Your New Movie Releases for the week of April 30th, 2010

[Earende]

Furry Vengeance  - Brendan Fraser stars as a real estate developer whose new project sets off an epic, all-out war with the local forest creatures.  http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810089717/video

A Nightmare on Elm Street - A group of suburban teenages share one common bond; they are all being stalked by Freddy Krueger, a horribly disfigured killer who hunts them in their dreams. As
long as they stay awake, they can protect one another... but when they sleep, there is no escape. Jackie Earle Haley stars as the razor-fingered boogey man Freddy Krueger, in a new remake of the 1980s horror classic. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810076927/info** FEATURED IN BLOODLUST

The Good Heart  - Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas, a homeless young man who has already given up on life. In the hopes of keeping his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing, schooling him in the male-centric laws of his alcoholic clubhouse: no new  customers, no fraternizing with customers and, absolutely no women. Lucas is a quick study,
but their friendship is put to the test when the distraught and beautiful April shows up at the bar seeking shelter, and Lucas insists they help her out. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809761747/trailer

Harry Brown - As a modest, law abiding citizen, Harry Brown lives alone. His only companion is his best friend Leonard. When Leonard is killed, Brown reaches his breaking point. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810073980/trailer

The Human Centipede - During a stopover in Germany in the middle of a carefree road trip through Europe, two American girls find themselves alone at night when their car breaks down in the
woods. Searching for help at a nearby villa, they are wooed into the clutches of a deranged retired surgeon who explains his mad scientific vision to his captives' utter horror. They are to be the subjects of his sick lifetime fantasy: to be the first to connect people, one to the next, and in doing so bring to life "the human centipede." "CAUTION, THE SCENES YOU WILL SEE ARE QUITE GROSS!!!!!! I MEAN REALLY GROSS!!!!"  http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810143417/trailer

Mercy - Johnny Ryan is a successful young romance novelist who doesn't actually believe in love. When he meets the beautiful and mysterious Mercy at the launch party of his latest book, Johnny's world is suddenly turned upside down. Shockingly, she is the only major critic who dislikes his book. A cynic by nature, Johnny becomes determined to find the depth that Mercy says he is lacking and, in the process, falls in love. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810153217/trailer

Please Give - Kate has a lot on her mind. There's the ethics problem of buying furniture on the cheap at estate sales and marking it up at her trendy Manhattan store. And how much markup can she get away with? There's the materialism problem of not wanting her teenage daughter to want the expensive things that Kate wants. There's the marriage problem of sharing a partnership in parenting, business, and life with her husband Alex but sensing doubt nibbling at the foundations. And there's Kate's free-floating 21st century malaise - the problem of how to live well and be a good person when poverty, homelessness, and sadness are always right outside the door. Plus, there's the neighbors: cranky, elderly Andra and the two granddaughters who look after her. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810028788/trailer

[Horace]

I'm definitely checking out Nightmare, if only because I really liked the originals!!

When I saw scenes from the Human Centipede, I almost chucked, for real. I wouldn't go see this let alone rent it. I'm kinda surprised you added it here. BUT, I still love you!

[Zen Elipsys]

My youngest want to see Furry Vengeance, I'd rather take them to see How to Train Your Dragon again! I'm also surprised that my wife wants to check out ANOEM!

And dudette--much respect! I, like Horace, was gaggin big time off that preview...

[Earende]

Sorry 'bout that. But I will add a warning... :)

[Sistah Sixx]

That's all ya gotta say honey! I will NOT look---not even remotely curious!

But, I'm checking out the Losers---and I like your write up there!!!!

[Earende]

It was a good weekend for Krueger. The 1980s horror villain is back with a vengeance, with The Nightmare on Elm Street remake earned a solid $32 million, landing it in first place at the box office this weekend. Still, even with the success of Nightmare -- which stars Jackie Earle Haley as the disfigured madman who kills teenagers in their dreams -- this weekend’s box office still couldn’t trump last year’s total in early May, when X-Men Origins: Wolverine grossed $85 million. (Of course, Hollywood will likely make up for it next weekend, when Robert Downey Jr. dons the Iron Man suit once again; the film is already hitting across the season, where it’s opened in 53 territories this past weekend, taking in $100.2 million) And though Nightmare earned $32 million, the film fell steeply between Friday and Saturday night, and earned a C+ Cinemascore, which suggests that the film hasn’t been very well received by audiences.
Second place for the weekend belonged to How to Train Your Dragon, which, once again, held in remarkably well. The PG-rated 3-D flick grossed an estimated $10.8 million, down only 29 percent since last weekend. Its total gross now stands at $192.3 million. The Steve Carell, Tina Fey flick Date Night, fell only 27 percent, collecting an additional $7.6 million. The PG-13 comedy has now grossed $73.6 million.
Despite a weak opening, The Back-Up Plan held on fairly well its second weekend in theaters. Falling 41 percent, Jennifer Lopez’s romantic comedy grossed an additional $7.2 million to put the film’s two-week total at $22.9 million. Fifth place for the three-day period went to the other newcomer of the weekend, Furry Vengeance. The PG-rated family film earned only $6.5 million but scored a B+ with audiences. It's unlikely to do much business going forward, but considering it’s a co-production between Summit Entertainment and Participant Pictures, it’s unlikely the film’s disappointment will hurt either company much.
Sixth place went to The Losers. The film -- which disappointed in its opening weekend -- fell 36 percent its second weekend in theaters, grossing an additional $6 million. The Jeffrey Dean Morgan-Zoe Saldana action flick has collected just $18 million after ten days in release. Clash of the Titans took the seventh spot, earning an estimated $5.9 million, putting its total gross at $154 million. Kick-Ass earned another $4.4 million in its third weekend of release, landing an eighth place finish. The R-rated film continues to fall steeply -- it dropped 52 percent, but has grossed a total of $42 million. Death at a Funeral -- which took in $4 million -- and Disney’s Oceans documentary, which raked in $2.6 million, rounded out the top ten. The R-rated Chris Rock comedy lost 50 percent of its value since last weekend, and, in three weeks of release, has grossed $34.7 million. Disney’s doc dropped 57 percent, earning $13.5 million.
What did you go to see? How was it?