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MW on Movies: The American, Machete, Going the Distance, Mesrine: Killer Instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 and Lebanon

The American

The American (Three Stars) U.S.; Anton Corbijn, 2010 I like George Clooney. No off-color psychological speculations, please. What I like about him is the easy-going “good guy” way he plays the Hollywood game. I like his politics, his philanthropy, his unpretentious smarts, his good-natured jock style, his taste in movie scripts, his daring as a…

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Review – The American

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It’s an odd thing. About 20 minutes into The American and similarly in another film I can’t review right now (Sept 4), I was strongly struck by the sense that critics would be wildly split on the film. Masterpiece or Bore. I feel The American is a beautifully rendered, intimate, deceivingly simple film loaded with…

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Voynaristic Review: Takers

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Takers won’t win any awards or set a new watermark for spectactular heist films, but for what it is — a rather generic heist film with a mostly decent ensemble cast and one very good performance by Matt Dillon — it’s mostly harmless. If you’re a particularly passionate fan of any of the ensemble cast,…

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Voynaristic Review: The Last Exorcism

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Wilmington on Movies: Flipped, Takers, Vampires Suck and Centurions

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Wilmington on DVDs: The City of Your Final Destination, Black Orpheus, Hamlet, The Last Song, and more …

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Wilmington on DVDs: The Magnificent Seven, Date Night, Little Women, Chicago and more …

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MCN Critics Len Klady David Poland Ray Pride Kim Voynar Michael Wilmington
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Our Players Coming Soon Box Office Prophets Box Office Guru EW Box Office . com
Machete16.410.1181515.5
Going the Distance15.612.61214.511
The American13.69.51210.511.5
Takers12.310.81312.513.5
The Last Exorcism109.41189.2
Leonard Klady's Friday Estimates
Friday Screens % Chg Cume
The American 3.8 2721 NEW 6.9
Machete 3.8 2670 NEW 3.8
Takers 3.1 2206 -59% 29.5
The Last Exorcism 2.3 2874 -76% 27
Going the Distance 2.2 3030 NEW 2.2
The Expendables 1.6 3398 -40% 87.2
The Other Guys 1.4 2607 -30% 102.8
Eat, Pray, Love 1.3 2663 -39% 65.4
Inception 1.2 1704 -19% 273.7
Nanny McPhee Returns 0.85 2798 -35% 19.7
Also Debuting (in thousands)
We Are Family 64,300 71 64,300
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop 6,900 5 6,900
Prince of Broadway 3,800 1 3,800
My Dog Tulip 3,500 1 3,500
The Winning Season 2,400 3 2,400
White Wedding 2,400 4 2,400
3-Day Estimates Weekend % Chg Cume
Four Day Estimates
The American 16.5 New 19.6
Machete 14.1 New 14.1
Takers 13.6 -47% 40.1
The Last Exorcism 8.7 -64% 33.5
Going the Distance 8.6 New 8.6
The Expendables 8.3 -46% 93.9
The Other Guys 6.6 -16% 108
Eat Pray Love 6.1 -29% 70.2
Inception 5.8 -6% 278.4
Nanny McPhee Returns 4.6 -24% 23.4
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