New Movies and Box Office Predictions: 88 Minutes, Expelled, The Forbidden Kingdom, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Published April 18, 2008
Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (2008, 112 minutes, R, comedy, trailer) The latest comedy from the Apatow producing machine received strong positive word following its showing at SXSW. I can only hope it lives up to the hype, as I am looking forward to it. Jason Segel stars as Peter, who is dumped by Kristen Bell and heads off to Hawaii to get over her, only to find she is there with her new beau (Russell Brand). Joining this trio are Mila Kunis, Jonah Hill, and Bill Hader. Frankly, I think this looks like it is going to be a lot of fun. Star Jason Segel also wrote the screenplay, which is being directed by Nicholas Stoller, a screenwriter (Fun with Dick and Jane) making his directorial debut.
Also opening this week, but not near me:
- Anamorph
- The Life Before Her Eyes
- Pathology
- Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
Box Office Predictions
Last week the teen horror flick Prom Night easily won the weekend. I suspect that as bad word spreads about the film, it will have a pretty big drop, allowing three of this week's new releases to jump ahead. I would love to say more about what will beat it out, but I think there are still plenty of young film goers looking for the vicarious thrill that the movie purports to provide. Anyway, climbing to the top will be the R-rated comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It may bear an R rating, but it will still draw strongly. That will be followed by the highly anticipated (by me) martial arts action of The Forbidden Kingdom.
Here is how I think the top ten field will play out:
| Rank | Title | Box Office |
| 1 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | $21 million |
| 2 | The Forbidden Kingdom | $18 million |
| 3 | 88 Minutes | $11 million |
| 4 | Prom Night | $9 million |
| 5 | Street Kings | $7.5 million |
| 6 | 21 | $6.5 million |
| 7 | Nim's Island | $5.5 million |
| 8 | Horton Hears a Who! | $3.5 million |
| 9 | Leatherheads | $3 million |
| 10 | Smart People | $2 million |
Christopher Beaumont spends much of his time writing about entertainment when he isn't sitting in a movie theater. He is known around the office as the "Movie Guy" and is always ready to talk about his favorite form of entertainment and offer up recommendations. Interests include science fiction, horror, and metal music. His writings can be found at Draven99's Musings and Draven99's Media Center. 
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- New Movies and Box Office Predictions: 88 Minutes, Expelled, The Forbidden Kingdom, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Published: April 18, 2008
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The story behind the movie is surely much more interesting than the movie itself. The producers misrepresented the project to key scientists to obtain interview footage, copied animation from XVIVO/Harvard and others, and try to link evolution to atheism and fascism. It is a monumental piece of dreck.
I went to see "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" today (opening day.)
As Ronald Reagan said, speaking at the Berlin Wall, "Freedom is being suppressed." Scientists have been silenced for investigating realms threatening to today's neo-Darwinian worldview, such as Intelligent Design. As with the Berlin Wall, in academia, there is freedom only on one side of the wall ... there is freedom on only one side of the Darwinian divide.
Thanks for bringing this discussion to light ... great presentation, Ben Stein. I highly recommend "Expelled".
Expelled is aimed at a key audience of teenagers and morons who haven't got a clue of biology or history for that matter.
Expelled is a great documentary, especially if you have an independent, mature mind.
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Before going to see Expelled, be sure to read the material at this site.
You'll be in a much better position to write an informative review if you get some background on the movie first.
The movie is a tin-foil hat hatchet-job on the scientific community. Don't let yourself get taken in by it.