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CinemaScope 12/14

The Earth Stands still at the box office-
This weekend saw the remake of ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still” starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connolly take the box office crown with 31 Million dollars. Only one other movie made over 10 Million and that was Four Christmases which is now just under 90 Million total for the holiday flick. The only other new release this week was Nothing like the Holidays starring John Leguizamo only taking in 3.5 Million.

1. The Day the Earth Stood Still - 31 Million (New Release)
2. Four Christmases – 13.2 Million (1)
3. Twilight – 8 Million (2)
4. Bolt – 7.5 Million (3)
5. Australia – 4.2 Million (4)

Next week two big stars have films coming out, Will Smith has Seven Pounds coming out which has Smith as a man who will change the lives of seven people. Also Jim Carrey has Yes Man coming out which has Carrey starring as a man who signs up for a self help class and instructs him to say yes to everything.

Twilight Sequel: New Moon has a new director –

Yesterday Summit Entertainment confirmed that there is a new director and his name is Chris Weitz who has directed the Golden Compass. The next film in the Twilight series is expected to come out in late 2009 or spring 2010. To read the whole press release from Summit, click here.

Wolverine to host the Oscars?-
News came down earlier this week that Hugh Jackman is going to host the upcoming 81st Academy Awards to much surprise. It should definitely make for an interesting show and hopefully the first in a move towards younger and more popular hosts to the show.

Frank Miller Talks 300 and Sin City 2 – 
Superhero Hype had a great discussion with Frank Miller about possible 300 and Sin City sequels. He let something out about how he hopes to work with Robert Rodriguez again for Sin City 2 and that although Mickey Rourke said he doesn’t know if he’ll come back Frank hopes he does since Marv has a big part in Sin City 2. Click here to read the whole story.

Small News Bits – 

The Dark Knight breaks Blu-Ray record – 
The Dark Knight came out on DVD on Tuesday and sold 600,000 Blu Ray copies in its first day and is expected to hit 1 Million when the final numbers come out on Tuesday.

A new Nightmare – 
Shock Till You Drop talked to Brad Fuller who is along with Michael Bay trying to get “A Nightmare on Elm Street” remade. According to Fuller they will start shooting in the spring. Get the whole story and whether or not Robert Englund will be back over at Shocktillyoudrop.com. 

Couture joins The Expendables – 
Stallone’s next film “The Expendables” which already has a huge group of stars which include himself, Jet-Li and Jason Statham, now has added UFC superstar Randy Couture to the action flick which could be a huge hit when it comes out.

Videos of the week – 

Terminator Salvation Trailer –
The full trailer for Terminator: Salvation is now out and it looks good. Christian Bale and Sam Worthington star in the next chapter in the Terminator story as the future war is now here and things have changed. Click here to check out the trailer.

Dragonball Evolution Trailer – 
The Japanese anime Dragonball Z has finally made it to the big screen and recently undergone a title change from Dragonball to Dragonball Evolution. Click here for the new international trailer courtesy of IGN.com

Knowing Trailer – 
Earlier in the fall a teaser for Nicholas Cage’s new film Knowing was released but earlier this week a full trailer came out and it gives a better explanation of the plot of the film. Click here to check it out.

Wolverine Trailer – 
The Day the Earth Stood Still came out on Friday and it was the only place to see the new trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The official site has came up and on Monday night the trailer will officially be put online so you can bet we will have it up headlining our videos of the week next Sunday.

Cinemascope 12/7

-New Director for Twilight Sequel?

Right Before I started to write this, this afternoon news came out that rumors are flooding the internet that Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke is not going to be rehired for New Moon, the Twilight Sequel that was greenlit about two weeks ago. Summit Entertainment is said to be ready to make an announcement in a few days and that the Editor Nancy Richardson was the one who saved the film. Click here to read the whole story.

 

-Slow Box Office

The weekend after thanksgiving weekend is normally a slow weekend for movies and this year was no different. The top seven movies for the most part stay the same and that means Four Christmases with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon make it two weeks in a row for the holiday flick putting there two week total at just over 70 million, about ten million short of the production budget. The two new openings didn’t crack the top seven as Punisher: Warzone only makes 4 million and shows that The Punisher needs a new direction and Punisher to be successful. Cadillac Records opened to a limited opening and was able to grab 9^th on the box office list with 3.5 Million.

