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CHURCHGOERS MAKE CHRISTIAN DRAMA COURAGEOUS NO. 1 ON DVD

January 26, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

Churchgoers flocked to the video stores and DVD sales counters last week to make the Christian drama Courageous tops in sales. The movie, written and directed by Alex Kendrick, who also costarred, took in only $35 million in its theatrical release, but it only cost $2 million to produce. No. 2 on the Nielsen VideoScan […]

’80’S REVIVAL AT BOX OFFICE

October 14, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

Two movies from the 1980s are being reincarnated this week and will join a comedy about the unlikely subject of bird watching to try to unseat last week’s robot fight film, Real Steel, from the top position at the box office. Analysts are saying that the remake of 1984’s Footloose has the best chance of […]

CLOONEY’S IDES OF MARCH OPENS VENICE FESTIVAL

September 1, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

George Clooney continues to garner much praise for his efforts as a film director. His The Ides of March (he also co-wrote and co-stars in it), presented as the opening film at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday night, was praised by the Hollywood Reporter’s Deborah Young for its “tense pacing and a superb cast, led […]