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Top 10 Genre Movies: 17 Again debuts in top spot

Teen heart-throb Zac Efron’s latest film, the light fantasy comedy 17 Again pulled in enough teen greenbacks to finish in the top spot in this past weekend’s box office. . It brought in more than $24 million in ticket sales in its debut- weekend – almost more than the next two top-grossing films combined.
The only [...]

Top 10 Genre Movies: Monsters vs. Aliens falls to No. 2

After spending last week on at the top spot, animated science fantasy flick, Monsters vs. Aliens fell to the No. 2 spot behind the fourth installment fo the Fast and the Furious franchise.
The only sci fi flick to debut this weekend was Alien Trespass, the 50’s-era sci-fi comedy spook starring Eric McCormick, which debuted at [...]

Top 10 Genre Movies: Igor masters weekend box office

Animated Weinstein film Igor was master of the sci-fi box office this past weekend. The film brought in $8 million in its first weekend, easily outdistancing No. 2 genre flick, Ghost Town, a fellow newcomer which brought in $5.2 million over the same period.
Last week’s No. 1, The Dark Knight, fell to the third spot [...]

Top 10 Genre Movies: Dark Knight leads diminishing pack

In its ninth week in release, Batman flick. The Dark Knight continued its reign at the box office this past weekend ad was top film over a dwindling group of genre films at the box office.
No new science fiction, fantasy, horror or spy-fi films have opened over the past two weekends as mainstream comedies dominated at [...]

Top 10 Genre Movies: Babylon A.D. towers over genre competition

Despite poor reviews, newcomer Babylon A.D. topped the genre Labor Day holiday weekend box office with just under $10 million in ticket sales.

Top 10 Genre Movies: Death Race finishes first

Fans of action, dark science fiction and racing lined up this past weekend to ensure Death Race crosses the finish line in first place for genre movies.
With a total take of just over $12.6 million in 2,532 theatres, the film was No. 3 overall, bested by comedies, Tropic Thunder and The House Bunny. 
Race also  knocked [...]

Review of Reviews: Most critics praise Death Race

Review of Reviews: Most critics praise Death Race

What happens when Executive Producer Tom Cruise hires a cast and crew to re-make the schocky 1970s grindhouse drive-in film, Death Race 2000 for a modern audience? Why, 2008’s ultra-violent dytopic sci fi bloodbath, Death Race, of course. And the ciritcs are loving it, believe it or not.

The Good

Great action scenes
Quality cast

The Bad

Nature of film’s sexist [...]

Top 10 Genre Movies: Dark Knight dethroned by Ben Stiller

After more than a month as the top-grossing film in theatres, The Dark Knight was knocked aside as box office king this past weekend by Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder, a non-genre comedy.
Still, out of Genre films, the latest Batman installment reigned supreme, finishing second overall with a weekend take of just under $17 million, bringing [...]

The Dark Knight: A Fan’s Review

I came out of the theatre stunned. Simply stunned. Hands down, this is the BEST BATMAN MOVIE EVER. This movie is nine kinds of awesome. Yes, really. Okay, more than nine kinds but here are the nonspoiler versions.
1: Heath Ledger IS the Joker.
2: Aaron Eckhart IS Harvey Dent
3: Maggie Gyllenhaal IS Rachel Dawes (she should [...]

Top 10 Genre Movies: 30 days of Dark Knight – a month at No. 1

The Dark Knight extended its reign to a month atop the weekend box office this past week. It brought in more than $26 million in ticket sales in its fourth weekend. Its grand total domestic take of $441.5 million has the film as the No. 3 all-time money maker in Hollywood and it should pass Star Wars to [...]