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Review of the decade: Peter Bradshaw's noughties round-up

7 December 2009 3:01 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Hollywood struggled to respond to the war on terror, documentaries went through a golden age, and Michael Haneke was the noughties' moral conscience

If it is possible to whimper at the volume of a bang, then that is how this decade is ending on the big screen: with two high-profile, high-budget movies about the end of the world: Roland Emmerich's cheerfully silly 2012, and John Hillcoat's cheerlessly serious The Road, which arrive with a good deal of commentary to the effect that these movies typify the zeitgeist of the decade.

The noughties – that jokey word coined in the carefree 90s – are seen as damaged, injured, traumatised. The decade looks cracked from top to bottom by a sensational act of terrorism; by a reaction that achieved neither political palliative nor military success; by the confrontation between first-world prosperity and developing-world poverty; by the coming environmental catastrophe that threatens to engulf both; and finally, …

- Peter Bradshaw

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Academy Selects 15 Documentary Hopefuls to its Shortlist

18 November 2009 8:38 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

The AMPAS has chosen 15 films from the qualifying 89 documentaries to its shortlist. The hopefuls, vying for a final spot in the Documentary Feature category of the 82nd Academy Awards, are listed below, but the list is not without a bit of controversy. Some prominent omissions include the acclaimed smash Anvil! The Story of Anvil, James Toback's Tyson, and, most notably, Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story. Moore's previous film Sicko was nominated in 2008 and his documentary Bowling for Columbine won an Oscar in 2003. However, the 15 documentaries listed below are still all more than deserving of a selection. The Beaches of Agnes - Directed by Agnes Varda Burma VJ - Directed by Anders Ostergaard The Cove - Directed by Louie Psihoyos Every Little Step - Directed by James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo Facing Ali - Directed by Pete McCormack Food, Inc. - Directed by Robert Kenner Garbage Dreams …

- Brandon Lee Tenney

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Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" Fails To Spark Box Office

16 November 2009 4:59 AM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

Michael Moore's latest movie, "Capitalism: A Love Story," hasn't been such a love story with moviegoers. While reviews were mostly positive (scoring 75% on Rotten Tomatoes), the movie is Moore's lowest-grossing documentary since 1998's "The Big One."

"Capitalism: A Love Story" has earned only million in seven weeks. By comparison, his biggest hit "Fahrenheit 9/11" grossed 9 million at the U.S. box office. It's also his lowest grossing film since 1998's "The Big One," about corporate America.

Moore's last film, 2007's "Sicko," the timely expose about the state of the U.S. health-care system, grossed over million. But it's not all bad news for "Capitalism: A Love Story." It's still the eighth highest-grossing documentary at the U.S. box office. Moore has four entries in the top 10.

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Has Obama Hurt Michael Moore's New Film?

13 October 2009 9:33 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

After seeing the U.S. premiere, I wrote that Michael Moore's Capitalism, A Love Story, is a must-see movie and his most powerful and politically fulfilled work. Moore thought so as well, and engaged in a media blitz to encourage a massive turnout to the 962 theater opening on the October 3-4 weekend. Moore argued that a top-grossing film critiquing capitalism would send a powerful message to Wall Street that the public is fed up with its greed. But this expected rush to theaters did not materialize. In fact, Moore's new film did less than half as well per theater than Sicko, his previous movie. Overall, Capitalism, A Love Story finished a disappointing sixth in its opening week, tied with Drew Barrymore's roller derby film Whip It. This past weekend, Moore's film fell to ninth. There are many possible reasons for …

- Randy Shaw

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Weekend Report: 'Couples Retreat' Advances, 'Paranormal Activity' Spikes

12 October 2009 11:48 AM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

While weekend business as a whole was relatively modest for the time of year (albeit up seven percent from last year), the sole new nationwide release Couples Retreat, the spreading Paranormal Activity and holdovers Zombieland and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs all boasted impressive showings.

