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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Boldly Goes to Number One

Jacob Hall — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:30:15 +0000

When is a $70 million opening not a success? When its predecessor opened to $75 million four years ago. This is the predicament facing 'Star Trek Into Darkness,' which opened at number one at box office while being something of a disappointment.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Iron Man 3′ and 'The Greaty Gatsby' Divide and Conquer

Jacob Hall — Sun, 12 May 2013 17:33:58 +0000

No one expected 'The Great Gatsby' to take number one at the box office over 'Iron Man 3' this weekend, but it did the next best thing: it opened huge at number two. There is no shame in this silver medal.

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Movie Theater Lets Pretend Gunmen Storm Theater During 'Iron Man 3′ in Worst Publicity Stunt You Can Imagine

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:30:34 +0000

The action during a screening of ‘Iron Man 3’ didn’t exactly happen on-screen at one theater.

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Millennium Studio's Diego Martinez: Cutting Film Tax Credits Would End Our Local Movie-Making Industry

Angela Thomas — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:36:51 +0000

Diego Martinez with Millennium Studio shares his thoughts on proposed state film tax credit cuts.

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'Dakota's Summer': The Latest Movie To Be Filmed In Shreveport

Angela Thomas — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:12:37 +0000

A couple of film projects are headed to Shreveport-Bossier this summer.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Pain and Gain' Leads a Slow Weekend

Jacob Hall — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:51:41 +0000

Some will call this a slow weekend, but it may be better to think of it as the calm before the storm. Next week, the summer movie season begins and people are saving their pennies for 'Iron Man 3,' so it's not really surprising that this was an uneventful couple of days at the multiplex. At least the folks behind 'Pain and Gain' can be glad that their film led an otherwise quiet weekend.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Oblivion' Obliterates the Competition

Jacob Hall — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:47:44 +0000

Tom Cruise and science fiction are a powerful combination. Although the opening weekend of 'Oblivion' didn't break any records big or small, it's a more than solid start for a non-franchise, non-sequel, non-reboot. That's a sad statement on the current state of Hollywood, but that's another topic for another day.

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'Django Unchained' Mysteriously Pulled From Chinese Theaters

Jacob Hall — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:21:16 +0000

Despite being the second largest film market in the world after the United States, China still enforces strict censorship laws regarding what can and can't be seen in its cinemas. The latest victim of Chinese censors is Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning 'Django Unchained,' which was yanked out of theaters on the first day of its release.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Evil Dead' Possesses the Box Office

Jacob Hall — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:04:44 +0000

If someone glanced at this weekend's box office, they could be forgiven for thinking they accidentally stepped into some kind of time portal. After all, films called 'Evil Dead' and 'Jurassic Park' were in the top five.

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10 Things You Didn't Know About Roger Ebert

TheFW Staff — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:00:11 +0000

Roger Ebert passed away this week. He was an amazing man who not only provided people with his opinions on movies, he planted the notion that movies could be more than just observed in the minds of countless people. And he was entertaining. (Proof: This review of 'Deuce Bigelow: European Gigolo.') He also led a fascinating life, so we put together some trivia to give you an idea of the greatness that was Roger Ebert.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Wins the Day

Jacob Hall — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:33:47 +0000

Like any holiday that sees families congregating together and then desperately seeking activities where they don't have to talk to each other for two hours, this Easter weekend saw a strong bump at the box office thanks to a few new contenders and a handful of holdovers with some surprising staying power.

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'Olympus Has Fallen' Ranks High in Weekend Box Office Report – Good News for Hollywood South

Angela Thomas — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:12:42 +0000

Two locally-filmed movies are out now, and one of those dominated the weekend box office.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'The Croods' and 'Olympus Has Fallen' Rise to the Top

Jacob Hall — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:41:18 +0000

You can't imagine two films more different than 'The Croods' and 'Olympus Has Fallen,' but right now the two of them sit on top of the box office chart, both temporarily linked by the fact that a bunch of people apparently wanted to see them this weekend. It's the first time in forever that two films have opened to over $30 million at the same time...but it wasn't golden for all of the new releases.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Oz the Great and Powerful' Saves the Box Office

Jacob Hall — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:45:11 +0000

After a series of increasingly dire weeks at the box office, 'Oz the Great and Powerful' arrived and shook things up in a major way, earning the first truly massive opening weekend of 2013 and setting the table for all kinds of Oz-related content in the near future. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is something that we'll let you judge.

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Want To Be In A Film? BPCC Is Looking For You!

Dennis Foley — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:37:23 +0000

Bossier Parish Community College's Division of Communication and Performing Arts is holding open auditions for the upcoming BPCC Film Institute's annual summer movie.

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'Olympus Has Fallen' Opens in a Week

Robert and Erin — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:44:33 +0000

We all remember when the White House replica was built in South Bossier. We'll get to see how that translates onto the big screen where Shreveport-Bossier will be front and center when 'Olympus Has Fallen' opens.

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'Boobs' Song at the Oscars Crosses the Line

Robert and Erin — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:52:17 +0000

Seth MacFarlane was decent, not exceptional. The opening was way too long.....15 minutes or so. Some of the jokes were very funny. Some were just mean and I don't like mean. What I really don't like is silly jokes about women. And that's what you got with one of the opening numbers.

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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Identity Thief' Climbs Back on Top

Jacob Hall — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:13:58 +0000

With Hollywood focused on the Oscars, this was one of the dullest box office weekends in recent memory, with each of the new releases arriving with a shrug, last week's champions plummeting and 'Identity Thief' climbing back to the top of the chart.

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2013 Oscar Winners!

Nick Romano — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:00:49 +0000

The 2013 Oscar winners were finally announced during the awards ceremony hosted by Seth MacFarlane on Sunday, February 24. After a lengthy awards season with Ben Affleck's 'Argo' as the clear frontrunner, picking up Best Picture and Best Director titles every chance it had, the flick ended up snagging the big award of the evening -- Best Picture!

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Catch Shreveport on the Big Screen in 'Snitch'

Dennis Foley — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:03:32 +0000

Does that place look familiar? It should. And now, millions of people across the country will see that and many more shots of Shreveport in the film "Snitch," now in theaters.

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