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...been scrupulously converted into the world of the play, complete with a 1930s-style bar and a live band that starts the show. The light is dim and the music loud—the better to suggest that one has just walked right through the screen into a Hitchcock thriller. Audience members—or, more accurately, participants—are given white full-face masks as they are called out of the bar area, and then separated from their groups into various areas of the transformed school...
...previous one's, and 59% over the same one last year, the top spot went to Where the Wild Things Are, which set an opening-day record for a live-action PG film and, according to early studio reports, will end the session with $32.5 million. The serial-killer thriller Law Abiding Citizen slashed its way to second place, with $21 million, while the haunted-house horror movie Paranormal Activity underlined its phenomenon status by earning $20.2 million on 760 screens - a sensational $26,000 per theater. (See TIME's weekend entertainment recommendations...
...feel anything,” Butler replies without missing a beat. “They’re dead.” Believe it or not, this is the film at its most profound. “Law Abiding Citizen” aspires to be a smart thriller akin to director F. Gary Gray’s last hit, “The Italian Job,” but it ends up an unintentional comedy through its ludicrous premise and prolific overacting...
...game against the Mountain Hawks with Gordon and Scales out, senior Cheng Ho led the way with 132 yards on 21 carries. Meanwhile, Winters was the star of Harvard’s night time thriller against Brown, throwing for 223 yards and two touchdowns and rushing for another...
Then there are movies that people simply have to see. Paranormal Activity, made three years ago for a no-budget $11,000 - yes, thousand - is the new overnight sensation. Opening two weeks ago at midnight shows in 16 college towns, Oren Peli's haunted-house thriller expanded on Friday to full playdates at 159 venues and scared up a phenomenal $7.1 million. That's $44,475 per screen, making this the highest-ever average for a medium-size release. Paramount Pictures' clever viral media campaign helped, but credit the movie's breakout status to old-fashioned word of mouth...