Movies Guide

Posted on Wednesday, 13th July 2011 by Sean Permewan

After setting a new midnight record with over $43 million, Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 looks to have beat the previous single day and opening day records of $72.7 million held by Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

According to ERC Box Office, it has grossed $92.1 million in its opening Friday including those $43.5 million from midnight shows and it’s well on its way towards an opening weekend that should easily surpass the current record held by Warner Bros.’ The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan’s anticipated Batman sequel opened on the same weekend three years ago to the tune of $158.4 million in three days, a record that’s held steady even with the last two “Twilight” movies having bigger opening days.

Granted, the “Harry Potter” finale will be heavily frontloaded once you remove those Thursday midnights but it’s still looking very likely to have an opening weekend northwards of $170 million. Read full text…

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Posted on Wednesday, 13th July 2011 by Sean Permewan

Netflix (NFLX) customers reacted angrily Tuesday to the company’s announcement that it is raising — by as much as 60 percent — its prices on plans that entitle subscribers to check out DVDs and stream videos.

The Los Gatos company said it will now charge $15.98 a month for plans that allow users to stream video and check out up to one DVD at a time and $19.98 for streaming and two DVDs at a time. Previously, the company charged $9.99 and $14.99, respectively, for those plans. The price hikes will take effect immediately for new subscribers and Sept. 1 for existing ones.

After the announcement, Los Gatos resident Manish Vaidya switched his subscription from Netflix’s $9.99 combined DVD and streaming plan to a streaming-only plan that costs $7.99 a month.

“I wasn’t happy at all,” said Vaidya, co-founder of a startup smartphone app developer.

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Tags: Dvds, Includes Dvds
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Posted on Wednesday, 13th July 2011 by Aidan Bayly

HollywoodNews.com: July 13, 2011 started out like most days for Dawn Williamson. She grabbed a cup of coffee, sat down in front to the computer and started her work for local charity, CHERUBS. Trying to gather votes to win a contest for $250,000, she’s been contacting people on Facebook and Twitter and asking them to vote.

This morning however was different when she noticed actor Charlie Sheen’s tweets popped up on her screen and she took a chance to tweet to him “@charliesheen kind celeb who will take the challenge to get sick babies 25k votes in 1 month for $250k for research? http://www.voteforcherubs.org”

Her efforts paid off and Mr. Sheen accepted the challenge. Tweetin

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Posted on Wednesday, 13th July 2011 by Sean Permewan

Gwyneth Paltrow in Steven Soderbergh’s “Contagion”.

Today on indieWIRE, we examined this mornings Emmy nominations, interviewed documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, and more!

Netflix? More like Regretflix.

While the internet has predictably lost its cool over Netflixs sudden 60% price increase, Dana Harris spoke to the company and finds out what the changes will mean for Netflix queue enthusiasts. Click here to find out more.

Emmys Get Indie

Everyones abuzz over the Emmy nominations, and Peter Knegt gives us ten reasons to be excited here.

Get Your Purel out! Gwyneth is Contagious!

An awesome preview for Steven Soderberghs disease disaster movie, Contagion, was dropped today.

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Posted on Wednesday, 13th July 2011 by Aidan Bayly

‘Horrible Bosses’

Thursday night’s premiere of Warner Bros./New Line “Horrible Bosses” at the Chinese provoked plenty of memories …. of horrible bosses.

“I used to be a waiter in New York,” mused Charlie Day at the after-screening bash at The Colony. “People weren’t very nice. It wasn’t a nice job.”

Director Seth Gordon said the preem provided him with a reminder of why he got into the business in the first place. “I became a director because I’d had horrible bosses and I didn’t want to answer to a lot of people,” he added.

Screenwriter Jonathan Goldstein recalled that he’d joined a law firm in New York in 1995 and found himself surrounded by horrible bosses. Read full text…

Tags: Bosses, Bosses Remembered
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