National Treasure: Book of Secrets is almost as good as the first movie. Jon Turteltaub has brought back all of the character from the first movie (Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Jon Voight, and Harvey Keitel) and has even introduced some new character (Ed Harris and Helen Mirren).
Will Smith’s “I Am Legend” made $76.5 million on its opening weekend becoming the biggest opening movie for the month of December. “It’s no wonder Will Smith feels so lonely. Everyone else on Earth is in the movie theater,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers.
“I Am Legend” smashed Smith’s personal debut record, easily exceeding the $52.1 million opening weekends of “I, Robot” and “Men in Black II,” his previous bests. “I Am Legend” outdid the $72.6 million premiere of 2003’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” the previous best December opening.
For years we have been waiting for the 4th installment of the Indiana Jones series. We are happy to announce that it is finally in production, and will be ready for release in 2008 … we hope.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is being directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford in the title role. It also stars Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, and Shia LaBeouf. Set in 1957, the film pits Indiana Jones against agents of the Soviet Union for the crystal skull.
The Golden Compass is the newest fantasy movie that has been dubbed the next greatest thing since Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia. In the movie ‘Gobblers’ go around the world kidnapping children in order to suppress their free will. There is only one young girl who has the power to avoid them and to see the true world that she lives in through a golden compass. There are many who fear the things that she can now accomplish and in her quest to escape and defeat these people she makes friends – Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig) and polar bears being the few – who help her to complete her journey.