“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” took in $112 million in the sequel’s first weekend and $201.2 million since opening Wednesday, according to Sunday estimates from Paramount, which is distributing the DreamWorks movie.

It was well on the way to becoming the year’s top-grossing movie.

Apparently it was like 2 mill short of The Dark Knight for top 5 day open honors.

This article had pretty much nothing of note. It was just all, “Transformers earns money” and “Megan Fox is sexier than Angelina Jolie” and “Seriously, you knew it was going to earn this much money, here you go.” Boring. Until this tidbit…

Now playing in almost every other country except India

What the fuck is wrong with India, man?

Apparently Michael Bay doesn’t think that Transformers 2 is getting promoted properly and let some fools know this. From an Entertainment Weekly post,

The May 4 missive criticizes Paramount for an “abject failure” of a campaign: “…I have been waiting, and waiting for the anticipation of an ‘event movie’ to make it into the ‘public zeitgeist.’” He goes on to say that Bruckheimer told him “a studio that does not make [the opening of a movie] an event…. will get bitten in the ass. … Besides my good friend Steven [Spielberg], Jerry has made a lot more successful movies then (sic) all of us.”

I guess “all over” doesn’t cut it for Michael Bay. Aside from that, what the hell does he want? Everyone is going to go see Transformers 2, do you really need to make an event movie into more of an event movie with studio influence? What’s he want? Like, more red carpets? More cellphone-turned-decepticon commercials? Transformers is all over the place, man, get a grip.

WOOOOOOOOOOLVERINES!!!!!

“Friday Night Lights” star Adrianne Palicki and Josh Peck, who has appeared in Nickelodeon’s “Drake & Josh” (as Josh) and in “Drillbit Taylor” have signed on to star in the remake of the invasion U.S.A. film “Red Dawn.”

Peck plays the Charlie Sheen role while statuesque Palicki steps into Jennifer Grey’s (likely smaller) shoes.

No clue who the dude playing the Charlie Sheen role is, but then again, the Sheen role wasn’t a huge factor back then. However, I like the casting of Tyra from Friday Night Lights. Hell, I would go ahead and just cast the rest of the chicks from FNL. But, I would make the one that Jeter was dating part of the commies trying to take over the small Colorado town.

That is one thing the original lacked: a vixen on the evil side. I mean, you figure they have all these WOOOOOLVERINES!!!! up in the mountains killing commies and they are thinking of ways to lure them out. The main thing the commies did was to kill people in the town or get one of the Wolverines to betray the rest. Those are tried and true methods of luring someone out of hiding, but really, if the remake had Minka Kelly trying to lure them out? Them kids are out the damn mountains and getting seduced right into the arms of some commies.

Statistics show that most men want to be Michael, but are actually Fredo.

I think you might find this as intereting as I did.  For the four of you that haven’t seen the Godfather, this technically contains spoilers.  But if you haven’t seen the Godfather, then you won’t care about the video.  But if you HAVE, then this might give you a boner.  Or the lady equivalent of a boner, whatever that’s called.  Anyway – this video visits the house the filmmakers used as the Corleone compound.  Usually in movies it seems like they use one part of one thing and another part of another to make the whole house.  But apparently, they used every bit of this house for the Corleone house.  Check it out.

Sometimes local news rules.  Sit through the stupid commercial – it is worth it.

I have recently been placed in charge of garbage. When you think of garbage, think of Akeem!

I’m not entirely sure I can handle that. Like, I could flip to Daddy Day Care and while I would not enjoy myself while watching, I would understand the thought process behind it.

And, I know what you’re thinking: He’s been bombing TONS. Right, he has. But, lately, it’s just been like this painful thing.

Before, it was like, OK, hey, Murphy will be back on top of things, he’s just making terrible decisions. But, we’re to the point where this is an unforgivable clusterfuck of bad decisions. It’s like, I will no doubt be excited for Beverly Hills Cop IV despite the third being awful, but if he puts out anymore bombs before that, any one bomb could be the tipping point that makes me not want to give a chance to the next Beverly Hills Cop.

Which ain’t good. At least let me continue to pretend like the next Beverly Hills Cop can be good.

Okay, so it won’t be like Lost. But, the title image in this Trailer for Shutter Island conjures up the image at least slightly. Shutter Island, the book by Dennis Lehane, is one of my favorites. For the last five years, I think I’ve read it once a year. It’s not an epic, amazing piece of literature like Lehane’s Given Day or even as well written as Gone Baby Gone.

But, when Lehane drops a little page turning, no thinkin’, thriller on you, shit is fun as hell. Based on the book and this trailer, I’m guessing that this is what will hit theaters come October 2nd. Scorsese is on it and since Lehane wrote the ending, this thing likely won’t fall apart like The Departed.