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Tom Cruise controls Star Wars Episode 7 cameo speculation!

Tom Cruise controls Star Wars Episode 7 cameo speculation!

Tom Cruise won’t be making an appearance in Star Wars Episode 7 in 2015.

The 51-year-old star’s representative shunned the rumours about the actor making a cameo in JJ Abrams’ film, saying that there was “no truth” to the gossip, Metro.co.uk reported.

Earlier, a source had told a UK publication that the ‘Mission Impossible’ star had met up with Abrams and some other people from the film, and it…

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Under the Weather Movie Marathon

I am not much of a reader when I am not feeling well; I indulged in hours and hours of movies these last few days.   Here they are:

The Muppets: (4 stars) This feel-good movie stars Amy Adams and Jason Segal with the Muppets and a fun cast of cameos.  I don’t think this movie provided anything new and interesting to the story of the Muppets.   I did rather enjoy the last half of the movie when the stars of the Muppets: Kermit and Miss Piggy take the stage.  Hearing songs I enjoyed as a child, “The Rainbow Connection” to name one, made me feel a little nostalgic.

The Double: (4 stars) Richard Gere and Topher Grace are featured in this spy-thriller where retired CIA agent (Gere) teams up with FBI agent (Grace) to catch a Russian Assassin that has come out of hiding. I knew by the title, The Double, someone wasn’t going to turn out to be the good guy and that someone was revealed early in the movie.  There were additional twists I wasn’t expecting at the end.  Overall, I thought this was a decent suspense movie. 

Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol: (4 stars) I saw the first Mission: Impossible film with Tom Cruise, but not the 2nd or 3rd. I took a chance on this one; I could have been lost but I understood everything just fine.  Agent Ethen Hunt (Tom Cruise) is broken out of prison by Agent Carter (Paula Patton) in order to prevent the Russians from launching a nuclear weapon at the US in retaliation for the Kremlin being the target of a terrorist attack.  The nuclear weapon thing is a little overdone but the stunts and technology were pretty cool.  I was widely entertained.  I may go back and watch the previous two .

Jack and Jill: (3 stars) Starring Adam Sandler and Katie Holmes.  Sandler plays himself (Jack) and his twin sister (Jill) while Holmes plays Jack’s wife.  Jack cannot stand his sister Jill and is all about getting rid of her while she is visiting him and his family.  This movie is moderately entertaining and Sandler plays a pretty good lady.  Al Pacino plays Jill’s love interest that adds some pretty funny parts to the movie. 

Movie watching was a good way to pass the time when my get-up-and-go, got-up-and-went.  I am now at 34 movies this year for my 50/50 challenge.  This is not proving to be much of a challenge for me; I should probably slow down a little and read more!  

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Box Office Report: ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Underwhelms in Weekend Box Office

It looks like Sherlock Holmes can’t solve the mystery of making more money with a sequel.

Warner Brothers Pictures’ “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” earned a decent $40 million this weekend for the top spot, but it was far less than 2009’s “Sherlock Holmes” of $62.3 million over that Christmas weekend.

Another follow-up movie also was a disappointment at the box office.

Twentieth Century Fox’s “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” was in second place with $23.5 million. The third film earned far less than 2009’s “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” with $48.9 million and 2007’s “Alvin and the Chipmunks” of $44.3 million.

However, the next Mission Impossible movie has a strong start with only a limited release.

In third place, “Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol” limited release at 425 locations earned $13 million, which averaged out to $30,588 per theater. The 300 IMAX locations contributed approximately $11 million of that amount.

The Mission Impossible movie will open in wide release on this Wednesday, December 21. The Brad Bird-directed movie starred Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and Simon Pegg.

New Year’s Eve fell to fourth place with $7.42 million, a drop of 43 percent. And the Fox’s comedy “The Sitter,” dropped to fifth place with $4.4 million, a decrease of 55.3 percent.

Along with the wide release opening for “Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol,” a couple of films will open mid-week including “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” and “The Adventures of Tintin.”

Here is the WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT for December 16-18, 2011:

1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows $40 million 2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked $23.5 million 3. Mission: Imposible--Ghost Protocol $13 million 4. New Year's Eve $7.42 million 5. The Sitter $4.4 million 6. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn--Part 1 $4.3 million 7. Young Adult $3.65 million 8. Hugo $3.625 million 9. Arthur Christmas $3.6 million 10. The Muppets $3.45 million

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Box Office Watch: ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Sequel $1.25M Midnights

Warner Bros is reporting that Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game Of Shadows opened to $1.25M from 1,650 midnight shows. That’s another very strong outing.

It’s a holiday miracle considering how badly domestic box office has been slumping for the past five months. But now pent-up moviegoer demand for the big Christmas blockbusters — even though this weekend’s are three sequels — is looking to send grosses soaring. I’m told that, playing on just 425 screens in 425 locations from Thursday evening through midnight shows, the new Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol opened with a huge $1.1 million. As reference, M:I3 did $1.1M of midnight business on over 2,000 screens. "This is a great start,” a Paramount exec gushed. Of course, Paramount’s M:I4 grosses were goosed by none other than Warner Bros’ The Dark Knight Rises preview footage in IMAX theaters alongside the Tom Cruise-Jeremy Renner starrer. “It’s a pretty compelling package,” Paramount tells Deadline. “Given how strong early sales were for midnight shows, IMAX asked to open Thursday evening to get the word of mouth started. Since the plan was getting people to see the film early, we gladly said OK.” This weekend, M:I4 debuts alongside what’s expected to be the biggest opener this holiday season, Warner Bros’ Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game Of Shadows, as well as Fox’s Alvin And The Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked. Since Sherlock wasn’t booked into IMAX, Warner Bros couldn’t pair its Batman threequel prologue with its own product and lost a valuable earning opportunity which went instead to Paramount on a silver platter. To say that Warner Bros was annoyed is an understatement. More later.

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‘Sherlock Holmes 2′ May Be Holiday Biggest

  Warner Bros’ Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows has been tracking really big in recent weeks despite the box office slump. So it’s no surprise that the latest MovieTickets poll finds that over 40% of the 6,700 moviegoing poll participants who are buying tickets this holiday season are most excited to see that sequel. Here are the stats:

Which movie are you most excited to see this holiday season? Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Warner Bros) – 40.9% The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Sony) – 26.1% Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Paramount) – 20.6% New Year’s Eve (Warner Bros) – 12.4%

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Director Brad Bird Talks Mission Impossible And IMAX