CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS Tops Box Office

Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs stormed the North American box office this weekend with a solid $30.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Playing in both 3D and standard format, Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s animated adventure scored an average of $9,651 per theater at 3,119 locations. The film follows an inventor who faces the consequences of his latest invention: a device that converts water into food.

Debuting in second place with a decent three-day gross of $10.5 million was Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant!, which stars Matt Damon as an exec helping the FBI uncover his company’s price-fixing scheme. The film is showing [...]

I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF Tops Box Office

Taraji P. Henson, Mary J. Blige, Adam Rodriguez in Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself. Photo: Quantrell Colbert.

Tyler Perry’s latest family comedy-drama, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, found its way to the top of the North American box office this weekend with $24 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates.
I Can Do Bad All By Myself got off to a strong start Friday and maintained its dominance at No. 1, scoring a solid average of $10,656 per theater at 2,255 locations. Starring Taraji P. Henson, the film follows the spiritual transformation of a troubled nightclub singer.

At a distant No. 2, Shane Acker’s animated adventure 9 collected $10.8 [...]

Austin Film Critics Awards 2009

2008 Austin Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Austin Film Critics Association award winners: December 16, 2008
 

Christian Bale in The Dark Knight
 

Best Picture: The Dark Knight
Top 10 Films:

Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
Synecdoche, New York
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Wrestler
WALL-E
Frost/Nixon
Let the Right One In

Gran Torino

Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In
Best Documentary Film: Man on Wire
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Original Screenplay: Synecdoche, New York, Charlie Kaufman
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Dark Knight, Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan
Best Cinematography: The Fall, Colin Watkinson
Best Original Score: The Dark Knight, James [...]