WARNER HOME VIDEO TO BEGIN RELEASING 3D MOVIES

Timed to coincide with the start of the holiday season, when sales of digital 3D television sets are expected to take off, Warner Bros. is releasing six 3D videos packaged with standard 2D DVD discs. The special packages, which will retail at an SRP of $44.95 each, will include Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of […]

IS 3D ONCE AGAIN TURNING OUT TO BE A FAD?

The verdict is still out on 3D, following a summer that saw the premium for 3D tickets offset the lowest attendance since 1997. Today’s (Friday) Wall Street Journal observed that several of the summer’s biggest hits, including Inception, Iron Man 2, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse were not released in 3D, while some of the […]

INSERTION OF SCHMUCKS DOESN’T SPOIL INCEPTION‘S DREAM

In its third weekend, Warner Bros.’ Inception was dazed temporarily on Friday as Paramount’s Dinner for Schmucks edged it out at the box office, but it came around on Saturday and Sunday to remain the top film for the third weekend in a row with an estimated $27.5 million, down just 36 percent from the […]

SCHMUCKS‘ INCEPTION BEATS INCEPTION

Dinner for Schmucks edged out Inception at the box office on Friday. The comedy, produced by Universal, DreamWorks and Spyglass took in an estimated $8.4 million versus $8.2 million for the Warner Bros. dreamweaver. Sony/Columbia’s Salt was in third place with about $5.9 million, just ahead of the debut of Universal’s Charlie St. Cloud, which […]

MOVIE REVIEWS: CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE

Three new movies make their debut at the box office this weekend, and, judging from the reviews, they’re not likely to pose any obstacle to Inception‘s retaining its position as the No. 1 film.* First, there’s Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, which Mike Hale in the New York Times describes as a […]