Weekend Box Office

Van Helsing made a solid $54 Million.

Congratulations to all who paid money for it -- you just ensured that the man whose name belongs alongside Schumacher, Bay, and Emmerech in the Hack Hall of Fame will continue to get paid to make movies.

The good news is, the Olsen Twins have proven to not be box office stars, landing at #4 (lapped by Mean Girls) in spite of having the two funniest men in America (Eugene Levy and Andy Richter) in their film.

This week, everyone can go see a nearly naked Brad Pitt in what appears to be a period porn piece. Or a Jim Jarmusch movie. I know which I'd choose. I also know which America is going to choose.

(And, to be fair, I've liked at least one Wolfgang Peterson film for every one of his films that I've hated)

Happy Birthday!

A happy one to gaelfing and to mendoza, who needs to start posting more, dammit!

Random and sundry stuff

This afternoon, I have my first physical in longer than I care to say. Yeah, it's stupid to wait this long. But it'd be stupid to keep waiting, too.

In June, I'll be attending a conference at Princeton. I may have the opportunity to hop a train to NYC and/or Philly at some point during that conference, so I should probably contemplate a filter for that trip. Which means creating a poll:

[Poll #291190]

Fresh off canceling Angel, the WB has picked up a tv show by Brad Meltzer called "Jack and Bobby," about two kids, one of whom will grow up to be President (it's set present-day, with flash-forwards to the presidency, so it's not about that Jack and Bobby). Go Brad! The obvious question, of course, is, how many comic references can he slip into the show?

Working from home today, but work is still busymaking, so I'll be signing off now.

Grr.

The three-part season finale of season 2 of Justice League, Star Crossed, is being released on DVD instead of airing on Cartoon Network. Dammit.

Tony Noms!

The Tony Award nominations have been announced.

Was the revival of Little Shop really that bad? You can usually just sneeze and get your revial nominated for Best Revival, but other than one acting nom, it's shut out.

Even without having seen any current B-way show, it's hard not to root for Kristin Chenoweth for best actress (although I'd imagine that she and Menzel will hurt each other by both being up as lead actresses).

And hey! Boy George, up for a Tony. Who knew?

EDIT: aussie_nyc points out this article in the Times, worth a read to anyone who gives a damn about theatre.

Why I won't be watching the A Wrinkle in Time movie

Warning sign #1, of course, is the three years on the shelf. But warning sign #2?

NEWSWEEK: So you’ve seen the movie?
Madeleine L’Engle: I’ve glimpsed it.

NW:And did it meet expectations?
ML: Oh, yes. I expected it to be bad, and it is.

EDIT: Oh, and read the rest of the article, as her comments on faith and religion are fascinating.

NEVER MIND (re Justice League)

According to Dwayne McDuffie's site, Star-Crossed will air on May 29.