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And Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience Rakes in…$12.7 Mil??

Did the entire country get snowed in over the weekend? Could bad reviews have really kept JoBro fans away? The mind boggles.

The box office Top 10, courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes:

1. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail $16.5M
2. Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience $12.7M
3. Slumdog Millionaire $12.2M
4. Taken $10M
5. He's Just Not That Into You $5.9M
6. Paul Blart: Mall Cop $5.6M
7. Coraline $5.3M
8. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li $4.7M
9. Confessions of a Shopaholic $4.5M
10. Fired Up $3.8M

In Theaters This Week: Confessions of a Shopaholic, The International, Friday the 13th, Donkey Punch

Three half-steps forward, one giant leap back:

Confessions of a Shopaholic asks you to sympathize with an adorable little journalist/compulsive liar (Isla Fisher) because she just can't stop shopping! Isn't it cute how she jeopardizes a job interview in order to buy an expensive scarf, spreading the cost over a dozen credit cards?

The International asks you to not think too hard about the plot involving a so-evil-it-nearly-cackles bank and instead just enjoy looking at Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, and a gun-ravaged Guggenheim.

Friday the 13th asks you to "reimagine" that there haven't been a billion of these movies before. (Though the epic prologue, I must say, is pretty kickass.)

And Donkey Punch asks you to excuse its vile setup and appreciate its decent execution -- no pun intended -- as freshman English director Olly Blackburn puts a Funny Games spin on the drunk-horny-kids slasher flick.

On a related note, I'll be posting an interview with Blackburn shortly.

The best thing you'll see all week. (Only the director won't be in the shot.)

The best thing you'll see all week. (Only the director won't be in the shot.)

Top 10 Chick Flick Cliches Not Found in He’s Just Not That Into You

Pretending

In a rather funny video posted on the film's promo site, three of the main dudes from He's Just Not That Into You -- Justin Long, Kevin Connolly, and Bradley Cooper -- argue why their movie is superior to rom-com dreck like Bride Wars or Feb. 13's Confessions of a Shopaholic.

Check it out, even though they do prove an accusation I made against the latter wrong -- turns out the Isla Fisher bomb could have stuffed more cliches into its 112-minute runtime.

But enough of them apply to warrant my advice to skip Shopaholic (the above photo illustrates "Pretending to be somebody else") and, if you are dragged to a romantic comedy this Valentine's weekend, make it this one.

Click on the candy-heart icon to the far right for the Top 10: He's Just Not That Into You

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