Box Office Forecast: Immortals take on Jack and Jill
01.01.70
I’m not happy
with this but I have to give
Jack and Jill the upper hand here. Standing at an amazing 2% on Rotten Tomatoes , this would make crappy-movies-extraordinaire Uwe Boll blush. No matter how bad it looks (from previews) or really is (haven’t seen it)
Jack and Jill has an extraordinary box office power behind it, and that power is called Adam Sandler. This guy has one of the most amazing track records in Hollywood and regardless what anyone else thinks of the quality of his movies (personally I’m a
fan of his past works, the newer ones not so much), he constantly delivers at the box office. His luck won’t change with
Jack and Jill and thanks to about $28 million, it should take the top spot.
Puss in Boots still has a week before Happy Feet Two comes out so it should pull another $24 million over the weekend for an unexpected $106 million in 17 days.
Immortals
Source: Filmonic
Ticats cheer teen fan who's close to death
01.01.70
He already has an autographed Dave Stala jersey laying across his lap when the real deal walks through the door and into his Stoney Creek living room. Bearing gifts.
“I brought you another shirt,” the Hamilton Tiger-Cats receiver says.
Jacob Rayner — he prefers Jake — isn’t complaining. Especially when the 17-year-old is told this is the game-worn jersey Stala wore in all his home contests this season.
“That’s awesome,” he says quietly, pulling the oxygen mask away from his face so he can be heard more clearly.
The visitor slides his way onto the couch beside his young host, pulls out a Sharpie and signs the present. Then lays it gently on top of the store-bought model.
What happens over the next hour might be the best work Stala ever does in football, no matter how many catches he hauls in or touchdowns he scores the rest of his career. It also demonstrates, in a visceral way, the power athletes possess to make people’s worlds better, if they choose to use it.
Source: Hamilton Spectator