Marley Beats Brad Pitt, Adam Sandler, and Tom Cruise
David Frankel’s comedy Marley & Me raced to the top of the North American box office this weekend with $37 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston as a couple struggling to keep their dog in check, Marley & Me lifted its domestic total to an impressive $51.6 million after only four days in release.
At No. 2, Adam Sandler’s latest comedy Bedtime Stories took home $28 million, reaching a cumulative gross of $38.5 million. The Adam Shankman-directed effort follows a hotel handyman whose bedtime stories come true the next day.
Meanwhile, David Fincher’s acclaimed drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt [...]
by Franck Tabouring | December 28, 2008
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Tags: Adam Sandler, Box Office, Bryan Singer, Cate Blanchett, David Fincher, Jennifer Aniston, Meryl Streep, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Tom Cruise, Trailers, Valkyrie
VALKYRIE: German Reactions
Tom Cruise in Valkyrie
Via "Muted Praise for Valkyrie From German Critics" in Der Spiegel:
"How could [Tom] Cruise, the all-American action hero, play Germany’s only hero of the 20th century, Claus Count Schenk von Stauffenberg, the man who came close to killing Hitler and ending World War II on July 20, 1944? Cruise’s membership in the Church of Scientology, seen by German authorities as little more than a money-making operation, fuelled doubts about his suitability.
"Now Valkyrie, named after the plot by German military officers to overthrow the Nazi leadership, has had its world premiere in New York, and German film critics are less damning than might have been expected."
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Kevin McNally, Christian Berkel, Bill Nighy, [...]
by Massimo David | December 19, 2008
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Tags: Bryan Singer, Claus Count Schenk von Stauffenberg, David Schofield, Kenneth Brannagh, Terence Stamp, Tom Cruise, Tom Wilkinson, Valkyrie