 

1. Four Christmases – 18.1 Million

2. Twilight – 13.1 Million

3. Bolt – 9.6 Million

4. Australia – 7 Million

5. Quantum of Solace – 6.6 Million

 Next week has one of the last big movies of the year releasing with “The Day the Earth Stood Still” staring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connolly.

 

-Will Smith talks “I Am Legend” Prequel

 Will Smith gives us clues to the potential Legend prequel that Warner Brothers and himself are trying to put together. Click here for the story.

 

-Will Smith talks about two different sequel/prequels in one week?

Smith was also saying this week that there will be a Hancock sequel.

Read the story over at JoBlo.com

 -Sin City 2 is coming!

IGN UK has an interview up that took place earlier this week where they talk to Frank Miller and he has some encouraging news about Sin City 2 and that they could be filming as soon as April! To read the whole story Click Here.

 

Small News bits!

 

-Variety reports that Warner Brothers will be Rereleasing “The Dark Knight” into theaters on January 23^rd as part of there Oscar promotion.

 -Upcoming action thriller PUSH which stars Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning has a prequel comic book which just came out, for a small preview head over to Superhero Hype.

 -Yahoo has shown us the newest poster for Friday the 13^th.                                                         Click here to see it.

-Some new stills from Wolverine has surfaced courtesy of Movieweb.

 

Videos of the week –

 -A sneak peak at a scene from the upcoming season of LOST has been put up on YouTube. Check it out here.

A trailer for the Friday the 13^th remake is here.

Check it out!

 Check out Entertainment Tonight this Tuesday as they will have the premier of the brand new Terminator: Salvation trailer and Cinemascope will have a link up for it next week. 

Quick review of this week so far

Sorry havent had much time this so this is gona be a quick sum up...first football heres my power rankings Giants #1 and thats it everyone else is playing in some other league no consistency from anyone except the Titans who pretty much just had an extra practice last week...

Tuesday Britney Spears birthday and the release of Circus...she performed on GMA from the Big Apple Circus how fitting...to sum it up it was freakin sweet and she looks like shes getting back to form definitely a long way since last years VMAs...i wouldnt say completely back to her oldself but almost there...

Last night...Tree lighting at Rockefellar Center(gonna have to go there a few times this winter) it was pretty cool with a ton of performances...then there was the Grammy nomination concert thing which didnt do much for me except bring up a big thing prepare for this....
HOW WERE THE JONAS BROTHERS IN ROCKEFELLAR CENTER PERFORMING LIVE BETWEEN 7-9 PM EASTERN TIME AND THEN BEING INTERVIEWED "LIVE" BY LL COOL J IN DOWNTOWN LA AT LIKE 915 EASTERN TIME????? someone was lying about being live and im assuming it was CBS and the Grammy show since i know people who were at the tree lighting....hmmmmmmmmmmm????

But its alright CBS made up for that with the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show which was freakin awesome as always...lots of faces in the crowd including Diddy, Paris, Martha, Terrence Howard and Russel Simmons...of course it wasnt live it was filmed last month...lots of beautiful models as usual...but i have to give it up to Mrs. Heidi Klum aka the wife of Seal and host of Project Runway...im just saying shes like 36 and has had 3 kids and still has a body like that wooooooo and to make things even better shes married to Seal whos the freakin Man!!!

CinemaScope 11/30:

Four Christmases wins Thanksgiving weekend Box Office-
Official number won’t be in till tomorrow morning but Four Christmases will make an estimated 31.6 Million over the weekend to knock off last weeks winner Twilight. The big name Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon comedy is probably the biggest holiday movie of the year will most likely be a big money maker till the end of the year. 

Bolt was a surprise in the standings and is estimated to actually go up almost 2 percent in weekend earnings and will finish with around 26.5 Million. 

Twilight dropped to third with 26.3 Million, that’s more than a 60 percent drop off from last weekend but there is still time today and it’s possible Bolt and Twilight could flip flop by the morning. 

