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ScreenTime No. 187 :: Here Comes the Darkness

by Greg W. Locke May 15, 2013

Tops at the Box: Iron Man 3 once again sold big, bringing in another $72 million over its second weekend, upping the action romp’s 10-day total to $284 million in the U.S. and $948 million worldwide. Look for this little flick, from director Shane Black and still starring Robert Downey, Jr., to end up on [...]

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ScreenTime No. 186 :: Let the Blockbuster Season Begin

by Greg W. Locke May 9, 2013

Tops at the Box: Iron Man 3 blew away the competition at the box office last weekend, selling $175 million at the U.S. box office over its first three days, good enough for the second biggest opening weekend of all-time. The film has also sold over $500 million abroad, setting the flick on pace to [...]

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Reflections on Zach Braff’s Garden State

by Greg W. Locke May 7, 2013

Since Zach “Aw Shucks” Braff started raising money for his second directorial effort, a whole lot of press-types have been taking dead aim at the guy. His first movie, indie hit Garden State, has been called into question. Recently one of the sites I frequent most often, Vulture.com, wrote a particularly interesting piece about the [...]

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ScreenTime No. 185 :: The Rise of Shane Carruth

by Greg W. Locke May 1, 2013

Tops at the Box: Michael Bay’s latest flick, a muscle-stuffed action romp called Pain and Gain, took the No. 1 spot at last weekend’s box office, selling $20 million over its first three days in the U.S. The movie – a true story about three bodybuilders who get caught up in a wild kidnapping scheme [...]

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ScreenTime No. 184 :: My Annual Pre-Summer Action Flick Double Feature

by Greg W. Locke April 25, 2013

The sound of sprinklers clicking. Ice cream trucks playing the tunes. Idiot teenage boys driving through the night, unnecessary bass pummeling from their speakers. Long days and short nights, sunglasses and graduation parties. Summer. Me? I like the winter. Maybe even more than you and everyone you know combined. I also like the fall, but [...]

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ScreenTime No. 183 :: Terrence Malick’s First Belch

by Greg W. Locke April 18, 2013

Starring Bond girl Olga Kurylenko, Oscar-winning psycho killer Javier Bardem, The Notebook babe Rachel McAdams and Hollywood prom king Ben Affleck, To the Wonder – directed by quiet guy Terrence Malick (Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Tree of Life, etc.) – is a movie unlike any I’ve seen in my 33 years. It features some [...]

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ScreenTime No. 182 :: G.I. Joe, To the Wonder, Evil Dead and More

by Greg W. Locke April 11, 2013

Tops at the Box: Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead remake, starring Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas and Elizabeth Blackmore, sold well enough over its first three days, bringing in $26 million in the U.S. and $4.5 million abroad. Sam Raimi’s original Evil Dead film, one of the by-far most beloved cult films [...]

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R.I.P. Roger Ebert (1942-2013)

by Greg W. Locke April 5, 2013

Yesterday, while I was out working on a film in New York City, Roger Ebert passed away. It took me quite a while to really like Roger. I read his reviews and watched his shows all through high school and beyond but didn’t always like what he had to say. For several years I even [...]

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ScreenTime No. 181 :: Anticipating Campos’ Simon Killer

by Greg W. Locke April 4, 2013

Tops at the Box: Jon Chu, director of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, has a new movie out called G.I. Joe: Retaliation. You might’ve heard of it – it’s the super special one where a bunch of big action stars (Channing Tatum, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Bruce Willis, etc.) play actual action figures. Retaliation took [...]

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ScreenTime No. 180 :: Skips The Croods, Ponder Olympus, Love the Breakers

by Greg W. Locke March 28, 2013

Tops at the Box: Something called The Croods took the No. 1 spot at the U.S. box office this past weekend, selling a whopping $44.7 million over its first three days. Add to that another $62 million from foreign markets and Dreamworks has a kinda-hit movie in this star-studded animated feature about prehistoric man. I’ve [...]

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