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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; J. J. Abrams</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/j-j-abrams/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Michel Hazanavicius/THE ARTIST, Immigrant Drama A BETTER LIFE: Phoenix Film Critics Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/michel-hazanavicius-the-artist-phoenix-film-critics-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/michel-hazanavicius-the-artist-phoenix-film-critics-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:34:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36355</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist won another award earlier today from US-based film critics. The Phoenix Film Critics Society chose the French-made (mostly) silent comedy-drama as the Best Film of 2011. Hazanavicius (right) was also chosen as Best Director and as the writer of the Best Original Screenplay, while The Artist's leading man, Jean Dujardin, was the Best Actor and the film's leading lady, Bérénice Bejo, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/michel-hazanavicius-the-artist-phoenix-film-critics-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>J. J. Abrams&#039; SUPER 8 Overperforms: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/j-j-abrams-super-8-overperforms-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/j-j-abrams-super-8-overperforms-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:55:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27231</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kyle Chandler, Super 8 If studio estimates are correct, J. J. Abrams' Super 8, a Spielbergian horror flick co-produced by Steven Spielberg himself, performed better than expected at the North American box office this weekend (June 10-12), raking in $38m &#8212; including $1.5m from Thursday sneak/midnight screenings &#8212; at 3,379 locations, according to estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Starring Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/j-j-abrams-super-8-overperforms-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SUPER 8 Tops Friday, X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Down, THE HANGOVER 2 Tops 2011: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/super-8-x-men-first-class-the-hangover-2/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/super-8-x-men-first-class-the-hangover-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:10:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27229</guid> <description><![CDATA[Elle Fanning, Super 8 Directed by Star Trek's J. J. Abrams, co-produced by Steven Spielberg, and featuring Noah Emmerich, Kyle Chandler, and Elle Fanning, the retro horror flick Super 8 is expected to gross $35m over the weekend &#8212; not including $1.5m earned at sneak previews on Thursday &#8212; after collecting about $12m on Friday according to early, rough estimates found at Deadline.com. If that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/super-8-x-men-first-class-the-hangover-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SUPER 8 Has Modest Sneak/Midnight Screenings, Will Likely Top Weekend: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/super-8-box-office-elle-fanning-gabriel-basso/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/super-8-box-office-elle-fanning-gabriel-basso/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:02:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27226</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gabriel Basso, Elle Fanning, Ryan Lee in J. J. Abrams' Super 8 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Holding Up Stronger Than X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, Original X-MEN: Box Office Following Michael Fassbender-James McAvoy's X-Men: First Class at no. 2, The Hangover Part II brought in $2.84m at the North America box office on Thursday, June 9, according to Box Office Mojo. The Todd Phillips comedy starring Bradley Cooper, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/super-8-box-office-elle-fanning-gabriel-basso/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Last Day on Top? Holding Up Stronger Than WOLVERINE, Original X-MEN: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/x-men-first-class-james-mcavoy-jennifer-lawrence/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/x-men-first-class-james-mcavoy-jennifer-lawrence/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:22:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27225</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, X-Men: First Class Directed by Matthew Vaughn, and starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Kevin Bacon, Nicholas Hoult, Oliver Platt, and Jason Flemyng, X-Men: First Class scored $4.02 million at the North America box office on Thursday, June 9, according to Box Office Mojo. Since Monday, X-Men: First Class has lost 26% [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/x-men-first-class-james-mcavoy-jennifer-lawrence/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>LEBANON, EYES WIDE OPEN, OF LOVE AND OTHER DEMONS, CAFE NOIR: Los Angeles Film Festival 2010 (June 20)</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lebanon-eyes-wide-open-of-love-and-other-demons/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lebanon-eyes-wide-open-of-love-and-other-demons/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:30:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24582</guid> <description><![CDATA[Eliza Triana in Hilda Hidalgo's Of Love and Other Demons (top); Samuel Maoz's Lebanon (upper middle); Zohar Strauss, Ran Danker in Haim Tabakman's Eyes Wide Open (lower middle); Jung Sung-Il's Cafe Noir (bottom) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World director Edgar Wright will be present to talk about his career at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Sunday evening, June 20. Star Trek's J. J. Abrams [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lebanon-eyes-wide-open-of-love-and-other-demons/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP and THE HANGOVER Top Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/up-and-the-hangover-top-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/up-and-the-hangover-top-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:38:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=13115</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/up-and-the-hangover-top-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP Tops Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/up-drag-me-to-hell-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/up-drag-me-to-hell-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:03:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12751</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/up-drag-me-to-hell-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Tops Box Office, TERMINATOR SALVATION in Second Place</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/night-at-the-museum-terminator-salvation-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/night-at-the-museum-terminator-salvation-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 00:58:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12506</guid> <description><![CDATA[Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian outran its competition at the North American box office this weekend with $53.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Shawn Levy’s sequel to the 2006 hit stars Ben Stiller (above, with Robin Williams and Ricky Gervais) as a former museum security guard who heads to the Smithsonian to rescue his pals from the hands of a ruthless [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/night-at-the-museum-terminator-salvation-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ANGELS &amp; DEMONS #1, STAR TREK #2 at the Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/angels-demons-star-trek-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/angels-demons-star-trek-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 05:01:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12100</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ron Howard’s Angels &#38; Demons topped the North American box office with $48 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The latest big-screen adaptation of one of Dan Brown’s popular novels struggled to beat J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek (above, top photo), which came in a close second with another $43 million this weekend. The sci-fi reboot’s domestic total currently stands at $147.6 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/angels-demons-star-trek-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto at STAR TREK Premiere in Tokyo</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/chris-pine-zachary-quinto-star-trek-tokyo/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/chris-pine-zachary-quinto-star-trek-tokyo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 22:10:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11852</guid> <description><![CDATA[Star Trek Japan Premiere at Shinjuku Milano One on May 12, 2009, in Tokyo. Star Trek will open in Japan on May 29. Photos: Kiyoshi Ota for Paramount Pictures International / 2009 Getty Images Click on the photos to enlarge them. Bryan Burk, John Cho, Zachary Quinto, J. J. Abrams, Chris Pine, Eric Bana, Karl Urban Zachary Quinto, J. J. Abrams, Chris Pine Chris Pine [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/chris-pine-zachary-quinto-star-trek-tokyo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>STAR TREK Soars at the North American Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/star-trek-soars-at-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/star-trek-soars-at-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 02:26:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11697</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anton Yelchin, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, John Cho, Zoe Saldana in Star Trek Moviegoers beamed up J. J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot to the No. 1 spot at the North American box office, with a solid $72.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana and Simon Pegg, Star [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/star-trek-soars-at-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana at STAR TREK Berlin Premiere</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/zachary-quinto-karl-urban-star-trek/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/zachary-quinto-karl-urban-star-trek/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:23:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
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