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hii movie ya Baggage Claim inanikumbusha novel fulani ''Fake Fiance''..japikuwa mdada kwenye hiyo novel ali-stick na one guy..
Prisoners si haba sema itanifanya niwe too emotional...2 guns inatabirika (Denzel mara nyingi ana-portray role moja), sema collabo na Mark imependezea!!
Thanks BAK na hongereni kwa ushindi jana..:A S thumbs_up:
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Baggage Claim naisubiri kwa hamu kubwa....2 guns kama hujaiona BJ kaione ina twists and turns ambazo imeifanya iwe ni moja ya summers hits...and Denzel will always be Denzel, he did a marvellous job. Ahsante kwa hongera ila kuna mashambulizi ya nguvu mawili yalifanywa golini kwetu nikadhani jamaa watarudisha 🙂 tuliponea tundu la sindano.
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BelindaJacobs...The Butler ni nzuri pia nadhani utaipenda, kama hujaiona itafutie muda, kwa maoni yangu Forest Whitaker na Oprah wote wanastahili Oscar nomination.
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BelindaJacob...The Butler ni nzuri pia nadhani utaipenda, kama hujaiona itafutie muda, kwa maoni yangu Forest Whitaker na Oprah wote wanastahili Oscar nomination.
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Box Office: 'The Butler' Enjoys Labor Day Upset With $20 Mil; 'One Direction' No. 2 With $18 Mil
8:52 AM PDT 9/2/2013 by Pamela McClintock
The Weinstein Company
UPDATED: The civil rights drama is the first film of 2013 to top the North American box office chart for three consecutive weekends as Hollywood rings out a record summer and Labor Day Weekend; "Getaway," "Closed Circuit" are D.O.A.
Lee Daniels' The Butler engineered a surprise victory over Morgan Spurlock's 3D concert documentary One Direction: This Is Us at the Labor Day box office, becoming the first movie of 2013 to top the North American chart three weekends in a row.
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Box Office: 'One Direction,' 'The Butler' in Close Labor Day Race
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Overall, Hollywood enjoyed a record Labor Day, with revenue reaching an estimated $156 million, beating the record set in 2007 with $148 million. The film industry also enjoyed a record summer ($4.7 billion) thanks to a wide array of films prospering and despite a handful of high-profile flame-outs.
The Butler, distributed by The Weinstein Co., is one example of a smaller title that has shown remarkable staying power. The historical drama grossed $20 million for the four-day holiday, pushing its domestic total to a $79.3 million. The film's outstanding run is a testament, at least in part, to Oprah Winfrey's standing.
Winfrey stars opposite Forest Whitaker, who plays a White House Butler working through eight presidential administrations. The film -- a likely awards contender -- is certain to gross north of $100 million.
"The audience continues to broaden out and get younger," says TWC distribution chief Erik Lomis.
On Sunday, Sony/TriStar had predicted that One Direction would win the four-day weekend with $21.5 million after coming in ahead of The Butler for the three-day stretch. While it didn't quite reach that mark, One Direction is still a win, considering its modest $10 million budget.
One Direction, opening in more than 2,500 theaters domestically and receiving an "A" CinemaScore, is produced by Spurlock and Simon Cowell, who assembled the boy band -- comprising Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson -- after the musicians appeared as solo acts on the U.K.'s The X Factor.
Overseas, it opened to $14.5 million, with a large chunk of business coming in from the U.K.
One Direction was a collaboration among various divisions of the sprawling Sony Corp. empire, including the feature film division, music and electronics. Spurlock used Sony's newly launched F55 4K camera to shoot One Direction, with a special crew of technicians from Japan aiding the filmmakers in integrating the new camera technology into their production process.
"Everyone rolled up their sleeves and worked well together. We took a grassroots approach to the film, and we are thrilled with the result," said Rory Bruer, Sony's worldwide president of distribution.
After reaching new highs, the concert documentary genre reached a low in July 2012 with the $10.2 million four-day debut of Katy Perry concert doc Part of Me. A high was set in 2008 when Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana concert film Best of Both Worlds opened to $31 million, while Justin Bieber's concert doc Never Say Never debuted to $29.5 million in February 2011.
Among the three other new Labor Day entries, Lionsgate and Pantelion's Spanish-language comedy Instructions Not Included was the only one to prosper. Playing in only 347 theaters and placing No. 5, the movie grossed an estimated $10 million, pointing to the potent buying power of Hispanic moviegoers.
Instructions Not Included -- boosted by a rare "A+" CinemaScore -- marks the biggest opening ever for a Spanish-language film in North America. And it is already the highest-grossing film in Pantelion's history. Pantelion is a joint venture of Lionsgate and Televisa.
Getaway, starring Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez, was dead on arrival with a four-day gross of $5.5 million, putting it at No. 10. The movie, one of the worst reviewed films of all time, did no better with moviegoers, who gave it a "C+."