Landing smack dab in the middle of the debut weekends for star Vince Vaughn's previous relationship comedies Four Christmases and The Break-Up, Couples Retreat attracted $34.3 million on approximately 3,800 screens at 3,000 sites, claiming the highest-grossing Columbus Day weekend gross on record ahead of the similarly-appealing Meet the Parents (which still had greater attendance). In its marketing, the picture was presented in the same vein as Meet the Parents and the other Vaughn movies, featuring relatable themes and verbal and slapstick humor, topped off with a sunny vacation setting. Distributor Universal Pictures' exit polling indicated that the "humor" and "Vince Vaughn" were the top …

- Brandon Gray

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“Zombieland” Survives Overall Plunge In Ticket Sales

6 October 2009 1:51 PM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

Sony Pictures had its sixth No. 1 film of the year this weekend as Zombieland opened with $24.733 million, final box-office figures indicated on Monday. However, no other new release clicked, and most other films came in significantly below their weekend estimates. It all resulted in the second consecutive "down" week at the box office. Not that there weren't any bright spots. Sony also had the No. 2 film as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs dropped only 37 percent despite the arrival of Disney's Toy Story double feature. Meatballs wound up with a total of $15.81 million, while Toy Story took in $12.49 million. Warner Bros.' The Invention of Lying and Fox Searchlight's Whip It flopped, as they earned just $4.11 million and $4.65 million respectively. Michael Moore's documentary Capitalism: A Love Story expanded into 962 theaters, earning $4.45 million, but that was lower than his first week of Sicko last year. However, box office analyst Paul Dergarabedian observed Monday, "Try to name another documentary filmmaker who would even have a chance to see their film compete in the Top 10 box-office derby." …

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Weekend Report: 'Zombieland' Livens Up Horror Comedy Genre

5 October 2009 2:14 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

The moribund horror comedy sub-genre showed a glimmer of vitality with the ripsnorting debut of Zombieland, which yanked $24.7 million out of around 3,900 screens at 3,036 sites. Despite Zombieland and the continued strength of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and the Toy Story franchise, though, overall weekend business was off six percent from the same period last year, when Beverly Hills Chihuahua ruled, and on the low end for the timeframe.

In the realm of zombie movies, Zombieland had the second highest-grossing start on record behind the Dawn of the Dead remake, but, more importantly, it was the first horror comedy in recent memory to find significant theatrical success. The only horror comedies to claim greater initial attendance in the past two decades were the Scary Movie pictures, but they primarily appealed as spoofs. Failure is the norm, with movies like Jennifer's Body and Snakes on a Plane among the corpses. …

- Brandon Gray

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Is the Opposite of Capitalism Democracy? A Review of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story

5 October 2009 12:40 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

Capitalism: A Love Story Directed By Michael Moore Until Sicko (2007), Michael Moore's movies, from Roger & Me (1989) onward, showed a progression in radical questioning. We expected each movie to take us to the next logical step, and although each time he would refrain from going all the way, we felt it was only a matter of time before he did. Sicko was his most subversive movie, and his best by far, since he used the opportunity to comment not only on the health care industry, but on why capitalism as practiced in the U.S. fails to deliver a satisfactory quality of life for workers. What would follow? Why, a movie on capitalism itself, where we would rigorously learn the evils of the system itself, not a particular company or industry or cultural conflict or political …

- Anis Shivani

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Are Americans Too Smart or Too Dumb for Capitalism: A Love Story?

5 October 2009 12:05 PM, PDT | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »

Why did Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story underperform in theaters this weekend, despite an aggressive marketing campaign and seemingly perfect timing? It took in a respectable $5,000 per screen, but that’s only half as much as Sicko did back in 2007. While I’d like to believe that Americans from coast to coast read my review and decided that the film sounded a bit too simplistic to spend two hours on, I have the numbers to prove that supposition wrong. What I’d prefer not to believe is that the film’s lackluster showing is a function of our collective stupidity—the fact that, as Ben Steverman of Businessweek put it, “When it comes to financial matters, Americans are functionally illiterate.” Every day seems to bring a fresh tide of must-read reports about the causes and consequences of the Great Recession. Just this morning, Vf.com posted an excerpt …

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Box Office Goes To Zombieland

