Movie Titles Shaping 2000s Box Office Trends
A rundown of notable films including Angels and Demons The Hangover Land of the Lost Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian The Proposal Star Trek Sin Nombre The Taking of Pelham 123 highlighting their cultural impact and commercial performance across major studios and franchises.
Montage of 2000s film quips and critiques
A collage review notes Ang els & Demons breezy pace and farcical tone, Easy Virtue’s Coward origin humor, Hangover-style non sequiturs, Imagine That’s clever premise, Night at the Museum sequel’s kid appeal, Star Trek reboot access, brutal road to the Rio Grande, 1970s action by Tony Scott, Up’s optimistic Pixar cheer, Year One’s crude humor, and varied reception of these films with mixed success.
Fragmentary film durations and ratings
A garbled OCR list shows various movie durations and MPAA ratings such as two hours and eighteen minutes, one hour forty five minutes, two hours six minutes, and other inconsistent times with PG PG 13 R and similar notations, lacking clear structure or titles.
Year One review slams dull prehistoric comedy
Cary Darling says Year One starring Jack Black and Michael Cera offers a stale pairing and limp humor. The film follows Zed and Oh leaving their village, meeting Cain and Abel, then wandering to a Roman outpost and the Sodom Gomorrah area amid crude jokes and aimless plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Black
Michael Cera
Harold Ramis
Jon
Kate
Black
Cera
Zed
Cain
David Cross
Abel
Paul Rudd
Sodom-Gomorrah Metroplex
Jakes
Year One review finds weak jokes and weak script
The film introduces Maya and Eema sold into slavery to the Romans and follows a scattershot misfire of a comedy. Black and Cera struggle against a script that feels lazy and unfocused with Harold Ramis co writing and directing. The cast lands some odd bits but never salvage the overall clumsy effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maya
June Diane Raphael
Eema
Juno Temple
Zed
Black
Cera
Harold Ramis
Hank Azaria
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Bill Hader
Horatio Sanz
Freedom Rings installation fuels local heritage efforts
Sixth and Massachusetts hosts a new public art piece titled Freedom Rings by Stephen Johnson. Martha Parker of the Wakarusa museum lauds the work and its link to local Civil War era heritage, while organizers seek $400,000 for a 5,000 square foot expansion at the Freedom Frontier National Heritage Area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen
Martha Parker
Wakarusa Museum
Parker
Bloomington
Army Corps of Engineers
Clinton Cemetery
Lied Center
KU Law Library
DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn
Universal City
Los Angeles
Johnson
Lawrence
New York
CBS Masterworks
Louis Armstrong
Time Magazine
New York Times
Top Singles Countdown Highlights
The report lists the week’s top five songs led by Boom Boom Pow by The Black Eyed Peas followed by Gotta Feeling and Knock You Down by Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West and Ne Yo. Pitbull’s I Know You Want Me Calle Ocho sits at four with LoveGame by Lady Gaga rounding out the top five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Eyed Peas
Keri
Pitbull
Lady GaGa
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Angels & Demons
Land of the
Sin Nombre
Pelham
Jessica Biel
Todd Phillips
RAI
Murphy
Will Ferrell
Museum Battle of the Smithsonian
Sandra Bullock
J.J. Abrams
Cary Fukunaga
U.S
Rio Grande
Tony Scott
Scott Brothers
Tony
Denzel Washington
John Travolta
Pixar
Hou
Columbia Pictures
Cary Darling
Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
Review
Iowa
Sixth
Massachusetts
Cotter
Elizabeth Hatchett
Eiffel Tower
Midwest
Jon Niccum
Hollywood
Southwind
EL Tees
Pohaltywood
IBM
Richard Gwin
Journal-World Photo
Stephen Johnson
ULTE
Rce Ee Ibertyhall
Channel 1
Valkyrie
Gran Torino
Sunflower
Broagba
Surflower Broadband
Aes Ns
Hilson
Kanye West
Ne- Yo
Iowa Street
Hell
Elle
Top of the Hill
Lawrence Journal-World