Showing posts with label Movie Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movie Reviews. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

'Fatal Honeymoon' Lifetime Movie To Feature Life of Gabe & Tina Watson; Stars Y&R's Billy Miller, Amber Clayton & Harvey Keitel

The creators of Lifetime movie Fatal Honeymoon have promised to delve "deep" into the psychology of Gabe Watson (pictured), who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his wife, Tina Watson. Watson's wife died while scuba diving on their honeymoon dive in 2003.

Watson, 35, served 18 months in prison before his release in November 2010.  He was accused of tampering with his new wife's scuba equipment to pocket in excess of $200,000 insurance money. His eight-day "murder for money" trial in Alabama was dismissed this February for lack of evidence.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Dark Shadows Earns $28.8M & Second Place At The U.S. Weekend Box Office; $65M Worldwide

Dark Shadows came in second at the box office this weekend in the United States with an estimated $28.8 million opening for May 11-13, 2012.   Marvel's The Avengers, promoted on GENERAL HOSPITAL in early may, remained a juggernaut grossing $103,163,000.

The second weekend of May is a notoriously difficult time to open a movie.

Among recent Johnny Depp and Tim Burton collaborations, Alice in Wonderland earned $116.1 million and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's $56.2 million in their opening weekends.

The Wrap reports that the film made an additional $36.7 million in oversea territories, making over $65 million so far.

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Friday, May 11, 2012

TOP FIVE: My Opinion of the New DARK SHADOWS Movie; Plus, The Five Best Print Media Reviews

Among We Love Soaps staff, I am alone. I am totally unfamiliar with the original DARK SHADOWS. I don't know if it is because of, or in spite of, that fact, that I was able to enjoy the new film. However, after reading dozens reviews from major media outlets, I can say for sure that there are many other reviewers out there (most of whom at least feign intimacy with the iconic ABC gothic soap opera) who share my positive reaction.

Before I present my choices for the best professional print assessments of this extraordinarily anticipated motion picture event--and by best, I of course mean those that I agree with the most, though a clear and engaging expression of their opinion is also important--I want to offer my own thumbnail critique.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

REVIEW: "Francophrenia (Or Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is)" Fun for GENERAL HOSPITAL Fans

A scene captured in the film. Photo by Jim Warren
Damon L. Jacobs and I had a ball on June 22, 2010 at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), the night GENERAL HOSPITAL went on location for "Francophrenia," equal parts soap opera taping, performance art, and a movie shoot. We danced, we spent time with James Franco and we chatted with fans.

Nearly two years later we finally saw the film, Francophrenia (Or Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is), on Wednesday as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. My biggest fear going to the theater was that the film would set up soap fans to be mocked in some way. I'm happy to report that the movie does not do that. But what is it about?

James Franco turned-over countless hours of film to director Ian Olds, whose job was to turn the footage into a documentary.

Ultimately, it didn't end up as a documentary.

Monday, October 10, 2011

CULT CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: "House of Women" Starring Daytime Legends Constance Ford & Jeanne Cooper

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if actors had crossed soaps more frequently? For instance, what would it have been like to see ANOTHER WORLD’S Ada Hobson come face-to-face in a duel with THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS grand dame Katherine Chancellor?  It turns out their portrayers Constance Ford and Jeanne Cooper did in fact spar in a 1962 film called House Of Women. And thanks to the good people at Warner Archives, you now can own this classic camp fest.

The plot centers around the going ons in a women’s penitentiary, where peculiarly enough, children are allowed to live with their mothers until the age of three.  If the mother hasn’t been paroled, the children get adopted out, and tears and rage ensue.  Ford plays Sophie Brice, one such prisoner affected by tragic circumstances in the prison, and Cooper plays Helen Jennings, the prison guard doomed to end up on the wrong end of Sophie's knitting needles. The chemistry between Ford and Cooper is electric and makes you grieve that these two legends never appeared on the same continuing show.