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Archive: November 19, 2007

Live from New York, but not on TV

Consider us jealous: There was a new episode of "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend, but due to the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike the show is, ya know, not on TV, so we didn't get to see it. Instead, in a tiny Manhattan theater, an audience of about 150 people got to see the Michael Cera ("Superbad," the upcoming "Juno") host the show, with Yo La Tengo serving as the musical guest.

Normally, the show only consists of seven sketches, but Saturday night's "Saturday Night Live -- On Strike" at the Upright Citizens Bridge Theatre featured 15 and lasted about two hours -- and no commercials!

So did you watch the rerun this weekend? Do you even care about the writer's strike?

 

Categories: Matt Pais Television
November 19, 2007 10:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Box office blog: 'Beowulf' roars to the top

The legendary hero proved his strength this weekend, with "Beowulf" earning $28.1 million to top the box office. Robert Zemeckis' performance-capture animated epic is surprisingly entertaining, which can't be said for the Willy Wonka-ripoff "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium," which came in at No. 5 with only $10 million. Producers of "Love in the Time of Cholera," a weak adaptation of Gabriel Garcia
Marquez's novel, are probably feeling ill after the movie made only $1.9 million to place tenth for the week. Did the story of "Beowulf" excite you, or did you just see it for the naked animated version of Angelina Jolie? Is Dustin Hoffman goofy or embarrassing as Mr. Magorium? And how come screen versions of beloved books never live up to their source?

 

 

Categories: Matt Pais Movies
November 19, 2007 9:42 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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