Directed byCourtney Solomon, the PG-13 film marks the final Dark Castle Entertainment title to be released by Warner Bros. as Joel Silver's production company commences its new deal with Universal. The movie follows a man (Hawke) and his passenger (Spring Breakers star Gomez) who are forced to drive around under the instructions of a person (Jon Voight) who is holding the man's wife hostage.
Political thriller Closed Circuit, from Working Title Films and released by Focus Features in the U.S., fared no better. Headlining Eric Bana and opening Wednesday, the movie posted a six-day debut of roughly $3.5 million. For the weekend, the film placed No 15.
Closed Circuit was directed by John Crowley from a script by Steven Knight. The rated-R crime thriller stars Bana and Rebecca Hall as attorneys working on a high-profile case involving a Muslim man accused of setting off a bomb in London. The British thriller has a 41 percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Among holdovers, R-rated comedy We're the Millers stayed high up on the chart to jump the $100 million mark domestically. The New Line film, headlining Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston, placed No. 3 with a four-day gross of $15.9 million. Its North American total is $112.9 million through Sunday.
Coming in No. 4 was DisneyToon Studios' kids pic Planes. The 3D animated film grossed $10.7 million for a domestic total of $73.8 million.
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Obama Says 'The Butler' Made Him 'Tear Up' 2:16 PM PDT 8/27/2013 by Tina Daunt
"I thought Forest Whitaker was wonderful," the president told radio talk show host Tom Joyner in a White House interview. "And Oprah, my girl, she can act."
President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he "teared up" while watching Lee Daniels' The Butler, a movie about a black White House butler who serves seven presidents.
"I teared up thinking about not just the butlers who worked here in the White House, but an entire generation of people who were talented and skilled. But because of Jim Crow and because of discrimination, there was only so far they could go," the president told radio host Tom Joyner. "And yet with dignity and tenacity, they got up and worked every single day and put up with a whole lot of mess because they hoped for something better for their kids."
Joyner, who interviewed Obama at the White House along with radio morning show co-host Sybil Wilkes,asked the president to name his favorite part of the movie.
"My favorite part was probably some of the jokes Cuba Gooding Jr. told, but we can't repeat them on the air," Obama said, laughing.
Joyner added: "I know what scene you're talking about, and I love that scene too."
Obama said he thought the acting in the film, which included the president's supporters Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, was "terrific."
"I thought Forest Whitaker was wonderful," Obama said. "And Oprah, my girl, she can act. She's just a wonderful actress, so I'm glad they did it."
Dani Weinstein, spokeswoman for the film's distributor, The Weinstein Co., said that the company made the film available to Obama for viewing at his convenience, but she did not know when he actually watched it.
In addition to discussing the film, Obama talked about his relationship with some of the African-American butlers currently working at the White House.
"When Michelle and the girls and I first arrived, they could not have been kinder to us and warmer to us," Obama said. "And part of it, I suppose, is they look at Malia and Sasha and they say, 'This looks like my grandbaby,' or 'This looks like my daughter.' I think for them to have a sense that we've come that far was a powerful moment for them, and certainly a powerful moment for us. We love them to death. They look after us just wonderfully."
"I thought Forest Whitaker was wonderful," the president told radio talk show host Tom Joyner in a White House interview. "And Oprah, my girl, she can act."
President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he "teared up" while watching Lee Daniels' The Butler, a movie about a black White House butler who serves seven presidents.
"I teared up thinking about not just the butlers who worked here in the White House, but an entire generation of people who were talented and skilled. But because of Jim Crow and because of discrimination, there was only so far they could go," the president told radio host Tom Joyner. "And yet with dignity and tenacity, they got up and worked every single day and put up with a whole lot of mess because they hoped for something better for their kids."
Joyner, who interviewed Obama at the White House along with radio morning show co-host Sybil Wilkes,asked the president to name his favorite part of the movie.
"My favorite part was probably some of the jokes Cuba Gooding Jr. told, but we can't repeat them on the air," Obama said, laughing.
Joyner added: "I know what scene you're talking about, and I love that scene too."
Obama said he thought the acting in the film, which included the president's supporters Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, was "terrific."
"I thought Forest Whitaker was wonderful," Obama said. "And Oprah, my girl, she can act. She's just a wonderful actress, so I'm glad they did it."
Dani Weinstein, spokeswoman for the film's distributor, The Weinstein Co., said that the company made the film available to Obama for viewing at his convenience, but she did not know when he actually watched it.
In addition to discussing the film, Obama talked about his relationship with some of the African-American butlers currently working at the White House.
"When Michelle and the girls and I first arrived, they could not have been kinder to us and warmer to us," Obama said. "And part of it, I suppose, is they look at Malia and Sasha and they say, 'This looks like my grandbaby,' or 'This looks like my daughter.' I think for them to have a sense that we've come that far was a powerful moment for them, and certainly a powerful moment for us. We love them to death. They look after us just wonderfully."