The Smalls Movie, TV and DVD News

So how did it feel to watch the Oscars?  Did it feel like the cork popped? Or a zit? We were very, very proud of Kathryn Bigelow for winning Best Director and ‘The Hurt Locker’ winning Best Picture. Not just because she is a woman, but also because she has always been a fine director.  The rest of the awards ceremony? Well – it had its ups and downs didn’t it?  Why don’t you share with us what you thought in our forums?

The box office saw two major debuts – the first is obviously Tim Burton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ which made a whopping USD $116.1 Million dollars.  The cop drama ‘Brooklyn’s Finest’ came in at #2, at 13.4 Million, which is a decent amount, but certainly looks like nothing compared to Alice.  ‘Shutter Island’ held on at #3, just below at $13.2 Million, and ‘Avatar’ still goes on strong with $8.1 Million at the box office.

What do we have to look forward to this weekend?  There’s ‘Green Zone’, or as we like to call it ‘The Bourne Lookamatum’.  The comedy ‘She’s Out of My League’ looks equally as promising, but we do root for movies with fairly unknown casts. And ‘Remember Me’? Looks a bit sappy but might be a good date movie – let us know what you see this weekend (and what you think of it), OK?

The first posters of Stallone’s ‘The Expendables’ are floating around the Internet – the expectations are high for this movie because of its action star-studded cast and promise for a bombastic return to 1980’s style action flicks.  But even more widely consumed has been the new ‘Twilight: Eclipse’ trailer, which probably has tweens skipping a step in puberty today.  On the flip side, the highly anticipated sequel to ‘Wall Street’ has been delayed from April to September – while the press flack is saying that it’s so the movie can be eligible for Cannes, we think that’s a weak excuse.  Hardly anyone delays a movie a month before release unless there’s a problem with it.

What new projects are brewing?  Well, Clint Eastwood has his sights set on making a movie about J Edgar Hoover.  Casting continues for Captain America, with Hugo Weaving (almost) set to play the villain. Is one of your favorite movies ‘Kentucky Fried Movie’?  Well it’s time to keep tabs on a new movie that Peter Farrelly, Brett Ratner and a host of stars will collaborating on – no titles yet.  In prequel news, ‘Planet of the Apes’ will receive another refresh after Tim Burton’s widely panned re-boot (do you even remember that?).

And the buzz on TV is that ‘24’ is facing its final season.  Interesting, because this show is still one of the strongest in the ratings.  Does this mean the producers and network just want to go out on top?  Or do we smell a movie brewing?  Sniff sniff… 

With the Oscars over, now we can pick up a whole host of DVD’s that studios were holding onto because they weren’t sure which stickers to put on the wrapping (Oscar nominee? Oscar Winner?) – including ‘Up in the Air’ and ‘Precious’. Michael Moore’s ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ will likely enrage some, ‘Old Dogs’ will roll some eyes, and the wild card of the week is ‘Hachi: A Dog's Tale’.  Give us your recommendations!

Hope you have a good weekend, and see you again soon.