watch it below, and note what happens at the 7:12 mark in particular: Read more

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. Alice in Wonderland — CDN $35,660,000 — N.AM $327,537,023 — 10.9%The Last Song — CDN $5,880,000 — N.AM $55,459,487 — 10.6%The Back-Up Plan — CDN $1,280,000 — N.AM $12,201,710 — 10.5%Oceans — CDN $887,175 — N.AM $8,525,488 — 10.4%Clash of the Titans — CDN $14,180,000 — N.AM $145,563,557 — 9.7%Date... Read more

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. The Bounty Hunter — CDN $7,050,000 — N.AM $60,261,888 — 11.7%Hot Tub Time Machine — CDN $4,610,000 — N.AM $42,449,935 — 10.9%Alice in Wonderland — CDN $35,090,000 — N.AM $324,131,301 — 10.8%The Last Song — CDN $5,220,000 — N.AM $50,187,855 — 10.4%Clash of the Titans — CDN $12,750,000 — N.AM... Read more

Paul Verhoeven has been making the rounds the last few weeks, promoting his book Jesus of Nazareth. (It was a big hit in the Netherlands when it first came out a couple years ago, but it didn’t come out in the United States until earlier this month.) The MTV Movies Blog has now posted several snippets from their interview with Verhoeven, and none of them are particularly newsy — certainly not their “exclusive” report that Verhoeven put Christ-figure imagery in... Read more