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Owen Wilson's gigantic adventure in 'Night at the Museum 2' 0

Posted on May 11, 2009 by laszlo

owenOwen Wilson reprises his miniature character as cowboy Jedediah in the fun-filled family movie “Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian.”

The movie is the sequel to the massively popular 2006 hit, “Night at the Museum” wherein Ben Stiller played a security guard at New York’s Natural History Museum who discovered that the museum comes to life at the end of the day.  In “Night at the Museum 2,” Larry Daley (Stiller) is no longer in uniform, he is now a successful entrepreneur but still misses the thrill of his former job. A distress call from his miniature pal Jedediah (Owen Wilson) takes him right back to the museum world and back into uniform. This time he goes to Washington to the Smithsonian Institute where he and his old friends face a villainous plot to stage a coup in the museum complex led by a hilarious Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria) and his henchmen: Ivan The Terrible (Christopher Guest), Napoleon, (Alain Chabat) and Al Capone (Jon Bernthal). Speeding to the nation’s capital, Larry will stop at nothing to regain his friends and restore order to the National Mall, from the Lincoln Memorial to the Air and Space Museum, before the stroke of dawn.

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Summer is definitely not over 0

Posted on May 11, 2009 by laszlo

HSN01The perfect summer album is scorching the local music charts, landing spots in Odyssey, the nation’s biggest music chain and in Music One. Hot Summer Nights is inching its way up the charts with 17 smokin’ reggae versions of some of the most recognized tunes today like Ordinary People, We Belong Together, If I Ain’t Got You, Baby I Love Your Way, and more. On Hot Summer Nights, you’ll hear the most interesting permutations of popular songs incorporated with strong reggae flavors.

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Chowder cooks up tasty ratings 0

Posted on May 08, 2009 by laszlo

Chowder (2)

Summer is halfway done, but the sizzling reception for Cartoon Network’s Chowder shows no signs of cooling down. Latest ratings data reveals that Chowder achieved the highest ratings across all cable networks*, placing the channel well ahead of its closest competitor and demonstrating the series’ strong appeal to Pinoy kids.

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Hugh's "Wolverine" ups the X-Men franchise to PhP386.3 Million 0

Posted on May 04, 2009 by laszlo

Indestructible as adamantium, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” clawed in a staggering PhP 42, 260, 794 million box-office nationwide in its 4-day opening weekend which opened April 30 in 244 theaters.

hugh jackman as wolverine aka loganAction amplified, ‘Wolverine’s” opening accelerated the ‘X-Men’ franchise to PhP 386, 335, 062 million wherefrom “X-Men” in August 2000 grossed PhP 56.4 million, “X2: X-Men United” in April 2003 grossed PhP 120.5 million and “X-Men: The Last Stand” grossed PhP 163.1 million.

Based on actual Metro Manila figures from its local distributor Warner Bros. (F.E.), 20th Century Fox’s “Wolverine” cut through as industry-wide’s Biggest Opening Day for 2009 so far at PhP9.24 million.  It now stands as the Biggest Opening Weekend for a foreign film at PhP 35.4 million surpassing “Fast and the Furious 4’s” 4-day opening weekend of Php 22.2 million.

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