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MOVIE NEWS CASINO ROYALEThe first photo of new Bond villain Le Chiffre has been revealed (seeright), being played by Mads Mikkelson. R.I.P.DDirector David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) will helm an adaptation of a ‘DarkoHorse’ comic, entitled R.I.P.D. The movie is about a cop, Nick Cruz, who iskilled in his prime and enlisted by a divine law enforcement agency to catchrestless spirits and hideous monsters. Think Men In Black meetsGhostbusters! DAN’S MOVIE DIGEST BLOG (DMDB) –Dan Owen.blogspot.com
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US TOP 10 (CINEMA)All figures are weekend box-office gross.
- 1. Scary Movie 4 ($40.2m)
- 2. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown ($20.0m) (total to date: $147m)
- 3. The Benchwarmers ($9.91m)
- 4. The Wild ($9.68m)
- 5. Take the Lead ($6.78m)
- 6. The Inside Man ($6.43m)
- 7. Lucky Number Slevin ($4.75m)
- 8. Thank You For Smoking ($4.49m)
- 9. Failure To Launch ($2.61m)
- 10. V for Vendetta ($2.22m)
UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)
- 1. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (£3.60m)
- 2. Scary Movie 4 (£1.95m)
- 3. The Inside Man (£0.63m)
- 4. Take The Lead (£0.62m)
- 5. She’s The Man (£0.59m)
- 6. An American Haunting (£0.54m)
- 7. Alien Autopsy (£0.31m)
- 8. Failure To Launch (£0.20m)
- 9. The Shaggy Dog (£0.19m)
- 10. Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye (£0.17m)
** IN THE PIPELINE **All the following are U.K. release dates, and are subject to change.
- 21st April 2006: The Moguls, Harsh Times, Hoot, Hostel, Confetti, CRAZY, L’Enfer (2005), Mistress of Spices
- 28th April 2006: Eight Below, Lucky You, Love & Hate, Flight 93
- 5th May 2006: Love + Hate, The Magician, Confetti, The Devil and Daniel Johnson, Russian Dolls, Three, In the Mix
- 12th May 2006: When a Stranger Calls, Quo Vadis, Baby?, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Aquamarine, Prime
- 19th May 2006: Once in a Lifetime, The Da Vinci Code, Waiting…
- 26th May 2006: Thief Lord, The Wild, X-Men: The Last Stand, Down in the Valley, Hoot
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Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.