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...weekend 5. Paranormal Activity, $8.6 million; $97.4 million, seventh week 6. The Box, $7.9 million, first week 7. Couples Retreat, $6.4 million; $96 million, fifth week 8. Law Abiding Citizen, $6.2 million; $60.9 million, fourth week 9. Where the Wild Things Are, $4.2 million; $69.2 million, fourth week 10. Astro Boy, $2.6 million; $15.1 million, third week Read "The Year in Medicine 2008: From...
...corpses of every one of the weekend's new movies littered the lobbies of North American theaters. The Saw torture-porn franchise took the biggest hit, with its sixth installment getting chainsawed by the Paranormal Activity phenomenon. Another horror entry, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, was D.O.A. Astro Boy, the third autumn movie based on a kids, pop-culture touchstone, didn't fly; and neither did the aviation bio-pic Amelia, which took off at low altitude and instantly crashed. As for the weekend's goriest psychodrama, Lars von Trier,s Antichrist, it performed anemically in limited release...
...Mojo: 1. Paranormal Activity, $22 million; $62.5 million, fifth week 2. Saw VI, $14.8 million, first week 3. Where the Wild Things Are, $14.4 million; $54 million, second week 4. Law Abiding Citizen, $12.7 million; $40.3 million, second week 5. Couples Retreat, $11.1 million; $78.2 million, third week 6. Astro Boy, $7 million, first week 7. The Stepfather, $6.5 million; $20.4 million, second week 8. Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, $6.3 million, first week 9. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, $5.6 million; $115.2 million, sixth week 10. Zombieland, $4.3 million; $67.3 million, fourth week
...itemize these elements isn't to say they can't be powerful. Maybe all stories are just one story, with the common themes of love and loss, art and adventure, death and resurrection. These are the threads from which Astro Boy weaves its coherent imaginary world. The gravity of grief carries Tenma's character through the story; the robot Toby's need to prove himself to his dad and himself turns him into a superior being, the best of both species. Ham Egg, the exploiter of children down on earth, is a little bit Fagin, a little bit Stromboli from...
...purely reasoned critique of Astro Boy would note that it does not advance the art of animation, and that some of its humor stabs miss their mark. But Bowers knows how to infuse emotion without just ladling it out in Act III; it is at the core of the story, as Astro Toby teaches his father the verities of love, heroism and family feeling. The little robot has a strong, generous heart, and so does this movie...