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The Matrix Revolutions revolutionised the worldwide box office alright, but back home it racked only a $50.2 million for the normal time span measured for the box office. It was, of course, good enough for the first place. Second place was for Will Ferrell’s comedy Elf, $32.1 million for the second place. Disney’s Brother Bear hangs on the third place with $18.6 million, while the public still wants to be scared by the 4th ranking Scary Movie 3, with a $11.1 million. Fifth place still has strong signals, Cuba Gooding Jr’s Radio is 5th with $7.4 million. Limited released Love Actually (starring a whole trailer park of English star actors) was loved indeed by the public, nr 6 with $6.6 million.

Worldwide performance record was broken again by The Matrix Revolutions, with a 5 day income of $200+ million, while The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers had a $188 million run last December. Time for the King to show his teeth.

BBC reports:
“Playing simple computer games at the office could improve productivity and job satisfaction, research suggests”. This research originating from the University of Utrecht, I can only concur.
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Total: 929 out of 257 votes > Average is: 3.615

Yupz, you’re seeing it correctly, that’s the TNG DVD Series Borg Cube number 229 out of 1000. Pretty unique eh (Borg pun intended).

While definitely a must-see movie, this concluding part of the trilogy has a few points to bar the experience from being totally fulfilling. The story somehow seems much less complicated, and while the suspense is still there, it’s not as extreme as it could have been. The ending is done nicely, but still has a predictable feel to it. As for the special effects, it’s more massive then you’ve seen before, but the overall baffling ingenuity of the previous effects is much less in this one. Still worth having on DVD though.8.

A scary drop of no less than 56%, but Scary Movie 3 still retains its nr. 1 spot with $21.1 million Probably a tradition, “Yay, it’s Halloween, let’s see a Scary Movie !”. Ah well, it works, obviously.
Disney’s classic animation Brother Bear opens with a $18.5 million, good for a second place, but with the Matrix Revolutions opening next week, it won’t be a box office $100+ million hit.

This season opener is a blasting take-off, not too surprising, as the season ender left you glued to your seat for at least an hour. This episode is still in the same league as previous seasons, but with a hightened suspense level, with a lot of backstory to be revealed slowly, as flashbacks does not fit in this series. With the same creative team behind the scripts, it’s surely gonna be another heart-pounding 24 hours. It’s almost sad there are only 23 eps left this season.

Yupz, this is going to be a good season. A self contained story for every episode, while the arch runs in the background. The lingering atmosphere makes it a richer experience and the allows the character development to unfold slowly, while also sneakingly introducing known elements of the future. Definitely must-see.

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Total: 919 out of 254 votes > Average is: 3.618

Overly exaggerated, but still tolerable. I thought I couldn’t handle another Clooney “comedy”, but this short story isn’t that bad. Catherine Zeta-Jones-Douglas is as charming as ever, though cunning underneath it. Mildly entertaining if you don’t like the Coen brothers’ work, and very entertaining if you do like them. I’m of the first catagory.6½.

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Total: 416 out of 131 votes > Average is: 3.176

Back to just the cases. While they’re still inventive and interesting, it’s too bad the character development is being put on the backburner, again.

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Total: 410 out of 128 votes > Average is: 3.203

Scary Movie 3 (opens here 18 Dec) blasted its way into the box office with a frightning high number, $49.7 million. Blasting the opening score of the previous Scary Movies, it seems dropping the Wayans Brother wasn’t a bad idea after all. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre drops a 50% income, getting in some $14.7 million. Radio (opens here 18 Mar) received good reviews for Cuba Gooding Jr. but opens small for now, $14 million.

Unmistakenly the same team behind her previous albums, the recognizable fast pace – short pace verses sung with a whispery voice is still on every song, but somehow, it seems she has grown up and gone a little bit more boring this time around. With only 10 songs to be found, only less than half of it has a nice sing-a-long rhythm. The others have a slow despressing mood hovering it. Definitely not worth your money.

I’m sure Amy wouldn’t like it, but the comparison had to be made – using Misfit as her debut single, someone had to say it. Avril Lavigne. But listening the whole album, you’ll have to adjust the comparison. It’s more like a church-going Avril, both content and style. A bit more poppy, a bit less rocky. A few ballad like songs mixed inbetween, and you have yourself an album that’s not too catchy, but it’s not too boring either. A good build-up with nice vocals is to be heard in Going out of my Mind, and it would be nice if the whole album had this quality. Instead you get a whiny depressing Happy Now and a few more choir background styled songs. Vocally, this album isn’t that challening either, keeping all the tones somewhere in the middle. As a whole album, this reflects, it’s mediocre.