James Bond’s Quantum of Solace and the blockbuster flop Australia finished 4th and 5th with 19.5 and 14.8 million respectively. 

The last new movie opening up this weekend was Transporter 3 which finished 7th just under Madagascar 2. 

Next weekend there isn’t much action with new releases but the biggest release of the weekend will be “Cadillac Records which chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists. In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in Chicago of the 1950s and 60s, the film follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's greatest musical legends.” - info via filmjabber.com  
Cadillac Records stars Adrien Brody, Beyonce Knowles, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short and Emmanuelle Chriqui.

Punisher: WarZone is the other new release this weekend. With Thomas Jane out as the Punisher and Ray Stevenson in, this movie has lost a lot of appeal so don’t expect this one to make the big bucks.

LeBron the Movie?– 
Lionsgate have acquired the rights to MORE THAN A GAME, a documentary about the varsity team at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, who travel a winding road from a rundown gymnasium to national glory and NBA riches, seeking to remain a tight-knit quintet even as LeBron James becomes a megamillionaire. The film is said not to be merely a record of James' achievements but as a feel-good story of overcoming adversity. 
  - Credit to joblo.com

Terminator Salvation Poster-
On Tuesday a motion poster was released for the upcoming Terminator: Salvation film that’s going to drop this summer. Although no new news about the film has surfaced the poster is pretty cool and comes with some pretty cool music that brings back memories.
Click here for the poster. 

Twilight Sequel Greenlit-
Earlier this week Summit Entertainment announced that the sequel to Twilight has been greenlit and it will be based off of New Moon the second book in the Twilight series and production already has been given a March start date.

Small news bits:

Gambit is here!-
A Photo of Gambit from the upcoming Wolverine has surfaced. Check it out here.

Notorious Poster-
A new poster for the Biggie Smalls Biopic “Notorious” which will come out in January can be seen here.

Videos of the week:

New Star Trek Trailer
  - Slyar looks sick as Spock!

Funny Toy Story 2/Dark Knight Trailer Mash Up

NFL Week 12

Ok im short on time so I am going to quickly work this power rankings...
1 - NY Giants - nothing to say here they can win with running, passing, defense, and now even special teams.
2 - NY Jets - Brett is now used to the system and as a result they have won 5 straight including over the Pats in Foxsborough and the undefeated Titans in Nashville...they have a top 5 defense like the Titans but they are also top 5 in scoring
3 - Titans - as much as i know they are not going anywhere but they are here because they are 10-1...we'll see who they are the last 2 games against Pittsburgh and a rejuvenated Indy
4 - Colts - 7-4, rejuvenated, healthy, Peyton, Vinatieri, no one wants a piece of them, Period.
5 - Steelers - So low because of inconsistent Offense, i mean come at home against San Diegos worst ranked pass defense and you only score 3 FGs. They got lucky the defense got a safety. And now this week they have to deal with the resurgent Pats and Matt Cassel...and guess what if they lose and the Ravens win they're tied for the division lead!
6 - Cardinals - On any given day there gonna score Alot. but they still cant run and there Defense is up and down so who knows.
7 - The Tampa Bay Bucs - why not right? They can run, they play awesome Defense, and Jeff Garcia is an animal.
8 - Panthers - they can be so much higher but whats with all this inconsistency people???
9 - Redskins - they have 4 losses and still have the Giants one more time...Portis is hurt but playing but for how long? they are still much better the Cowboys tho because they have a TEAM factor.
10 - Patriots - the only reason they are this low at 10 is because they arent currently in the playoffs..no one should at all be surprised to see the Pats make the playoffs because the way Cassel is playing with 400 pass yards in 2 straight games and rushing TDs...and now hes throwing deep to Moss...watch out Steelers....

24!!!

