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'Avatar' Wins Its Seventh Weekend In A Row In The Sunday Box Office Report

Posted 1/31/10 4:36 pm EST by in Box Office


DESC1. "Avatar" ($30 million)
2. "Edge of Darkness" ($17.1 million)
3. "When in Rome" ($12.1 million)
4. "Tooth Fairy" ($10 million)
5. "The Book of Eli" ($8.8 million)

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, "Avatar" once again topped the box office charts this past weekend for its seventh straight weekend victory. Following the $30 million haul, James Cameron's latest film sits atop a domestic money pile worth $594.5 million and is well within days of eclipsing "Titanic's" current record of $600.8 million. Read More...

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'Avatar' Continues Its Winning Streak In The Saturday Box Office Report

Posted 1/30/10 1:42 pm EST by in Box Office


DESC1. "Avatar" ($7.5 million)
2. "Edge of Darkness" ($5.7 million)
3. "When in Rome" ($4.4 million)
4. "The Book of Eli" ($2.5 million)
5. "Tooth Fairy" ($2.3 million)

After seven straight weeks in theaters, you didn't really think that "Avatar" would fall from the top of the charts, did you? James Cameron's science fiction epic continued to barrel ahead of the competition on Friday with a $7.5 million intake, bringing the record-smashing film's cumulative domestic tally up to $572 million. Read More...

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'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' Episode 3.12: 'The Mandalore Plot' Recap

Posted 1/30/10 9:25 am EST by in Commentary, Reviews, TV


Title: "The Mandalore Plot"

Director: Kyle Dunlevy

Writer: Melinda Hsu

Story: The episode opens on Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor) as he arrives on the planet Mandalore to meet with its ruler, Duchess Satine (Anna Graves), who sits at the head of the Council of Neutral Systems. While it is her wish to stand apart from the Clone Wars, a splinter group of terrorists known as the Death Watch make that impossible due to an apparent link with the Separatists. Obi-Wan and Satine, who have some sort of shared history, head to the nearby moon of Concordia in their investigation of a bombing on Mandalore. There they discover that the Death Watch is much larger than believed, nearly losing their lives in the process. Read More...

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'Caprica' 1.02: 'Rebirth' Recap

Posted 1/30/10 8:32 am EST by in Commentary, Reviews, TV


Title: "Rebirth"

Writer: Mark Verheiden

Story: Ron Moore and David Eick are back on TV with more Cylon tales. Their long-awaited "Battlestar Galactica" prequel series, "Caprica," kicked off last week with the pilot, which any self-respecting "BSG" fan took in months ago. Which made last night's episode a second season premiere of sorts, the first new looks we've had at the Graystones, the Adamas and the rest of the ensemble since it hit DVD in April.

The story picks up a month after the Mag-Lev ("Caprica" for 'elevated subway') bombing claimed the lives of young Zooey Graystone (Alessandra Torresani) and her terrorist friend Ben Stark. A copy of Zooey's personality exists on what amounts to a space-age microchip installed into the prototype Cylon body. When the story picks up, we see that Zooey is still very much conscious of who she is and what she's become, so much of the focus of this first episode is there. We also get to see more of the Adama familiy -- future Admiral William "Willy" Adama is a real troublemaker! -- and Zooey's friend Lacy (Magda Apanowicz), who is being courted by her school's headmistress, Sister Clarice Willow (Polly Walker) -- also a closet monotheist and polygamist -- for information about any computer projects Lacy's fallen friend might have been working on. Read More...

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'Dollhouse' Episode 2.13 Recap: 'Epitaph Two: Return'

Posted 1/29/10 10:44 pm EST by in Commentary, Reviews, TV


DESCEpisode Title: "Epitaph Two: Return"

Written By: Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon & Andrew Chambliss

Synopsis: The "Dollhouse" saga comes to a conclusion. Ten years have passed since the death of Boyd Langton and the destruction of the Rossum Corporation's headquarters, but Armageddon commenced nonetheless.

The episode picks up following the events of "Epitaph One," bringing Mag (Felicia Day), Zone (Zack Ward) and mini-Echo (Adair Tishler) face-to-face with the real Echo (Eliza Dushku). Once Topher (Fran Kranz) is freed from Rossum's control, the computer genius devises a plan to save the world from Rossum's technology, but freedom doesn't come without sacrifice. Read More...

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Kevin Smith's 'Hit Somebody,' J.D. Salinger And Oprah's Birthday In Today's Twitter-Wood

Posted 1/29/10 4:30 pm EST by in Twitter-Wood


Today's Twitter-Wood came under duress, as TwitPic.com was down for a while, and I wasn't sure where the Twitter Pic of the Day was going to come from. Luckily, everything worked out and I didn't have to make a blind decision. That means I've fully vetted today's shot of John Travolta at the opening for "From Paris With Love," Jason Reitman's view of Oprah's birthday celebration and Jackie Earle Haley's photo opp at Golden Ear Park.

