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NO GOOD DEED – Surprisingly Goes Unpunished
Box Office: “No Good Deed” Tops “Dolphin Tale 2” With $24.5 Million The Sony/Screen Gems thriller (No Good Deed) took in $24.5 million from 2,175 theaters, easily beating expectations. Going into the weekend, analysts expected the home invasion thriller to hover around $20 million. Females made up the bulk of the audience, taking up 60% of the seats in theaters, and 41% of ticket-buyers were under 30 years old…READ MORE Variety These numbers make me happy because Taraji P. Henson and Idris Elba are very talented actors, plus I admire Will Packer’s success as a Producer and most importantly, seeing black actors in mainstream movies that have nothing to do…
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Mischief Night on Steroids: THE PURGE
Jesus said “For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me. (Matthew 26:11). In the future, if things go the way of writer/director James DeMonaco’s (click for good interview) imagining, we will not only experience Godlessness, but also a method for keeping the poor down to a very few. The Purge evokes a wicked, nightmarish quality of tension and murderous intent, but this isn’t what makes it frightening. The real fear comes from the political and social issues it examines on inequality & class, the natural inclination of humans towards violence and what could happen if ever a radically Republicany/Teapartyish/NRAer type group were to…