Weekend Movie Guide (2/13/14)
Ryan
Recapping Last Weekend
The LEGO Movie dethroned Ride Along to take the spot spot at the box office by a huge margin over another first-week film. LEGO brought in $69 million and The Monuments Men brought in $22 million. Ride Along was third with $9.5 million to push it over the $100 million mark in just 4 weeks. Frozen took the fourth spot with $6.8 million. The Disney film has now brought in $369 million domestically and over $900 million worldwide. It took in $14 million in China last weekend where it opened February 5. Lone Survivor took the fifth spot with $5.6 million. Vampire Academy opened with a dismal $3.9 million. It pulled in only $1,466 per theater. Even Jack Ryan, at only $44 million after four weeks still pulled in $200 more per theater.
Opening This Weekend
RoboCop
The original RoboCop was pretty well received in 1987. It has become quite the cult classic since then. Such a cult classic in fact that RoboCop statue will be unveiled in Detroit later this year. The original finished 16th overall in 1987, ahead of such classics as Adventures In Babysitting, Wall Street, and Spaceballs. Critics are not so high on the remake. The remake’s trailer is below, but here’s the original’s 1987 trailer for funsies.
Winter’s Tale
Colin Farrell hasn’t had the best luck with movies lately. This doesn’t sound like the film to revive his career. Check out this review that describes it as an “epic mess”.
Endless Love
Alex Pettyfer stars in this remake of the 1981 film by the same name. The original apparently wasn’t very good despite starring Brooke Shields, martin Hewitt, Tom Cruise and James Spader and having a theme song sung by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie. The film sounds good on paper so, watch the trailer and judge for yourself.
About Last Night
Kevin Hart is the man that can do no wrong at the box office right now. While RoboCop is a pretty straight on remake of the 1987 version, this one make a slight tweak to its 1986 original. Rob Lowe and Demi Moore starred in the original whereas this one stars an African-American cast of stars. Also unlike RobocCop, this one is playing excellent with critics. I couldn’t find the original 1986 trailer, but here’s a scene from the movie. The original finished 26th overall at the box office in 1986, which is pretty decent considering that year featured a ridiculous amount of classics.
Catch It Before It’s Gone
If you haven’t been to a movie theater in a couple weeks, you could spend your entire weekend at Keller 8 this weekend seeing excellent films. Normally you would have to worry about running out of cash, but not anymore.
The big-time sequels in the Anchorman, Hunger Games and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs films are all playing as well as Labor Day, Saving Mr. Banks, Dallas Buyer’s Club and more.
Take the opportunity to see Saving Mr. Banks. Hears some people from the film explaining Disney in the 1960’s.
Make It A Redbox Night
Big-budget films Ender’s Game and Riddick are now available from the magical red boxes. You probably shouldn’t be tricked into renting All Is Lost just because of Robert Redford’s name. He is apparently the only character in the film and has very few lines. The reviews are not good. One film getting very high ratings is Grace Unplugged. If you’ve run out of ABC Family and Lifetime movies to watch, rent it.
Ryan
Ryan is a weird dude. He doesn't cook, yet owns a plethora of kitchen gadgets. He rationalized buying a SodaStream while unemployed. He counts Step Up 2: The Streets as one of his favorite movies along with Footloose, Rent, Grease and Paul Blart: Mall Cop. He loves Mizzou but only wants them in the SEC so he can tailgate in Nashville. He owns a ShakeWeight and AbLounger, but still loves him some John Donut and Billie's Fine Foods. You can get more of Ryan at iLoveSoulard.com or just check the stool on the far end of the bar at iTap in Soulard.
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