For those who may be interested, according to Apollo 18's distributor, The Weinstein Company, audience demographics for the movie were 57 percent male and 56 percent under 25 years old. Little surprise there, really.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
'Apollo 18' fails to lift off at the box-office
By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers
The NASA conspiracy chiller Apollo 18 has taken a paltry $10.7 million at the U.S. box-office in its first four days on release in what is officially the weakest opening to date for a 'found footage' movie in the horror genre.
For those who may be interested, according to Apollo 18's distributor, The Weinstein Company, audience demographics for the movie were 57 percent male and 56 percent under 25 years old. Little surprise there, really.
For those who may be interested, according to Apollo 18's distributor, The Weinstein Company, audience demographics for the movie were 57 percent male and 56 percent under 25 years old. Little surprise there, really.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Bill Birnes talks 'Apollo 18'
By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers
Publisher of UFO Magazine Bill Birnes was interviewed recently by The Huffington Post. The topic: Apollo 18 and NASA black-ops shenanigans. Read the interview here.
Incidentally, Bill and his wife Nancy (who edits UFO Mag) interviewed me recently for their Future Theatre radio show. You can listen to that interview here.
Incidentally, Bill and his wife Nancy (who edits UFO Mag) interviewed me recently for their Future Theatre radio show. You can listen to that interview here.
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Sunday, September 4, 2011
Aliens on the horizon for Tom Cruise
By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers
Tom Cruise is to star in a sci-fi epic due for release in July of 2013 entitled Horizons. The $100 million movie is to be directed by TRON: Legacy helmer, Joseph Kosinski, adapted from his forthcoming graphic novel, Oblivion. William Monahan (The Departed, Body of Lies) has penned the script.
According to Variety:
"Cruise is set to star as Jack, a man who lives in the clouds above Earth and heads to its surface to repair drones that essentially keep the planet safe from an alien race that has all but wiped out humanity.
There are two key female characters -- Victoria, Jack's right-hand woman and lover who serves as his eyes and ears while he's on repair missions, and Julia, his fiancee on Earth before the alien invasion."
Horizons will be only the second alien/UFO movie in Cruise's thirty-year acting career after his 2005 collaboration with Steven Spielberg on War of the Worlds.
Tom Cruise is to star in a sci-fi epic due for release in July of 2013 entitled Horizons. The $100 million movie is to be directed by TRON: Legacy helmer, Joseph Kosinski, adapted from his forthcoming graphic novel, Oblivion. William Monahan (The Departed, Body of Lies) has penned the script.
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| Artwork from the forthcoming graphic novel Oblivion, on which the movie Horizons is to be based. |
According to Variety:
"Cruise is set to star as Jack, a man who lives in the clouds above Earth and heads to its surface to repair drones that essentially keep the planet safe from an alien race that has all but wiped out humanity.
There are two key female characters -- Victoria, Jack's right-hand woman and lover who serves as his eyes and ears while he's on repair missions, and Julia, his fiancee on Earth before the alien invasion."
Horizons will be only the second alien/UFO movie in Cruise's thirty-year acting career after his 2005 collaboration with Steven Spielberg on War of the Worlds.
Stanton Friedman, NASA and 'Apollo 18'
Friedman speaking to MSNBC about UFO secrecy and the mysteries surrounding NASA's cancelled missions for Apollo 18 and 19...
Also, head on over to Open Minds for Jason McClellan's article: NASA uses Hollywood to keep people interested in the extraterrestrial.
Also, head on over to Open Minds for Jason McClellan's article: NASA uses Hollywood to keep people interested in the extraterrestrial.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Houston, we have a problem... 'Apollo 18' sucks!
By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers
Apollo 18 opened in cinemas yesterday to generally poor reviews from film critics.
In a review that epitomises the NASA conspiracy chiller's critical reception, The Playlist's Todd Gilchrist describes Apollo 18 as "Derivative, dumb, suspenseless and worst of all boring." Gilchrist continues...
“Apollo 18 fulfills no expectations except those of the low quality of films released over Labor Day weekend... Ultimately, the biggest problem with “Apollo 18” is that the threat, both implied throughout the film and more or less fully revealed at the end, never seems scary, and yet the build to it is far too theatrical."
How Apollo 18 fares at the box-office remains to be seen, however, as negative critics reviews rarely register with fans of the horror genre (or any of the fantastical genres). Indeed, judging by its audience reception thus far, Apollo 18 looks set for a tidy profit this weekend. I wouldn't be at all surprised if an 'Apollo 19' and 'Apollo 20' are already in the works. Watch this space... (space pun unintentional).
For a full round-up of critics' reviews of Apollo 18, head on over to Rotten Tomatoes.
To Silver Screen Saucers visitors - if you've seen Apollo 18 already, feel free to contribute your own mini-reviews in the comments section below...
In a review that epitomises the NASA conspiracy chiller's critical reception, The Playlist's Todd Gilchrist describes Apollo 18 as "Derivative, dumb, suspenseless and worst of all boring." Gilchrist continues...
“Apollo 18 fulfills no expectations except those of the low quality of films released over Labor Day weekend... Ultimately, the biggest problem with “Apollo 18” is that the threat, both implied throughout the film and more or less fully revealed at the end, never seems scary, and yet the build to it is far too theatrical."
How Apollo 18 fares at the box-office remains to be seen, however, as negative critics reviews rarely register with fans of the horror genre (or any of the fantastical genres). Indeed, judging by its audience reception thus far, Apollo 18 looks set for a tidy profit this weekend. I wouldn't be at all surprised if an 'Apollo 19' and 'Apollo 20' are already in the works. Watch this space... (space pun unintentional).
For a full round-up of critics' reviews of Apollo 18, head on over to Rotten Tomatoes.
To Silver Screen Saucers visitors - if you've seen Apollo 18 already, feel free to contribute your own mini-reviews in the comments section below...
Thursday, September 1, 2011
New Capsule Review: Conan the Barbarian (2011)
I finally completed my review for CONAN THE BARBARIAN and it is not an overly positive one. I really did give it a chance, and I gave my buddy Bill the benefit of the doubt because he was so positive that I would like it. Unfortunately in the end, the film did nothing but disappoint me. Give the review a look and then decide for yourself if you want to see Momoan the Bore-barian in action.
Oh and check out this totally hilarious video I found on Youtube. It pretty much sums up my feelings towards the new Conan:
Oh and check out this totally hilarious video I found on Youtube. It pretty much sums up my feelings towards the new Conan:
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