The feed also brought a status update from Kevin Smith on his film "Hit Somebody," which is based on one of my all-time favorite Warren Zevon songs, a few more thoughts on J.D. Salinger's passing and a pre-date dilemma from Diablo Cody. Check it all out and find out who was backstage at the Grammy Awards yesterday in Twitter-Wood for January 29, 2010. Read More...

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'Wall Street 2,' 'Iron Man 2' And 'Alice In Wonderland' Are Some Of The Offenders In This Week's Promo Police

Posted 1/29/10 4:00 pm EST by in Promo Police


by Perri Nemiroff

Promo Police is back for round two. The lineup pits indies “HIGH School” and “The Yellow Handkerchief” up against Hollywood heavyweights “Green Lantern,” “Iron Man 2,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “The Last Airbender” and “Wall Street 2.” As the end of the month approaches, the force is looking to make quota. This week’s offenders unfortunately won’t boost the stats. Some are facing minimal charges, but the rest are proudly exonerated and set free for your enjoyment.

Concept Art: “Green Lantern”
The Good: The FX folks responsible for these images are taking their job very seriously in multiple senses of the word. First, they’re very accurate portrayals of the popular comic book characters. Secondly and more importantly, they have an ominous undertone suggesting “Green Lantern” could be a more serious superhero film like “The Dark Knight.”
The Bad: Tomar-Re and Kilowog can scowl all they want; when you’ve got faces like that people are bound to giggle.
Promotional Power: Does anything regarding “Green Lantern” not have promotional power? Check it out here. Read More...

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The Mandalorians Arrive In Tonight's 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars'!

Posted 1/29/10 3:30 pm EST by in News


Boba Fett. Maybe not the single-most iconic character in the "Star Wars" universe, but that's more because it's hard to choose just one than anything else. Boba Fett is a badass bounty hunter. His ultimate end -- in the movies, that is -- is rather lame, but he is the embodiment of cruel cool. A big part of that appeal is the armor, a relic of his forgotten people, the Mandalorians.

Of course, as the prequel trilogy taught us, Boba is actually a clone of his father, Jango. Dear old dad is also the clone template for Imperial stormtroopers. See, Jango was the baddest of the Mandalorians. The future footsoldiers of Emperor Palpatine's Galactic Empire were modeled after him because the Mandalorian people are known for their tenacity and their combat abilities. Yet we've never once seen them outside of Expanded Universe books and comics. That all changes tonight on the latest episode of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," entitled "The Mandalore Plot."

We spoke to "Clone Wars" supervising director Dave Filoni last week, and he was more than happy to enlighten us on how this came about. Not just that, but also how these Mandalorians compare to what we know of the culture already, primary from the writings of noted EU author Karen Traviss. Read More...

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Mel Gibson Considers How 'Edge Of Darkness' Stands Apart From His Other Revenge Movies

Posted 1/29/10 3:00 pm EST by in News


In theaters today is "Edge of Darkness," which marks the triumphant return of star Mel Gibson to the big screen. The Australian actor who first made a name for himself here in the U.S. with "Mad Max" has been sticking behind the camera for the past seven years, focusing on passion projects like "Apocalypto" and "The Passion of the Christ." He's back in "Darkness," and it's vintage Mel: he plays a homicide detective investigating the death of his daughter, which of course is not a simple case.

It is familiar ground for Gibson however. He's frequently played a cop (or vigilante-type) in the course of his career, and it's frequently put him on some mission of revenge. "Darkness" is similar, as the investigation eventually uncovers evidence of a corporate cover-up. Gibson is quick to point out, however, that his latest performance stands apart from those in the likes of "Conspiracy Theory" and "Payback." Read More...

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LOST IN NUMBERS: Twenty-Three Dead Characters That Should Return For The Final Season Of 'Lost'

Posted 1/29/10 2:30 pm EST by in Commentary, TV


On "Lost," death is about as common as the cold. It drifts in and out just like a sickness, sometimes with warning but often without any signs at all, and almost always claiming its victims with ruthless efficiency. Whether the dead party is a beloved or loathed character, one thing remains true throughout — the death scenes of "Lost" are almost always epic and inventive.

After the jump, we've listed 23 dead characters who should return for the final season of "Lost."

Stay tuned to MTV next week for the final installments of LOST IN NUMBERS, a series of features pegged directly to the show's trademark number sequence: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. Needless to say, spoilers for season five and earlier lie ahead. And make sure to tune in to MTV Movies Blog next Tuesday for our live blog of the season premiere! Read More...

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