Daily Archives: November 24, 2013

Box Office: “Hunger Games” catches fire on Saturday — a $160 million opening weekend

Posted on November 24, 2013 by

A huge Thursday night and Friday led to a big Saturday and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” now looks like a record breaking (for November) opening weekend. $160 million. Very impressive. Predictions were in the $170-180 range, but the film … Continue reading →

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“Book Thief” star gets a crash course in the Holocaust

Posted on November 24, 2013 by

“The Book Thief”, the new World War II/Holocaust film based on the Markus Zusak novel, isn’t a children’s movie. “Though it is about children, during the war,” says its star, 13 year-old French Canadian actress Sophie Nelisse. But “movies like … Continue reading →

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