Box Office
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Four Christmases has a lot to be thankful for this weekend (27 comments)Four Chritmases had a sensational Thanksgiving weekend in the number one spot. Bolt picked up the pace while the sun started to set on Twilight.
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Twilight Soars to $70M+ Opening (42 comments)This weekend the vampire love story Twilight stunned the film industry with an explosive opening leading the overall marketplace to one of the biggest November weekends in box office history. Disney went the other way with its new animated entry Bolt which debuted below expectations in third place. Along with some strong holdovers, the box office posted its best performance in four months.
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Bond Tops Toons With $70M (39 comments)This weekend Sony and MGM shattered the record for the biggest James Bond opening in franchise history with their latest installment Quantum of Solace which audiences powered to a massive top spot debut.
RT on DVD
RT on DVD: Watch an Exclusive Clip from Wanted on DVD (17 comments)More of this summer's films come to DVD this week, led by the extras-packed fantasy The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. If bullet-bending is more your style, you'll want to pick up Timur Bekmambetov's super-charged actioner, Wanted; for raunchy, man-child laughs check out Will Ferrell's Step Brothers. And if your leanings are a tad more sophisticated, see the latest from the revamped Criterion Collection and a special set from the greatest cinematic romance of all time: Casablanca.
RT on DVD: Fred Claus, Hancock, and 24: Redemption (28 comments)The holidays are upon us, which makes it a perfect week to snuggle up with the superhero (Hancock), the spirited (Fred Claus), or the stealthy (Keifer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in 24: Redemption), plus any number of alternatives new to DVD (Meet Dave, Space Chimps, Criterion's Bottle Rocket).
RT on DVD: WALL-E And An Exclusive Tropic Thunder Deleted Scene! (40 comments)The summer's biggest oohs and ahhs (and guffaws) hit DVD this week, as Wall-E and Tropic Thunder hit shelves with tons of bonus content for fans. Cineastes will be rewarded by the latest from Harmony Korine (Mister Lonely) and David Lynch (the multi-film Lime Green set), while early gift hunters should check out a 300 Limited Collector's Edition and Columbia's massive Best Pictures set.
Meet a Critic
In Part II of our conversation with former Village Voice critic Nathan Lee, we delve deeper into his recent public break with the Voice and get his thoughts on the future of film criticism...and it doesn't look pretty.
For better or worse, recently departed Village Voice writer Nathan Lee has become something of a poster boy for the disappearance of the film critic. Read on for the first in our two-part interview with the incredibly intelligent, delightfully profane critic in which Lee answers our Meet a Critic questionnaire.
Meet a Critic: Guilty Pleasures and Must-See Movies with MSNBC's Alonso Duralde (17 comments)MSNBC's Alonso Duralde believes in having informed opinions --so rest assured his recommendations of notorious turkeys like Xanadu and The Apple come well researched. More with the author, film critic, and former Advocate editor inside!
Critics Consensus
Critics Consensus: Four Christmases Gets Coal (26 comments)This week at the movies, we've got yuletide yucks (Four Christmases, starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon), an epic from Down Under (Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman), and deadly deliveries (Transporter 3, starring Jason Statham). What do the critics have to say?
Critics Consensus: Twilight Fades, Bolt Electrifies (39 comments)This week at the movies, we've got angst-ridden teen vampires (Twilight, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson) and celebu-mutts (Bolt, with voice work from John Travolta and Miley Cyrus). What do the critics have to say?
Critics Consensus: Quantum of Solace is Certified Fresh (11 comments)This week at the movies, we've got a brand new dose of Bond... James Bond. Quantum of Solace, directed by Marc Forster and starring Daniel Craig and Olga Kurylenko, is the only wide release hitting theaters; will it leave critics shaken and stirred?
Total Recall
Total Recall: Not-So-Happy Movie Thanksgivings (20 comments)Everyone has the day off work, there's a big bird on the table, and relatives you haven't seen in awhile are sitting around watching the Lions lose their twelfth game of the season. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Total Recall: Sexy Vampires (39 comments)This week, the hotly-anticipated Twilight hits theaters. The film, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in the tale of young vampires in love, got us thinking: blood suckers are sexy. Thus, we thought we'd present a rundown of some of the hottest vampires in big-screen history!
Total Recall: James Bond Countdown -- Find Out Where Quantum of Solace Fits In! (46 comments)James Bond is back in theaters. Daniel Craig stars as 007 in Quantum of Solace, and we at RT thought it was a perfect time to rank every Bond film by Tomatometer. Find out how Quantum of Solace stacks up!
Weekly Ketchup
Weekly Ketchup: Writers for Captain America and X-Men: First Class (48 comments)This week saw lots of high profile movies getting news attention, so in this Ketchup, you'll see lots of stories having to cover multiple movies, so I can cheat my way into only having ten stories; there was just a lot more going on this week than just ten things!
Weekly Ketchup: Jaden Smith to be The Karate Kid (58 comments)This week's big ten includes the expected mix of remakes (The Karate Kid, Pinocchio), comic book adaptations and... Ridley Scott directing Monopoly?
Weekly Ketchup: Jack Black to star in Gulliver's Travels (25 comments)This week's Ketchup covers the obligatory batch of sequels and remakes, with a few somewhat original ideas thrown in, with movies with such big names as Tom Cruise, Jack Black, Will Smith and Steve Carell.
What the Hell Happened To...
What The Hell Happened To ... Cuba Gooding Jr.? (86 comments)This week, Rotten Tomatoes turns its gaze upon the once promising, now perplexing career of a certain boat-tripping, dog-sledding Oscar winner in hopes of pinpointing just where things went wrong. So what the hell happened to Cuba Gooding Jr.?
Five Favorite Films
Five Favorite Films with Jason Statham (80 comments)Rotten Tomatoes spoke to Statham about his favorite films of all time, which surprisingly include a few Paul Newman classics and unsurprisingly include a Bruce Lee film. As our conversation continued, we also discussed the different feel of Transporter 3, Corey Yuen's diminished role in the film's action scenes, and his recently announced film, The Expendables, in which he'll star with action legends Sylvester Stallone (who will also write and direct) and Jet Li.
Five Favorite Films with John Lasseter (45 comments)We spoke with Lasseter in his Burbank office for his five favorite movies of all time. He agreed to list them but with one request: "In a John Lasseter top five, I would put a short in front of each of these. Typically, these are Chuck Jones shorts. Can't have a top five without having the shorts."
Five Favorite Films with Twilight's Robert Pattinson (69 comments)RT talks to Twilight star Robert Pattinson about Jean-Luc Godard and Corky Romano in a (mostly) artful conversation about his favorite films of all time.