5 October 2009 2:25 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

The undead hordes swept the box office in the Us this weekend, with rom-zom-com Zombieland marching straight to the top with a pretty respectable $25 million opening weekend. In its wake was Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, falling off the top after two weeks, and the re-released double-bill of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D in third. The moral of this story? If you're not in 3D, you better have zombies.The Invention of Lying came in fourth with $7.35m, which was better than Gervais' Ghost Town but down on similar 'what if' comedies like Liar Liar. Surrogates followed, with a 50% drop on last week, and then was Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, which expanded to wide release but still made only $4.85m, less even than Sicko nevermind Fahrenheit 9/11 or Bowling for Columbine.New release Whip It!, about a girl rollerskating team, followed that with a …

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Box Office Report: 'Zombieland' rises to the top with $25 million

4 October 2009 10:07 AM, PDT | EW - Hollywood Insider.com | See recent EW.com - Hollywood Insider news »

Thanks in part to a killer trailer and strong word-of-mouth, Zombieland was alive and kicking at the box office, scaring up $25 million for the top spot, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com Box Office. The Sony Pictures release marks the best debut of star Woody Harrelson's career, and very well could kick off the umpteenth revival of the undead at your local cineplex. With its potent mix of big laughs and scares, the zombie comedy (or zomcom, as has quickly become the shorthand for the film in the blogosphere) looks to make a tidy killing in an October …

- Adam B. Vary

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Capitalism: A Love Story

2 October 2009 8:24 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

Capitalism: A Love Story

Directed by: Michael Moore

Cast: Michael Moore, Wallace Shawn

Running Time: 2 hrs 5 mins

Rating: R

Release Date: October, 2 2009

Plot: This documentary tackles capitalism in America and how we’ve gone from the American dream to corporate dominance.

Who’S It For? Moore lovers, though I would say I was close to that group beforehand. Anyone that needs to wake up and pay attention to the struggles that the majority of the middle and lower class are going through … unfortunately they probably won’t be willing to see this film. I actually can’t recall why this film would be rated R. Maybe it was language.

Expectations: I have read one Moore book, and I’ve happily gobbled up his previous documentaries. I really liked Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 … I loved Sicko. Moore tackling the economy is something I (and many Americans) was ready for.

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- Jeff Bayer

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Capitalism: A Love Story | Review

2 October 2009 6:47 AM, PDT | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »

Director: Michael Moore Writer(s): Michael Moore Our most famous modern day muckraker, documentarian filmmaker and author Michael Moore, is at it again – this time with a no-holds-barred attack on our beloved Capitalist system. How dare he? This well-greased system is working perfectly…at least for the fat cat plutocrats of our country! Moore begins Capitalism: A Love Story with video surveillance footage of bank robberies (including one thief sporting a burnt orange Longhorns cap – go horns!) which serves two functions: an analogy of our government stealing from us (re: the Wall Street bailouts) and a glimpse of the social upheaval caused by raising unemployment rates. Moore then goes on to cover such topics as under-paid professions (such as airline pilots), worker strikes, dead peasant insurance, the mortgage crisis, and the Wall Street bailouts. Abiding by his usual modus operandi, Moore interjects a lot of stock footage into Capitalism: A Love Story, …

- Don Simpson

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Movie Review: Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

2 October 2009 5:11 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Michael Moore in Capitalism: A Love Story

Photo: Overture Films / Paramount Vantage I was telling a friend the hardest thing about reviewing a Michael Moore documentary is that I agree with so much of what he says, if not everything. As a result I find myself nodding my head at all the right moments and throwing my hands up in disgust at equally affecting turns. Does this mean he's fashioned a film of quality or just one that appeals to my sensibilities? To me that's a hard question to answer, especially considering we are talking about serious societal issues when it comes to Moore's docs.

As far as Capitalism: A Love Story is concerned I look at it as a return to the likes of Roger and Me and Bowling for Columbine, and this is without a doubt in my mind the unofficial sequel to Roger and Me simply on a much grander scope. …

- Brad Brevet

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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Passes to Michael Moore’s ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ in Chicago

1 October 2009 1:05 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 admit-two run-of-engagement Chicago passes up for grabs to the new Michael Moore film “Capitalism: A Love Story”! “Capitalism: A Love Story” is written and directed by Michael Moore. Moore has also helmed “Sicko,” “Fahrenheit 9/11,” “Bowling for Columbine” and “Roger & Me”.

To win your free pass to “Capitalism: A Love Story” in Chicago courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is tell us what you think about U.S. capitalism in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! “Capitalism: A Love Story” opens in Chicago on Oct. 2, 2009. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.

