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Occasionally you'll hear a movie branded as "criticproof," which I take to be a derisive term implying that the masses will flock even though the movie in question is garbage If there's an entire genre that may now get described as "criticproof" it's the disaster movie. No amount of bad reviews could keep people away from watching Roland Emmerich destroy the world anew in 2012, which made $65 million domestically and $225 million worldwide. The domestic numbers are comparable to The Day After Tomorrow which, among other things, ran 40 minutes shorter. The foreign numbers are even stronger. Those who've seen the movie shouldn't be surprised. Think of it what you will (it's probably my favorite Emmerich film, which is not saying a lot), but it's pretty incomparable as special effects spectacle. 2012 had the box office pretty well to itself this weekend. Its only new competition in even semi-wide release was Pirate Radio, which largely flopped despite the enthusiastic pimping of the Love Actually connection -- under $3 million on 880 screens. Faring better was Precious, which expanded to just under 200 screens and earned $6 million. With Precious and Paranormal Activity, this is proving to be a good season for slow roll-out platform releases; Precious seems to be doing a nice job of building awards buzz, too. As expected, A Christmas Carol turned out to be durable, still running way ahead of The Polar Express, and looking to get a bump from the Thanksgiving holiday in a couple weeks. Look for this one to stick around the top 5 for a little while. On the other hand, the reign of 2012 meant big hits for the holdover genre films, including The Fourth Kind, The Box, and Paranormal Activity. The box office chart after the jump. Filed under: New Releases, Box OfficeContinue reading Weekend Box Office: '2012' Feeds Appetite for Destruction Permalink | Email this | Comments

A quiet storm has been brewing on the Internet over the ethics of spoilers, all in response to The Fourth Kind. It started when Cole Abaius at Film School Rejects took arms against the myriad of bloggers, critics, and tweeters who had been relishing in discussing the veracity of Universal's new alien abduction movie. His post was in part a reaction to a new column started at SciFi Squad that addresses the actual science behind science fiction, which is a perfect podium for an article titled What's The Real Truth Behind The Fourth Kind? Long story short, Cole feels that to address the claims of the movie (whether or not it is indeed "based on real events") is to spoil the director's vision of how the movie should be seen, and even though you're not spoiling anything that happens during the film's run time, you're ruining the experience. Obviously I disagree. I think there are people who actively want to know whether or not its documentary footage is actual footage or the flights of fancy of screenwriters and producers. It's a fine line to walk, that's for sure, but ultimately the question is whether or not such discussion undermines the suspension of disbelief the director clearly intended to be there. It's an issue Cole and I have been going back on forth on for a few days, but now there's a twist involved, proving even further that the situation surrounding The Fourth Kind is quite unique. Universal just settled a lawsuit filed against the studio by the Alaska Press Club for the news stories The Fourth Kind PR department manufactured under the guise of being legitimate news articles from the Alaskan Press. So the question I present to you is, are fake news stories crossing the line?Filed under: Universal, Fandom, Exhibition, Movie MarketingContinue reading Discuss: When Movie Marketing Crosses the Line Permalink | Email this | Comments

Do you believe? 1n 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. The Fourth Kind, abductions, has been the most difficult to document... until now. Ranked 3.05 / 5 | 17149 views | 1 comments Click here to watch the video (00:30) Submitted By: The Fourth Kind Tags: The Fourth Kind Horror Thrillers UFO Alien Abduction Alaska Encounter Milla Jovovich Elias Koteas Will Patton Universal Pictures Categories: Other

We breathe fire at Dragon Age: Origins and mix it up with DJ Hero. What's in The Box? Should you have a close encounter with The Fourth Kind? Plus, we build TIE-Fighter kites!

We breathe fire at Dragon Age: Origins and mix it up with DJ Hero. What's in The Box? Should you have a close encounter with The Fourth Kind? Plus, we build TIE-Fighter kites!

We breathe fire at Dragon Age: Origins and mix it up with DJ Hero. What's in The Box? Should you have a close encounter with The Fourth Kind? Plus, we build TIE-Fighter kites!

We breathe fire at Dragon Age: Origins and mix it up with DJ Hero. What's in The Box? Should you have a close encounter with The Fourth Kind? Plus, we build TIE-Fighter kites!

We breathe fire at Dragon Age: Origins and mix it up with DJ Hero. What's in The Box? Should you have a close encounter with The Fourth Kind? Plus, we build TIE-Fighter kites!

Aside from all that, it was boring. People hypnotized. Great, thanks

November 6 - 8, 2009. Christmas gets off to an early start thanks to Disney and Robert Zemeckis, but are audiences ready to celebrate? Host Grace Randolph gives you the latest box office report plus her own review of The Men Who Stare At Goats!

THE FOURTH KIND, the new alien abduction thriller, is building buzz around its claim to be based on real events, with the actual footage to prove it. Is it real or hype? Hollywood 411 takes a look a the film.

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I'm not sure exactly what quality it is that real people possess and actors lack, but any time a film pretends to document real behavior, either literally or as a reenactment, something is almost always missing. Sometimes the problem is a deliberate decision to enhance events with artificial emphasis or drama, and sometimes it's simply too great a sense of self-awareness in the actor, who knows he or she is performing. But while there are a precious few movies that nail that authenticity, notably the recent underdog-blockbuster Paranormal Activity, such is certainly the case in The Fourth Kind, a film that purports to build an argument for alien abductions using "actual" footage from case studies. While much of the movie's so-called source material carries the convincing roughness and deficiencies of homemade, handheld recording, too much of it seems far too calculated, both in its technical proficiency and the performances contributed by its "real" people. Further, its accompanying reenactments by recognizable actors undermine the possibility that audiences can take its case seriously, all of which adds up to thriller that unravels easily even if it nevertheless occasionally qualifies as a scary good time.Filed under: Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Universal, Theatrical Reviews, Other FestivalsContinue reading Screamfest Review: The Fourth Kind Permalink | Email this | Comments