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Ole Bornedal is bringing the world a new possession film, and the movie poster and trailer definitely have merit.  At least it’s not one of those found footage films either.  The synopsis says: “A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl’s father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.”  So, I guess I’m not buying anything creepy at a yard sale from now on.

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This Geek Deal will last till Sunday so you have  just a little time to get it.  In anticipation for Halloween, today;s geek deal is all about ‘The Omen’.  I remember seeing these growing up and scaring me.  Especially the first one.  Perfectly cast and unnervingly creepy, I had nightmares for a few days about his film.  Well you can get the whole set of films on blu-ray for almost 70% off.  That means the entire set is under $20.00.  Take advantage of this awesome geek deal.

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Luke O’Brien, a washed up janitor turned night law student, decides to sue Satan for $8 trillion dollars. On the last day before Luke files default judgment, Satan appears to defend himself. On Satan’s legal team are 10 of the country’s best trial lawyers. The entire world watches on Legal TV to see who will win the Trial of the Century.

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Here is a new film coming out July 29th called “Devil’s Double” which looks exactly like “Scarface” (the Al Pacino version) in the desert.  Below we have the poster and the trailer.  The film is directed by Lee Tamahori (Next, Die Another Day, XxX pART 2) and stars Dominic Cooper (The Duchess, An Education).

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Many of you know Daniel Johnston as a musician.  But he is also a writer and an artist who draws cartoons.  He has been wanting to do a comic book for a while now, and it seems that he is finally tackling that now.

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Gordon Gekko is on top once again making that money.

Wall Street 2 opened at the #1 spot this weekend bringing in a total of $19 million dollars.  Michael Douglas, Shia Lebouf, and Oliver Stone have brought us the sequel from the 1980′s about insider trading on Wall Street.

Coming in at the #2 spot is the computer animated owl adventure, “Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole bringing in about $16.3 million dollars.

Ben Affleck’s “The Town” went from #1 last week to the #3 spot this week bringing in a little over $16 million dollars with a combined two week total of over $49 million dollars.  It has surpassed its budget by $12 million.

The teen comedy, “Easy A” dropped from the #2 spot to the #4 spot this week bringing in $10.7 million dollars for a combined two week total of $32.8 million dollars.

The #5 spot belongs to the dominant female cast of “You Again” bringing in a little over $8 million dollars.

Devil and the Resident Evil sequel have clinched the #6 and #7 spots.  Resident Evil: Afterlife has made so far over $52 million dollars.  that is $8 million dollars shy of its $60 million dollar budget.

And Inception is still in the top 10 weekly top movie grossers at #10.  It brought in $1.2 million dollars this weekend for a combined 11 week total of $287 million dollars.

That’s it for this weekend.  Stay tuned for next weekend.

Ben Affleck is on top again at the box office.  His movie “The Town: starring himself and John Hamm from the AMC series “Mad Men” is number 1 at the box office this weekend bringing in almost $24 million dollars.

Coming in at number 2 is the teen comedy “Easy A”.  This movie is loosely based on the classic novel “The Scarlet Letter”.  It brought in a little over $18 million dollars.  It only had a budget of $8 million.  So kudos there.  Read Cowdefender’s review HERE.

At number 3 is the M. Night Shyamalan film “Devil” bringing in a little over $12.5 million dollars.  This is the first in  series of films thought up by M. Night Shyamlan who other people write and direct.  Supposed to be a creepy film.  Read Cowdefender’s review HERE.

Resident Evil: Afterlife went from the top spot last week to number 4 this week bringing in $10 million for a combined two week total of $44 million dollars.

George Clooney’s “The American” went from the number 3 spot to the number 7 spot this week bringing in about $2.7 million dollars for a combined three week total of  about $32.8 million dollars.

In a surprising movie, the blockbuster hit “Inception” went from being number 10 last week to number 8 this week bringing in a little over $2 million dollars for a combined 10 week total of a little over $285 million dollars.

Machete came in at number 10 bringing in $1.7 million dollars for a combined 3 weeke total of about $25 million dollars which has surpassed its budget.  Hopefully this means sequel.

Also something to note is Sly Stallone’s “The Expendables”.  It came in at number 12 bringing in $1.4 million dollars for a combined 6 week total of $101 million dollars.  That is an uber violent rated “R” film bringing in that much money.  Kudos Sly.  Kudos.

That’s it for this week.  Stay tuned for next weekend.

