Well, there’s a nice little group of non-blockbusters this week. What a relief! Although in my mind there’s really not much competition,Pineapple Express is brilliant, go now. Try not too get too baked to forget where the theater is. Or if you’re feeling more like a bit of Tarantino you’ve hot Hell Ride with half the cast of Kill Bill plus Vinnie Jones. Oh yeah! Looking for “cultured” comedy, try Bottle Shock. You can never go wrong with Alan Rickman having to deal with a bunch of Americans. Want something sexy, sleek, and will hopefully get you some at the end of the night? Try Elegy…makes for good “conversation.” Or if you like the sweet and cheesy go for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

Here is this weeks movie releases with times, cast and crew info, reviews, and trailers. Enjoy!

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I’m fresh from Comic Con and ready to tackle news that’s geeky in a different but related way:

• An article in the LA Times explores the burgeoning economy of web-based entertainment in the form of little girls with dirty mouths and French Maids with light sabers. The actors don’t have contracts, the writers don’t have agents, I don’t have the attention span to read this feature. But check out the pictures
• The Dark Knight cast a looming shadow over the box office again this weekend - although The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor won the battle overseas. As if we needed further proof that Americans had better taste than the rest of the world
• With Dark Knight, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk all making bank this summer, Sony has decided to continue forward with a Spider Man spinoff centered around the villain Venom, who was played by Topher Grace in the Spider Man 3. After the wholly disappointing third installment of that franchise, I’m not really sure it’s a great idea. But they didn’t ask me.

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Well The Mummy put up a good fight, but The Dark Knight took him in the end. Setting yet ANOTHER record, of more more ever made in such a small amount of time. When do we just stop counting this and say “You win!”?

1. The Dark Knight | Weekend Total $43,800,000 | Gross Total $394,887,000
2. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (New) | Weekend Total $42,450,400 | Gross Total $42,450,400
3. Step Brothers | Weekend Total $16,300,000 | Gross Total $62,966,000
4. Mamma Mia! | Weekend Total $13,120,670 | Gross Total $87,975,280
5. Journey to the Center of the Earth | Weekend Total $6,875,000 | Gross Total $73,140,000
6. Swing Vote (New) | Weekend Total $6,300,000 | Gross Total $6,300,000
7. Hancock | Weekend Total $5,200,000 | Gross Total $215,995,000
8. WALL-E | Weekend Total $4,747,000| Gross Total $204,222,000
9. The X-Files: I Want to Believe | Weekend Total $3,425,000 | Gross Total $17,060,495
10. Space Chimps | Weekend Total $2,840,000 | Gross Total $22,090,839

The Aero:

• Sat 2 at 5.00: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) / The Two Towers (2002) / The Return of the King (2003)

I think I’d rather poke my eyes out than sit through even one of these again, but I admit I am in a minority. I was a great fan of the books, though I didn’t feel overly proprietary when the movies appeared; simply a bit numbed by the escalating tedium of battle after battle. But most of the world seems to have taken the films and Tolkien’s mythology to their bosom, and even if one finds elves mimsy rather than magical, and the middle earth humans more over-earnest than heroic, there’s still plenty to enjoy in the story itself, committed playing, impressive effects and awesome New Zealand scenery. I’d be hesitant to recommend this 11 and a half-hour programme to newcomers, but it will undoubtedly be an awesome experience for those well-disposed towards it. Not only that, but The Return Of The King is playing in its extended version (er, what does that mean? an extra 50 minutes of battle scenes?) and the whole shindig’s a mere $3!

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Poor Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Jet Li, and John Hannah (who I love). They’re amazing, but The Mummy is all set for FAIL. It’s just at the wrong place at the wrong time. Maybe a winter release would have been better? Although, who knows! I may be proven wrong (I secretly hope it does). Then there’s the The Midnight Meat Train. I personally love Vinnie Jones and a good creepy horror film. Although again, perhaps better for the fall? Swing Vote looks fun if you can get past the absurdity that our next president relies on one vote. Hell you can be off by thousands of votes and still win, Bush proved that. And if you’re willing to see a great film that will most likely make you cry your eyes out, than Frozen River is definitely the film for you. It’s a doozy.

So without further ado this weeks movie releases with reviews, cast and crew info, showtimes and tickets, and of course, trailers!

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Well, the Dark Knight is still number one and breaking record after record. Now it’s the first film to cross the $300 mill mark in only 10 days. Money, money, and more money. Step Brothers had a decent opening, while The X-Files crew is probably crying right about now. All the shows fans and the creepy theme song was not enough to draw in the crowds. He’s your weekends top 10 at the box office.

