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Limitless, Paul and The Lincoln Lawyer all vied for the top spot this past weekend with Bradley Cooper and his handsome face taking it with $19M.

1. Limitless $19.0M
2. Rango $15.3M ($92.6M)
3. Battle: Los Angeles $14.6M  ($60.6M)
4. The Lincoln Lawyer $13.4M
5. Paul $13.2M  ($39.9M)

[MORE: Box Office Mojo, The-Numbers]

Limitless wasn’t expected to do that well, and with a budget of $27M, it’s safe to say it’s going to be a success (good for DeNiro).  Rango stays strong as the only relevant family feature out there, speaking of which, remember Mars Needs Moms?  Someone is getting fired.

Paul opened at #5 stateside (not surprising), good reviews and commercials reminding you of who Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are were not strong enough I suppose.  What did you see this weekend?  Stay at home and watch anything better?  Sound off in the comments below or share it with us on our FB page.

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If for no other reason...Bill Hader ladies and gentlemen.

Have a great weekend everyone, check back Sunday night for a Box Office Report and as always, we return Monday with a brand new City Strip (in color!).  For those who missed it (shame on you) our Greatest Bathroom Brawls list seemed to make some waves around the internets recently, check it out.  And Here We…Go!

PAULIMDBRT (68%)

Did you answer yes to this posts headline question?  Then you may enjoy Paul, “from the dudes who brought you” laughs such as Superbad (Greg Mottola) Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz (stars Nick Frost and Simon Pegg) comes a story that is OUT OF THIS WORLD!  No but seriously, Two British comic-book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51. It’s going to get compared to the other movies, there is no going around that.

THE LINCOLN LAWYERIMDBRT (81%)

Matthew McConaughey is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan…oh, duh!  Now I get it.  He lands a defending Ryan Phillippe, who is accused of rape and attempted murder.  Why not get his name cleared from starring in Antitrust first?

LIMITLESSIMDBRT (64%)

Bradley Cooper is suffering from chronic writer’s block so he takes NZT, a revolutionary new drug that allows him to tap his full potential, all of the brain. Cooper can now recall everything he has ever read, seen or heard, learn any language in a day and comprehend complex equations…so it’s like Phenomenon 3. (why not 2?)

And Such:

  • Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, Friday) – Ambassador Michael Oren (Israel), Richard Belzer, Dan Neil, Erica Williams and Annabelle Gurwitch.  I bet they talk on this episode.
  • The Ricky Gervais Show (HBO, Friday) – Natural History podcast in cartoon form, genius.
  • The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (HBO, Saturday) – You’re never too old to laugh at a child’s personality in a 58-year-old body.  Are you?
  • Big Love (HBO, Sunday) – The series finale for those keeping up with this show.
  • Charlie Sheen: On the Brink (TLC, Sunday) – What more can be said about this great man?

 

Here is the uncensored Red Band trailer for director Greg Mottola’s (Superbad/Adventureland) comedy Paul starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (and an alien voiced by Seth Rogen).  Paul hits theaters on March 18th 2011.

Synopsis: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America’s UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-travelling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town—a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy (Pegg) and Clive Collings (Frost). Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes. (more…)

paulWe have the first US teaser trailer for Greg Mottola’s (Superbad, Adventureland) sci-fi adventure comedy Paul which was written by and stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead).  The latest trailer we posted [here] was a little too broad for my taste, but this one seems to nail it.

Watch the trailer for yourself after the jump. Leave your thoughts in the comments below.

Synopsis: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America’s UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever.  Paul hits theaters on March 18th 2011. (more…)

CoF Presents: Movies To See In 2010

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

So here we are with a new year and a new line up of movies to enjoy.  Did you hear that 2009’s box office beat the sales of DVD and Blu-ray?  Really, for true life it did.  We made a Movies You Should Have Seen In 2009 so it’s no wonder we have put together a list of Movies To See In 2010.  That is, the hope that these said movies live up to their hype or at least the expectations we have granted them.  On with the show this is it…
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