I want you all to welcome a new reviewer for Boomstick Comics.  He hails from the great lands of Kansas City.  He is a super lawyer by day and a crime fighter by night and he is known as Cowdefender.  He has seen M. Night’s first film in The Night Chronicles which M. Night did not write or direct, but only produced.  What do you people think about the movie?

“More people are going to like this than M. Night’s last couple of outings. Even wikipedia makes it clear that many regard M. Night to be a better director than screenwriter. Devil was a story of M. Night’s that was given to a different screenwriter. So, I’d say it worked. Devil was well written and well directed. There were a few lines that struck the audience as a bit cheesy and a bit on the nose to explain the film from within the film, they consistently fed these lines to a single character and all the other characters responded appropriately to what he was saying. I felt that aspect worked just fine.

The film was appropriately engaging, tense and compelling. It kept me guessing. Of course that aspect makes it hard to say much. It should be noted that a considerable amount of the movie takes place outside of the elevator. Sure those folk are stuck in the elevator, but this isn’t like the Phonebooth film or the coming Ryan Reynolds flick. I mention this because that was something that made me hesitant to see Devil, I just wasn’t entirely down with seeing these people hanging out in an elevator for 90 minutes, so fortunately this isn’t what was forced upon me.

I don’t scare easily at all, but the movie is creepy and the women in the theater definitely seemed to be appropriately hit by it. Also as expected I got to listen to teenage boys proudly boast that they knew all along. I do recommend it, it isn’t a must see and it’s encouraging for the future of M. Night.”

Devil gets a 7 of 10.

- Cowdefender

M. Night Shyamalan sat down with MTV and discussed his Night Chronicles.  First one being the upcoming horror film “DEVIL“.  You have probably seen the trailer with everyone trapped on the elevator.  There will be three movies from this Night Chronicles series.  The second film in this series will be called “Twelve Strangers” which will be about a jury dealing with a case of the supernatural.  Sounds like a horror film of “Twelve Angry Men”.  And the third film will be Unbreakable 2.

Now with these movies, M. Night is not writing them nor directing them which will probably make tons of people happy given his recent efforts.  I differ though.  I liked all of his films with the exception of Lady in the Water and the most recent Airbender film.  Yes I even liked The Happening.

Here is an exceprt of what M. Night said.

“I cannibalized the idea for the sequel to ‘Unbreakable’ for one of the ‘Night Chronicles,’” revealed Shyamalan.

“It was such a cool idea for a villain, and it was actually originally in the script for ‘Unbreakable,’ and it was too much,” he said of his reasons for excising the element that was intended to become “Unbreakable 2.” “There were too many villains, so I pulled this villain out and was like, ‘I’ll make this the second flick. I fleshed it out more and more, and thought, ‘This could be a standalone movie.”

I always thought that Unbreakable was one of the best films to come out in the last decade.  I still stand by that.

This is going to be a new weekly post where I will let you know some of the ultra cool events and affairs that are happening around the Metroplex.  Movie screenings, concerts, comedy acts, drink specials, and much much more will be added.  So look to this every weekend for something awesome to do and act accordingly.  We start this weekend off with a LONG weekend.

On Saturday September 4th the ultimate AC/DC tribute band, “Back In Black” will be performing live at the House of Blues with opening act “Blizzard of Ozz: A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne”.  This show promises to rock your collective socks off.  These guys are AWESOME.  Rock OUT!  See what Back in Black is all about HERE. And buy tickets to the event HERE.

The midnight show this week at the Inwood Theatre in Dallas is The Last of the Mohicans.  Times are Friday and Saturday night at midnight.  Not your typical late night movie, but a great movie non the less.  Plus the Inwood has an excellent full service bar you can bring your cocktails into the movie and sit on counches and bean bags and love seats.  Check it out HERE.

If you are into wine and grilling then go to Veritas Wine Room on Sunday starting at 7:00pm and it will go till whenever.  Fernando will be turning into a crazy ninja chef and will be grilling just about everything and he promises it will be SPICY.  Veritas asks you that you RSVP to them and let them know how many are coming out so they know how much food to buy.  Contact them HERE.

For something a little different, head on over to the Lakewood Theatre on Friday at about 8:00pm and catch all that is AWESOME with Viva Dallas Burlesque.  These amazing performers are guaranteed to thrill you, chill you, and fulfill you.  I had the pleasure of seeing this show last month and it was amazing.  There was a Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas routine and an Angel vs. Devil routine.  You will hear some great music and see some excellent dance.  Head HERE to find out about it.