The Simpsons drops 73% from last weekend

All you Simpsons lovers out there might be disappointed to learn that The Simpsons Movie, which opened to an extraordinary $72 million last weekend, proved to be completely front-loaded as it appears as all the fans who turned out last week decided to move on to better things this week.

The Simpsons Movie took in only $7.9 million on Friday, based on figures from Box Office Prophets, which means that the film will end up with around $25 million over the weekend.

To $7.9 million from $30 million the week before, that's almost 73% of business washed away. Execs at Fox should still be happy with the overall performance of the movie, but I'm sure they were hoping for slightly better legs for this picture.

Yes, Homer, drink another bottle.

You can read my The Simpsons movie review here.

Four new movie reviews: Simpsons, Ratatouille, Premonition and Slow Burn

We've got the good, the bad, and the ugly all in one place...

The Simpsons Movie came out this week, but I tried to do a little catching up and managed to make it an animation weekend with Ratatouille. My attempts to catch up even more failed, as I lost the motivation to devote my Sunday night to seeing Sicko, but I do still want to see that one along with Rescue Dawn (which looked crappy but got good reviews), Sunshine and Talk to Me.

In the mean time, I watched Slow Burn (Ray Liotta) and Premonition (Sandra Bullock), neither of which amount to much more than paychecks for thee actors.

The Simpsons Movie
After several long years of waiting and much hype and excitement, Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart and Maggie have finally made it to the big screen. The Simpsons Movie doesn't go bigger and better like South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut did, but instead delivers consistent "Simpsons" humor in a big screen format, and that is exactly what the audience was craving. Read the full review...

Ratatouille
There are animated films, and then there are Pixar animated films, and Ratatouille returns the brand name to the excellence we expect. It is no secret that I hated Cars with a passion - I hated the concept, the previews and the movie - and thus the illustrious shine had come off the Pixar logo. But even the best of companies have their stumbles, and Ratatouille is one of their best movies to date. Read the full review...

Slow Burn
Slow Burn, starring Ray Liotta, LL Cool J, Mekhi Pfeiffer and Jolene Blalock, is a thriller that starts to fade as soon the opening credits roll, and by the big bang at the end, the flame has already gone out. Read the full review...

Premonition
Sandra Bullock, what have you become? I remember when I was a teenager, growing up watching you in such films as The Net and Speed. You were at the top of your game, popular, in demand and hot as hell. Now, not all of that has changed, except that you continue to appear in crappy movie after crappy movie. Read the full review...

Movie poster review: The Simpsons Movie

There have been plenty of The Simpsons movie posters over the last couple months, but this latest one (the final?) takes the cake. It is simple, to-the-point and still utterly funny, but only if you know Homer (and who the hell doesn't?)

We've seen the donut theme coming up quite a few times, but The Simpsons crew got it perfect on this one. How can you not want to see a movie where you have that big, fat yellow idiot chomping on the "O" in "MOVIE"?

I can't wait for this movie, even though the movie trailers have not been as hilarious as I was expecting them to be (but the pig belly scene in the bedroom is wonderful).