Yessir peeps 24 and Jack Bauer are back as of last night...and you guys also heard that CinemaScope is debuting Sunday...now i just need to hire some more experts in respective fields...anyway back to 24...now for all of us 24 fans we have waited about 18 months since the end of season 6 and the writers strike made sure we had no season last year freakin writers!! but I guess the writers got some more motivation with the extra $$ they have now because 24: Redemption was freakin sweet reminds you of 24 of old...season 6 was a so-so season at times good and at times just like ughhh...but after seeing that 5 minute or so preview of season 7 it looks AMAZING!!! i dont really know how many of you 24 fans out there are going to disagree with me on that...because season 7 is definetly looking like its gonna be the good old days of 24 when theres like 50 problems and each character has their own situation...because it seems the Madame President is going to have problems with the Africa situation and the fact her son is going to have a bounty on his head...then theres Jacks problems and who knows what else they will throw at us...the only bad thing to come out of all this is that we have to wait another 2 months ahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

It's coming.....

One week from today the Sonny P Show will debut "CinemaScope" a weekly column that will wrap up and headline the biggest news in entertainment. The world of Film and TV will be covered extensively and the best place to keep you up to date on uncoming movies and your favorite TV shows. If it makes news during the week, expect it to be here. So get ready to feed on the hottest entertainment news around.....next sunday on The Sonny P Show.

Oh and a note I left out!

Here on The Sonny P Show we do big things...we're gonna have celeb interviews sooner..how? dont worry thats my job yall just enjoy!!

And one more thing...how the heck does NBC give Rosie O'Donnell her own primetime show at 8 pm...what the hell is this...how many times has she been kicked off a show or been dropped...i mean i dont hate Rosie or have anything against her but come on already ENOUGH!!! give good ol' Sonny P a contract and see what happens yeaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

Alpz's power rankings

Okay…now that the main man has had his say, I’m going put it down for everyone about the NFL. This isn’t what I even get paid to do around here but...(Wait do I get paid? Sonny look into that) after looking at the sonny p power rankings we have seen that a critical rule has been broken. We don’t have ties in anything football related, hasn’t anyone learned anything after this weekend. We need clear rankings here people so I’m going to break the top 10 teams down.

1. Giants (9-1) – Apparently this is up for debate with some people, but they live in a fantasy world. With Eli maturing more every game, the defense making examples of people and the best trio of running backs in the league, the Giants are on the top of the NFL.  

2. Titans (10-0) - The Titans may have offensive struggles when it comes to putting up a lot of points, but they score when they need to. The Titans are 10-0 and even though a lot of people criticize there schedule whether or not these teams are the same now doesn’t negate the fact that the Titans have beaten Jacksonville (twice), the Vikings, Green Bay, Baltimore, Chicago and the Colts.

3. Steelers (7-3) – The Steelers have traded wins and loses for the past 5 weeks but still are one of the best teams in the NFL. They have a defense that makes wide receivers and quarterbacks think twice and one of the toughest quarterbacks in the game today that can lead the Steelers to a title if he can control the turnovers. 

4. Panthers (8-2) - Two consecutive games for fewer than 100 yards passing and still walking away with wins must say something. It does help facing the awful Raiders and Lions but regardless the Panthers are 8-2. They have a great running game that has kept them in the NFL elite, but if there passing game doesn’t step up as the rest of there games are all tough games, they might note be ranked this high after this week. 

5. Jets (7-3) – The J-E-T-S Jets are sitting on top of the AFC East for the first time in a long time. After a game that used to be the Jets specialty in losing falls there way could it be a new life in the future of the Jets. Brett Favre is the face of the franchise but it’s really been the great additions of Faneca, Pace and Jenkins that has pushed the Jets towards a real Super Bowl threat. This Sunday could be the real change as the Jets face the Titans. Can the originally named New York Titans take down the current undefeated Tennessee Titans? 

6. Colts (6-4) – With a 6-4 record the Colts are right now on fire. With Arizona and Tampa Bay holding better records, the Colts look like the Colts of old. Peyton Manning has been able to command his troops with on Manning type swag. With there schedule getting easier it looks like Colts are getting hot at the right time.

7. Cardinals (7-3) – The Cardinals have a chance to do some damage come the playoffs. Kurt Warner has showed again that like Brett Favre, you can never be too old to quarterback in the NFL. It looks like Warner could win the NFL MVP again this year and they seem to be getting better as the season goes on. 

