Entries from LAist tagged with 'haydenchristensen'
February 19, 2008
Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox While not the record-breaker that Cloverfield and Hannah Montana proved to be, Jumper debuted to a winning $31.7M over the long President's Day weekend. The Spiderwick Chronicles finished second with $24.4M followed by fellow newcomer Step Up 2 the Streets with $21.5M. The rancid Fool's Gold surprised by holding onto fourth with $15M ($43.9M). Clearly, Valentine's couples preferred it to the weekend's other new romantic comedy, Definitely, Maybe......
Continue Reading "President's Day Box Office Review: It's Jumper"February 15, 2008
Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox The term B-movie has to many persons the connotation of a movie of substandard quality. Traditionally, it meant a low-budget movie with lesser stars meant primarily to entertain. Now an appropriate definition would probably be a genre film that has little to no serious artistic intent: entertainment, not enlightenment.* Doug Liman's Jumper is a B-movie.** I certainly wasn't enlightened by the time it was over. What would you......
Continue Reading "Movie Review: Jumper"February 15, 2008
Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox There's a certain kooky irresistibility to Doug Liman. By many accounts, he's virtually impossible to work with and yet the movies he turns out are often very good (Swingers, The Bourne Identity), and one is even great (Go). That said, I'm hesitant to sign on for Jumper. I'm what some would call the opposite of a fan of Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson looks like she has encephalitis.......
Continue Reading "Weekend Movie Guide: Jump and Dance"November 30, 2007
With the big Christmas season movies still a week away (The Golden Compass, Atonement), it's a rather soft schedule of new releases. That's not to say there aren't any quality films coming out, though. At the top of the list is The Savages. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laura Linney and Philip Bosco star in Tamara Jenkin's acerbic drama about two siblings forced to care for their not altogether pleasant father as he slips further into......
Continue Reading "Weekend Movie Guide: Savage beauty!"March 16, 2007
Angelina adopts again, welcomes Pax Thien Jolie Pitt to the clan - People Lindsay's back to her old ways, partying almost every night this week - Page Six Hayden Christensen and OC Alum Rachel Bilson a new couple - Just Jared Cute new tennis partner helps Britney work it out on the court - X17 Exclusive I mean, if theres going to be a celebrity death hoax, could we pick someone other than Sinbad? -......
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