Chris Farley Resurrected In DirecTV Commercial

What are the ethical boundaries when it comes to a celebrity or movie star after the person in question is dead? Obviously, Sony has no problem releasing an unfinished concert film for the recently departed king of pop Michael Jackson . And judging from the projected box office tracking, people are interested in paying for the chance to see Jackson dance and sing on the big screen, for one last time. But what about commercials? There is certainly a difference between releasing an unfinished per

Scary things

If the economy isn’t enough to keep you up nights, maybe you should see Paranormal Activity , this week’s top-grossing movie at the box office. Apparently, it’s the perfect recession film — made for nothin’, marketed for nothin’ and scary enough to make people forget they don’t have a job. Tonight on Marketplace, we’ll be looking at the economics behind this kind of film. Here’s some background from Advertising Age : The $15,000 horror movie, directed by San Diego filmmak

“Where the Wild Things Are” dominates box office, disappoints families

Where the Wild Things Are came out on Friday and was top at the box office with a $32 million take . (Gerard Butler’s Law Abiding Citizen came in second with $21 million.) People may have flocked to see the big screen version of the children’s classic, but many went away disappointed. The Spike-Jonze directed movie, rated PG, isn’t appropriate for the same audience as the book and many families found it too dark, scary and adult for kids. ennifer O’Brien wasn’t in her theater seat 20 min

‘I loved Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ -Akshay Kumar

Let the talks of battle of supremacy at the box office be on hold for the time being at least. Even as the large segment of media has gone ahead and filled in pages around Shah Rukh Khan v/s Akshay Kumar, the latter has no qualms in admitting that he found ‘ Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi ‘ to be an excellent film. He made this statement in the context of family films coming from Bollywood continuing to find an audience globally. “Such stories will always run. It’s like old wine and all that you have t

Friends reunited: Movie version of hit TV sitcom?

Oct 04, 2009Published by Admin The cast of Friends are to be reunited once again – for a movie version of the hit TV show, it emerged today. The six main stars have agreed to move onto the big screen following the success of the Sex And The City film at the box office. It means Jennifer Aniston, 40, Courteney Cox, 45, Lisa Kudrow, 46, Matt LeBlanc, 42, Matthew Perry, 40, and David Schwimmer, 42, will be back on the same set for the first time since the show ended in 2004 – DailyMail reports.W

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