8. Redskins (6-4) – Washington has had a rough few weeks with two home loses. The coming week with Seattle looks to be a way to right the ship and get them to 7 wins on the season. If Jason Campbell and Portis can keep the skins on track, they’ll find themselves in the playoffs.

9. Tampa Bay (7-3) – The Bucs have quietly beaten some of the best teams in the league this season and while they don’t make highlight reels or lead Sportscenter at the end of the night, they put the W on the board more times than most. The question is can they finally step up in the playoffs.

10. Patriots (6-4) – This came down to the Patriots or Packers( I know there 5-5 but wait till the playoffs, they’ll be dangerous). But rounding out the top 10 is the Patriots, they look to rebound after the loss to the Jets and avenge there loss to the Dolphins earlier this year. Matt Cassel looks better every game and even with an aging defense the Pats make it tough for any team. 

That’s it for this week people and remember that no one is unbeatable.  

Alright Lets get on with the damn NFL...

Before I do my rankings i wanna talk about McNabb...now i love good ol Donovan but what the heck McNabb how u do not know there are ties!! maybe if you were only a youngster ok i understand but you have been playing for almost 10 years and back in 2002 there was a tie between Pittsburgh and Atlanta...Pittsburgh is in the same state as you and Atlanta was one of your biggest rivals at that point!! now with my rankings

#1 - The G-MENNNN!!! yes they have one loss and the Titans dont...ill start with the game with the Ravens...the Titans beat the Ravens after the refs blew a call and the Titans escaped with a win...the Giants well they smashed the best Defense in the league it was the first time a team had rushed for man 200 yards on the Ravens in 11 years!...adding to that the Giants have rolled over just about every other team as well...and they have one of the hardest schedules in the league compared to the Titans having one of the easiest...regardless the Giants can win close games and they can blow people out...the Titans have yet to blow anyone out...

#2 - The Undefeated Tennessee Titans - why simply because they are undefeated...regardless of how good the other teams are they have won every game they have been in...but we'll see this week against the Jets then weeks 15 and 16 can get interesting against the Steelers and at Indy

#3 - The other NY team the Jets - now the Jets are here because im predicting they beat the Titans lol...i mean they can run, they can play special teams, they can play Defense, and Favre is their QB enough said

#4 - Is a tie betweeen the Steelers and the Panthers...bc both to me are inconsistent...both have great Defenses along with great running...but whats with Ben and Jake arent they supposed to be some of the elite QBs in the league...for god sakes the Steelers got 11 points on Sunday at HOME! idk i need to see some consistency from both teams.

#5 - Is yet another tie between two teams who seem to be at opposite ends right now...The Arizona Cardinals and the Indy Colts..now the Cards are winning their division by 4 games and the Colts are back of theirs by 4 games...but I tie them and I put the Colts so high because of the QBs...as great as Warner has been playing we know what Kurt Warner is known for and why he wasnt even the solid starter coming into the season he turns the ball over and ALOT...now we havent seen much of it so far but what about when the weather gets bad and it gets cold??
Now why do i put the Colts up here? Because they have Peyton Manning and he simply wins games...another reason they are starting to click again on offense...Marvin and Reggie and making big plays...Clark is Clark...and most important Addai is back and running the ball well again...and once Sanders gets and stays healthy that defense will look good...and the last 3 wins of which 1 was against the Pats and the other IN Pittsburgh we saw that great offense we are used to...

Regardless of the rankings its the effing NFL anything can and will happen and next week who knows this list may be upside down!!

Til next time we out!!