The movie poster for Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story”.

Image credit: Overture Films

Here is the plot description for “Capitalism: A Love Story”:

On the 20-year anniversary of his groundbreaking masterpiece “Roger & Me, …

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Another Cool Poster for Michael Moore's 'Capitalism'

30 September 2009 9:58 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Michael Moore is real hit-and-miss with me. I've only liked three of his films, Roger & Me, Bowling for Columbine, and Sicko, and in general, I find that his personality annoys me a great deal. He would no doubt say the same thing about me.

But when he's on his game, he is the one of the best documentarians going, in part because of that personality. He makes first person documentaries, as opposed to the off-camera style of Errol Morris or just about every other practitioner of what we call non-fiction film, even though such a thing is virtually impossible to achieve.

His latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story, opens in most of America this weekend. Moore tries to get to the bottom of the current financial crisis in order to show us what he believes is the best way out. We really liked the first poster, a mustard yellow throwback, …

- Colin Boyd

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Michael Moore: The Rt Interview

30 September 2009 8:14 AM, PDT | Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news »

Michael Moore has never been afraid to tackle big issues, from the struggles of American workers (Roger & Me) to health care (Sicko) to the war in Iraq (Fahrenheit 9/11). His latest, Capitalism: A Love Story, is no exception. Moore feels that capitalism is incompatible with democracy, and finds much evidence in the recent financial crisis that banks and corporations are responsible for the suffering of average Americans. Moore's lefty politics have made him a pariah of the right, but that hasn't necessarily been bad for his career; after a limited run last week, Capitalism goes wide on Friday, which …

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Biggest Doc Ever?

28 September 2009 4:20 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Jose here with some box office news. Reuters is reporting that Michael Jackson's This Is It has broken advance ticket records all over the world.

The documentary/concert film spans the rehearsals of Jackson's eponymous "comeback" that would've taken place in London before the entertainer's sudden death.

In cities like Los Angeles and New York, fans waited outside in line for days before the tickets went on sale yesterday morning. In Tokyo, the film sold $1 million in advance tickets. With the undying passion of Jackson fans could this eventually become the highest grossing documentary of all time? This genre hasn't been particularly lucky in the money making department.

The highest grossing documentaries stand as follows:

1. Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore) $119,194,771

2. March of the Penguins $77,437,223

3. Earth $32,011,576

4. Sicko (Michael Moore) $24,540,079

5. An Inconvenient Truth $24,146,161

6. Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore) $21,576,018

7. Madonna: Truth or Dare $15,012,935

8. Religulous $13,011,160

9. Winged Migration $11,689,053

10. Super Size Me $11,536,423

(numbers courtesy of Box Office …

- Jose

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Michael Moore Interview on Capitalism A Love Story

26 September 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Chuck The Movie Guy recently interviewed documentary director Michael Moor on the upcoming film “Capitalism: A Love Story” by infamous documentary filmmaker Michael Moore (Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11). The film hits theaters on October 2, 2009. Film Synopsis: Michael Moore returns to controversial territory with this documentary examining the events that lead to the global financial crisis. Bob and Harvey Weinstein executive produce the film, but won’t be involved in its distribution, with Moore opting instead to deal with Overture Films and Paramount Vantage. - Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Capitalism: A Love Story” and Michael Moore. …

- Brian Corder

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Michael Moore Administers "Capitalism" Punishment

25 September 2009 8:24 PM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

It's been 20 years since Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore -- then just a regular working-class Joe from Flint, Mi -- effectively and literally changed the face of documentaries today with his masterful debut, "Roger and Me." Armed with a camera, a microphone and a liberal agenda to confront the greedy capitalist swine responsible for devastating the auto industry workforce in his hometown, Moore went from being the little guy to the most well-known personality in nonfiction cinema today. He entertainingly set his aims on the firearms debate in "Bowling for Columbine," won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for taking George W. Bush to task in "Fahrenheit 9/11" and sought a cure for the horrors of the health care biz in "Sicko."

Though his man-and-bullhorn techniques haven't changed drastically in his latest bit of muckraking, "Capitalism: A Love Story," Moore moved quicker than ever to expose a subject that's hurting every American: the economic crisis. …

- Aaron Hillis

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