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 Number 23 — CDN $4,758,128 — N.AM $33,917,402 — 14.0%Zodiac — CDN $3,140,790 — N.AM $29,137,557 — 10.8%300 — CDN $13,411,553 — N.AM $129,165,656 — 10.4%Premonition — CDN $1,674,856 — N.AM $17,558,689 — 9.5%Bridge to Terabithia — CDN $7,148,609 — N.AM $74,967,513 — 9.5%Music and Lyrics — CDN $4,215,880... Read more

The Hollywood Reporter said on Friday that Cate Blanchett has signed on to star in Indiana Jones IV, but her publicist seemed to cast some doubt on this when she told the Associated Press yesterday that Blanchett is only “in negotiations”. At any rate, the question everyone is asking now is: What role would she play? Most people, it seems, have assumed that she will play the love interest, but — given all those rumours about Shia LaBeouf playing Indy’s... Read more

This blog had its second birthday on Friday, and I almost forgot to make note of that here. I was more punctual last year. Read more

Many thanks to Lionsgate for sending me a review copy of the brand new “special edition” of The Miracle Maker (2000). The new DVD isn’t all that different from the disc that Artisan put out a few years ago, but it does have a few nifty extras. Chief among these is the audio commentary with co-director Derek Hayes and one of the producers. They have some fun stories to tell about the cultural differences and problems in translation that they... Read more

Eight years ago, around the time American Pie and the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair came out, I wrote an article on the subject of Christian actors doing nude scenes and/or love scenes. I wanted very badly to find a local actor who was both Christian and willing to discuss the subject, and in the end I found one — but ever since, I have kept my eyes open for other actors who might fit the bill. And so... Read more

Almost forgot to mention that Dead Silence, a horror film from the makers of the original Saw (2004), was not screened for critics. Read more

Now this is fun. Movie Marketing Madness links to this elevator ad for Superman Returns, from Brazil: Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that you, too, can feed your own personal Death Star plans into the mouth of R2-D2, thanks to a promotion that is being sponsored by the U.S. Postal Service in honour of Star Wars‘ 30th anniversary: Read more

My review of Shooting Dogs, AKA Beyond the Gates, is now up at CT Movies, as is my review of Premonition. Read more

Adam’s Apples (2005), directed by Anders Thomas Jensen and starring Casino Royale‘s Mads Mikkelsen as an “insanely optimistic preacher”, comes to the VanCity Theatre March 30 – April 5. Read more