TRL - Total Finale Live

Yea so last night was TRL's last show...now I dont know how many of yall ever watched TRL but I remember back like 1999-2001/2ish I used to watch it alot...back when Carson Daly hosted and the show just seemed freakin sweet...I remember coming home from school and it was on at 4...last night on the Finale Carson Daly was back as host one last time and there was soooo many people back for it...Beyonce opened up with a sick performance...Taylor Swift was running around with a TRL Yearbook getting all the celebs to sign it and there like giving it away or something(imagine how much that thing will be worth on eBay!) an yea there was a ton of celebs there...everyone from the BACKSTREET BOYS( yea the backstreet boys!) to 50 Cent...we had performances from 50, BSB, Ludacris, Snoop, Nelly, and Fall Out Boy...Blink 182 was there as was Justin Timberlake with JC Chasez...all of the old MTV faces were there like Vanessa Minillo, Hilarie Burton, Quddus!!, Sway the news man, and John Norris...obviously Diddy was there leaving with the record of most TRL Appearances with like 38 or something considering his office is across the street...they had Christina Aguliera and Eminem by phone but unfortunately the person who has TRL's #1 Iconic Video of all time wasnt there and thats Britney =(....but overall I thought it was a great way to go...Now I didnt even know it was being dropped until I saw the commercial last week...I stopped watching a little bit after Carson left because the show pretty much lost its swagger, that one little special thing it had when he left...but ya know for someone like me who watched it everyday after school back in its hay day this was a nice thing to see unfortunately it took the show starting to suck and being taken off the air for something like this to come together but isnt that what always happens......

On tomorrows show we're gonna review Week 11 in the NFL oh god!

Ohhh Yeahh...And Here we GO!!

Welcome to the Sonny P Show wooo after 3 days of putting it off saying I was gonna do it I finally started and it seems like a good time to start we had the CMA Awards on Wed. and the Jets-Pats on Thurs. so yea!...Now I know the first thing everyone is thinking is what is this psycho gonna do with this "blog" well EVERYTHING lmao...im gonna talk about it all...sports, movies, tv, entertainment/showbiz, global affairs, national affairs, the bird in the sky, and that freaky fish with the lightbulb 5000 ft below sea level !! I'm still in the midst of assembling a team of critics already have my film/movie critic...The main thing i want everyone to know is I want responses and lots and lots of comments...I dont care if you know me if I know you if ur from NY or Cali or Somalia shoot gimme responses everyone needs to get involved!!! I am def gonna go nuts and give my crazy opinion toward something and the majority of the time I'm going to make fun of some stupid event but regardless I want LOTS AND LOTS OF RESPONSES AND COMMENTS WOOOOO!!! So I guess until one of these huge networks aka CBS ABC NBC CNN FOX CW E! ESPN MTV or someone gives me my own real Talk Show this is gonna do lol or they can just sponser me and give me some good funding here lol =) !

But enough of the jitter jatter lets get on with business...let me start with the CMA Awards(if u could care less theres Football in the next paragraph)...now im not a huge Country Music fan but Carrie Underwood is my future wife(she just doesnt know yet) and beside the fact shes absolutely beautiful I love her songs as well...I also like some of Taylor Swifts stuff and the occasional Sugarland song...but anyway Carrie was co-host with Brad Paisley it was a good show but my HD kept cutting out for like the first hour and half...Swifts performance was pretty sweet she changed her outfit in the middle of the performance like some David Blaine stunt...and Carrie sang Just A Dream after some Army Widow introduced her and half the audience started crying...then there was dun dun dun LIL WAYNE...i see this guy rockin out on stage in a Titans jersey playin the guitar and I was just like wait lemme rewind this and yup it was him lol good stuff...

Now on with the Thursday Night Football game between the Jets and Pats for 1st place in the AFC East...now after the first 28 minutes i thought this game was over and the Jets were gonna smash the Patriots but to half the worlds surprise Matt Cassel leads a second half come back!! Matt Cassel people this guy hadnt started a game since High School and now hes the 1st and only player in NFL history to throw for 400 yards and rush for 60 yards in one game...but anyway the game goes to OT and Favre and Dustin Keller go to work and win on a Feely FG that barely made it...all i gotta say is Dustin Keller is a freakin beast...some really good rookies this season...regardless the Jets have 1st place in the AFC East and they have the Titans next week so i mean they can still get 1st in the Conference who woulda thought...

I just got an idea and I think Im gonna do some NFL Power Rankings for the rest of the season and make some predictions we'll see hmmm...anyway LEMME SEE SOME RESPONSES/COMMENTS/OPINIONS/VIEWS whatever just brew up some convo we're gonna go Oprah on this thing just minus the billions of dollars!!!