1. The Dark Knight | Weekend Gross $75,630,000 | Total Gross $314,245,000
2. Step Brothers (New) | Weekend Gross $30,000,000 | Total Gross $30,000,000
3. Mamma Mia! | Weekend Gross $17,865,250 | Total Gross $62,713,990
4. The X-Files: I Want to Believe (New) | Weekend Gross $10,200,000 | Total Gross $10,200,000
5. Journey to the Center of the Earth | Weekend Gross $9,415,000 | Total Gross $60,185,000
6. Hancock | Weekend Gross $8,200,000 | Total Gross $206,371,000
7. WALL-E | Weekend Gross$6,349,000 | Total Gross $195,235,000
8. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army | Weekend Gross $4,934,430 | Total Gross $65,894,050
9. Space Chimps | Weekend Gross $4,375,000 | Total Gross $16,005,542
10. Wanted | Weekend Gross $2,727,470 | Total Gross $128,616,325

Well I’m sure plenty of you will still be going out to see the Dark Knight, but for those of you who have seen it nine times and are thinking about possibly trying something new there are plenty of good films to choose from this week. First of all you have Will Ferrel and John C. Reilly doing what they do best, acting like idiots in Step Brothers. I’m so in. These two are like peanut butter and jelly, when combined they’re f-ing amazing. For those of you looking for something smart, edgy, and oh so English, Brideshead Revisited is the perfect pick. I have a crush on Emma Thompson, which means I’m so there. The one thing I won’t be seeing is, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, just the theme song brings me back to not being able to sleep when I was younger. But I’m a chicken. You go and tell me all about it! American Teen is well, the real life Breakfast Club, most likely you as a teen! Should be fun.

So without further ado this weeks movie releases with reviews, cast and crew info, showtimes and tickets, and of course, trailers!

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Seriously, was there ever any question? The number one opening weekend, the number one opening day, frankly it’s just number one, and it deserves to be.

1. The Dark Knight | Weekend Gross $155,340,000 | Total Gross $155,340,000
2. Mamma Mia! | Weekend Gross $27,605,376 | Total Gross $27,605,376
3. Hancock | Weekend Gross $14,000,000 | Total Gross $191.504,000
4. Journey to the Center of the Earth | Weekend Gross $11,910,000 | Total Gross $43,074,000
5. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army | Weekend Gross $10,037,500 | Total Gross $56,446,570
6. WALL-E | Weekend Gross $9,813,000 | Total Gross $182,476,000
7. Space Chimps | Weekend Gross $7,350,000 | Total Gross $7,350,000
8. Wanted | Weekend Gross $5,097,135 | Total Gross $123,346,965
9. Get Smart | Weekend Gross $4,085,000 | Total Gross $119,569,000
10. Kung Fu Panda | Weekend Gross $1,750,000 | Total Gross $206,506,000

The Aero:

• Fri 18 at 7.30: A Bout de souffle (Breathless) (1959) / Une Femme est une femme (A Woman is a Woman) (1961)
• Sat 19 at 7.30: Pierrot le fou (1965) / Masculin feminine (1966)
• Sun 20 at 7.30: Alphaville (1965) / La Chinoise (1967)
• Wed 23 at 7.30: Deux où trois choses que je sais d’elle (Two or Three Things I Know About Her) (1967) / Bande à part (Band of Outsiders) (1964)

A marvelous romp through early Godard, from the vibrant A Bout de Souffle, his debut, up almost to the point where he abandoned “conventional” cinema for the formal and political experiments that dominated his work to the expense of his popularity if not critical stock. Amazingly, in this 8-year period he churned out 14 features and ten shorts, all of them desperately inquisitive about Cinema and about male/female relations, some of them political, and all of them overflowing with joyful celebration of the possibilities of film. A Bout de Souffle is a wannabe gangster film, freewheeling round Paris with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg in a cute crop and tight Herald Tribune tee. Une Femme est une femme introduces us to Anna Karina, Godard’s muse for the next few years, who plays a stripper who wants a baby; she’s equally happy to have it by boyfriend Jean-Claude Brialy or pal Belmondo.

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Welcome to Dark Knight weekend where we are soon to be approaching the number one box office weekend ever. It’s incredible how fast tickets are going for this thing. In fact, if you want tickets, you should have got them 3 weeks ago. I’m sure the 3:32am showing might have some front row spots left, but that’s about it. I personally suggest IMAX as it was shot for the IMAX theaters. For those of you who didn’t plan ahead (shame on you) or for those of you under 10, you’ve got Mamma Mia! and Space Chimps. Both look cute, fun, and are about to have their adorableness PUMMELED by the Dark Knight.

So here they are! The latest movie releases with cast and crew info, reviews, trailers, and showtimes and tickets. Enjoy!

• Dark Knight | Reviews | Showtimes and Tickets
• Mamma Mia! | Reviews| Showtimes and Tickets
• Space Chimps | Reviews | Showtimes and Tickets

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Well Guillermo managed to pull ahead of Hancock and that over the number one spot with his new action/comedy/fantasy film Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Thank goodness is all I have to day. Then Journey to the Center of the Earth, managed to make it to the top three, although with all the other HUGE blockbusters that have come out and will come out, we’ll see how long it can hold on for. WALL-E and Wanted two of the most different films on the list are still back to back, although as always the kiddie film beats out Morgan Freeman shouting “Kill this mother f*cker.” The rest are all the comedies all seem to be hovering around the bottom of the top ten like a fly over BBQ. So here it is, your weekend numbers at the box office…

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The Old Pasadena Film Festival will be presented by the American Cinematheque, July 11th – July 26th, all over Pasadena. From basements and store walls, to theaters and courtyards, Old Town Pasadena will be screening something for everyone. The event it free to all and open to the public. Some of the highlights include, outdoor screenings of Audrey Hepburn classics, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre being introduced by Director Tobe Hooper, and a night ’til dawn screening of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Here is a complete schedule of all the films taking place. More details can be found at www.oldpasadenafilmfestival.com.

Old Pasadena Film Festival Schedule:

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