Alison Lohman Articles

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel in (500) Days of Summer The Detroit Film Critics Society has announced its list of 2009 nominees. Those competing for the best picture award are Marc Webb's sleeper hit (500) Days of Summer, Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker, Quentin Tarantino's anti-Nazi fantasy Inglourious Basterds, Pete Docter's animated Up, and Jason Reitman's socially conscious Up in the Air. All [...]

Pixar’s Up topped the North American box office for the second consecutive weekend with $44.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Playing at 3,818 locations, the Pete Docter-directed animated adventure brought its domestic gross to $137.3 million after a strong two-week run. The plot follows a 78-year-old widower who takes his entire house on a trip to South America. Debuting in second [...]

Pixar’s Up safely landed at the No. 1 spot at the North American box office this weekend with $68.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Directed by Peter Docter, the animated adventure tale opened at 3,766 locations, scoring an average of $18,109 per theater. The story follows a 78-year-old widower who, wishing to fulfill his dream, takes his entire house on a [...]

"I'm touched. This has been something — a crazy experience," remarked director Jean-Marc Vallée upon accepting the best director Genie Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Vallée's film, C.R.A.Z.Y., the story of a gay youth coming of age in the Quebec of the 1960s and 1970s, swept the Genies with a total of ten wins out of 12 nominations. In addition to [...]