Fox takes night but Idol falls in ratings!

'Idol' sputters, but Fox takes night

The wheels of Fox's hit show, American Idol seem to be slowly coming off as the demise of another season and popular judge host Simon Cowell leaving the show draws near.  If you haven't heard, Simon is leaving the show to bring his popular British talent show, The X Factor, to American audiences starting in 2011. The show is originally produced and directed by Cowell and is sure to be in great competition against his former show American Idol. Only time will tell.

Whatever Happen to the Late Night Movie?

Do you remember the days of the late night movie? I do. I miss the days of staying up late and finding the weirdest and goofiest movie I could find around midnight or one or two in the morning, on either a local or cable channel. You remember those B movies classics right? Remember, that night you couldn’t sleep, so you turn on your TV, hoping to find something that would help you to sleep, but to your surprise, you found the lowest budgeted film ever made possibly, that was totally ridiculous, but you can’t stop watching it.

So what has happened to the original midnight movie? Basically, it’s a thing of the past, now replaced with the endless supply of infomercials and constant rotation of your basic blockbusters from the past 5-10 years. It’s really sad those days are gone, because those movies were always a great topic for conversations between family and friends, when discussing the worst or cheesiest movie, ever made.

My favorite late night, B movie classic, has got to be the 1978 film, “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes,” which was the funniest and weirdest film I have ever seen. The theme song was so hilarious, that after years have went by, I still remember it. George Clooney must been a fan as well, because his first movie debut was in the sequel, “Return of the Killer Tomatoes.” I remember watching both of those movies for the first time on USA network’s weekend series, “Up All Night,” back in the early 90’s. Ahh good times!!

'Nightmare Has A Successful $32.2M Weekend; 3D Sequel In Works!

FREDDY'S A (ROTTEN) DREAM: 'Nightmare On Elm Street Opens To $32.2M Weekend; 'Furry Vengeance' $6.5M Bomb

Conan & Leno: The Saga Continues...

Rough Weekend for Leno, a Great One for Conan

Conan O'Brien gave his first sit down interview last night on “60 minutes” and if you didn’t see it, it was a great interview. It was the first time, the comedian and former tonight show talk show host, was able to be more honest, then funny when discussing what happened between him, Jay Leno, and NBC because his contract with NBC (not to talk about the matter or say anything negative towards Jay or NBC) ended on the day of the interview.

While, O’Brien seems to be the overall winner in the fallout, Leno on the other hand isn’t fairly that well by most observers. Case in point, his stand up routine really took a nose dive this past Saturday night at the White House Association Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C. He couldn’t pay for a “real” laugh some say; also people have stated that the President was funnier in his speech at the dinner than Leno himself. (For more information click on the link- Rough Weekend for Leno, a Great One for Conan- above.)

Paramount Cancels 'Anchorman 2'

'Anchorman 2' is off the air


The unexpected blockbuster known as “Anchorman” was Adam Mckay directorial debut since being the head writer for Saturday Night Live. Although set in the 1970’s, the American comedy film was a smash in theaters in 2004, making $28.4 million in it’s opening weekend in the United States alone. Eventually the film would go on to make a worldwide total of a solid $89.3 million, which totally surpassed its meek $26 million budget to make it. Both the critics and audiences loved the film and it’s characters.

Anchorman’s popularity has only sky-rocketed, since it’s released on television, as well over the internet. Will Ferrell, who played the lead actor in the film, Ron Burgundy, has done countless of segments on sports related programs such as ESPN, playing the character, and even today, he is in high demand on other sports and non-sports related programs requesting his services as Ron Burgundy. So basically with a strong and devoted cult following as the film has now, one might say that a sequel would be a “no-brainer” for the Paramount to jump at the chance to make another sequel…right?

Nope. There will be no sequel because last week Paramount passed on the idea to make it, due to a high budget. They considered the cost would be a financial risk for the company, so in other words, they do believe the film will be a blockbuster, but just not a profitable one. Some agree with Paramount’s decision but the most outspoken against their decision is director Adam Mckay, who has used his Twitter account to vent his displeasure on the company’s decision. One of his messages read: "So bummed. Paramount basically passed on Anchorman 2. Even after we cut our budget down. We tried."

Only time will tell if Paramount will change their minds, but for now, fans of Anchorman and Ron Burgundy will only have their DVD copy to keep them warm at night in their beds.

Box office: Friday numbers put Freddy Krueger in top spot with a $15 million night

Box office: Friday numbers put Freddy Krueger in top spot with a $15 million night Well it looks like Freddy's back and the highly driven marketing campaign has worked it's box office magic as it rakes in $15 million on it's opening night. Although, the film was predicted to soar to number one on it's opening night with the always fateful date crowd, but the 15 million is an unexpected high earning for the reboot of the franchise. Critics are still killing this movie from left to right, but if it makes money, then doesn't matter if its any good or not? Don't expect it to have the same success next weekend when the Iron Man 2 opens to an expected blockbuster performance.

Freddys Back: Will You Be?

A Nightmare on Elm Street Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes You heard all before right, 1, 2...Freddys coming for you…3, 4…you better lock your, ahhh the heck with it. You know where I am going with this. Well tonight Freddy is back, by less than popular demand at a local theater near you. The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise has completely been rebooted and this time around a new actor named Jackie Earle Haley, stars as the psycho slasher who loves to terrorize teenagers wearing the traditional red and green striped sweater.

The heavily marketed film has already been over saturated to death through advertising on the television, as well as, over the internet, to remind you, just in case you forgot that this bomb, whoops sorry, this highly anticipated reboot is back and ready to bring back it’s 80’s glory days. Usually when this happens, it means the film isn’t very good to start with, but the people who spent tons of money making this crap, wants to make their money back by manipulating people like you into believing this will be a great date movie or just a fun scary movie. Wrong!

Here is the deal, their goal is to trick, as many people, as possible into seeing their film, especially its opening night and throughout the rest of the weekend, so they can make their money back and get a green light to make a sequel for next year. Also, if the competition is weak at the box office, like it is this weekend, then the excessive marketing alone will crown it as the number one movie at the box office this Monday. It doesn’t matter if the movie is good or not, but as long as they do well in making profits back the first weekend it's out. Don't believe me that this movie is a waste of your hard earned money? Then check out the Rotten Tomatoes's movie reviews and decide for yourself.  Peace Out Home Slice!   ~D.R.