WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Everybody Signed Up For Couples Retreat
Posted on Oct 11, 2009 @ 11:46AM - 1 comment
Couples Retreat won big at the box office this weekend despite generally weak reviews. Vince Vaughn co-wrote, produced and starred in the comedy, with Malin Akerman as his wife. It brought in an estimated $35.3 million in ticket sales.
Last weekend's winner, Zombieland, came in second, with $15 million. Now in its fourth week, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballsremains a family favorite. It finished third and added another $12 million to its tally. Toy Story/Toy Story 2 (3D) came in fourth earning $7.6 million. Paranormal Activity finished fifth with $7 million.
The rest of the top 10 were: Surrogates - $4.1 million; The Invention of Lying - $3.4 million; Whip It! - $2.8 million; Capitalism: A Love Story - $2.7 million, and Fame - $2.5 million.
REVIEW: Couples Retreat
Posted on Oct 09, 2009 @ 08:31AM - Add a comment
If fixing relationships was as easy as flying to the tropics, facing adversity and washing it down with a yummy, fruity cocktail, couples could weather anything.
Sadly, real life isn’t anything like the intermittently comical, easy paradise of Couples Retreat. The adventures kick off when the uptight Cynthia (Kristen Bell) and Jason (Jason Bateman) admit that they’re on the brink of divorce, and convince three other couples to join them on a holiday to save their marriage. Only a group rate will allow them to go, so with some guilt-tripping and promises of jet-skis and sunshine, it’s off to “Eden” -- aka The Most Boring Place on Earth.
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There, the couples are inexplicably forced to follow the island’s treatment program, which includes sunrise meetings with guru Marcel (Jean Reno), therapy sessions (the dress code evokes Star Trek, if Kirk and Uhura were sushi chefs) and wacky group exercises that involve everything from dropping trou to sexy-time yoga. Instead of fun in the sun, the vacation becomes a new-age Guantanamo where everyone’s problems bubble up, and all four couples -- including our doomed, pinched-face pair -- unravel amid the palm trees.
Despite the exotic setting, Couples Retreat takes aim at the most basic issues we face once we’ve traded party-hopping for trips to Home Depot: growing apart, bedroom boredom, conception struggles and balancing domestic duties with romantic urges. In the hands of stars like Faizon Love (Shane), Malin Akerman (Ronnie) and Vince Vaughn (Dave), each couple’s troubles are relatable and, mostly, funny. When Cynthia and Jason queue up a powerpoint preso to explain their marriage problems -- and graphically quantify the potential effects of divorce -- you don’t have to be a white-collar veteran to crack up. Up-and-comer Kali Hawk (Trudy), meanwhile, is like an energy elixir, perking up scenes that sag beneath heavy-handed antics.
Yet, as Dave repeats throughout the movie, relationships take work. Some of them have fault lines so deep that not even island rum and one-liners can fill the cracks. Lucy (Kristin Davis) and Joey (Jon Favreau, who also co-wrote the film), for example, seethe with the kind of latent anger and suffer battle wounds so fresh that, despite incredible delivery of tight banter, broad comedy can’t quite support them. While Couples Retreat strives to guide us from tenderness to hilarity and back, the characters take on a sit-commy, wooden feel so that, by movie’s end, home-wrecking in paradise doesn’t seem so bad.
Island life, however, isn’t all gloom and doom: Couples Retreat is, to borrow from the film, like an accessible Sandals resort, versus a Club Med’s richer offerings. Vaughn, who also co-wrote and produced the movie, serves as its keel on unpredictable seas, righting the ship with subtlety and timing that are at times genius. The way he pokes fun at all-too-familiar, trying situations allows us to laugh at ourselves, even if Mai Tais and white sand can’t solve everything.
Couples Retreat: Expert Advice
Posted on Oct 05, 2009 @ 09:00AM - 1 comment
The new film Couples Retreat is in theaters this Friday. It centers on four couples who take a vacation to a tropical island paradise. One of the couples is there to work on their struggling marriage, but soon the others discover that the island’s therapy sessions are anything but optional.
Starring A-listers Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Kristin Davis and Jason Bateman, the group embarks on a crazy journey of self-discovery which brings a new slew of problems than the ones they had before.
"Couples Retreat" Is The Latest Movie Co-starring Vince Vaughn & Jon Favreau - Look At This Comedy Dream Team's Tinsel Town Past
Posted on Sep 17, 2009 @ 02:58PM - Add a comment
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Police At Lindsay Lohan’s House Investigating Break-In
Posted on Aug 25, 2009 @ 05:51PM - 4 comments
LAPD Detectives descended on Lindsay Lohan’s Hollywood Hills home Tuesday to quiz neighbors about a recent break-in at the star’s property.
The Mean Girls star was targeted for the second time in less than four months after thieves made-off with a safe, bags, jewelry and shoes, belonging to the actress.
The two armed detectives – who have been studying video footage taken during the raid on Sunday morning – stepped-up their investigation by speaking with neighbors at the star-studded enclave where Vince Vaughn and Ryan Gosling have homes.
As they left the crime scene after about forty minutes the detectives were remaining tight- lipped when RadarOnline.com asked them how their case was progressing.
RadarOnline.com exclusively revealed how Lindsay’s father Michael Lohan has vowed to catch those responsible in what he considered to be ‘an inside job’.
Earlier in the day a security consultant met-up with one of Lohan’s assistants at the Spanish style home that she has been renting since November.
After the consultant left the assistant was spotted carrying out a cardboard box full of personal papers belonging to the starlet.
Local residents have been upset by all the paparazzi who have been camping outside her house on the winding street where parking is prohibited.
And they are also upset at the recent spate of break-ins at the house when the crime rate in their neighborhood had been very low until Lohan moved in.
But it looks like Lindsay could be ready to pack her bags and find a more secure property in not such a secluded area.
One neighbor told RadarOnline.com today: “I just spoke with the owner of the property and he told me that she has decided to give it up.
“She really needs to find a more suitable place to stay because this location hasn’t been working for her or the other residents either.
“We feel bad that she had her home broken into but that is something that never usually happens here.”
EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan’s Neighbors Want Her To Move Out After Latest Burglary
Posted on Aug 24, 2009 @ 04:44PM - 6 comments
This time Lindsay Lohan’s latest controversy isn’t even her fault. Some of the actress’ neighbors want her to move out of their Hollywood Hills enclave due to all the paparazzi and recent robberies, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
“The truth is that this is a very quiet neighborhood and there have been no break-ins apart from at Lindsay Lohan’s house,” a neighbor told RadarOnline.com. “Since she moved in last November it has been a nightmare with all the paparazzi parking in our driveways waiting for her.”
The star was targeted for a second time at her rented home after thieves made off with a safe, bags, jewelry and shoes belonging to the actress. The first robbery was reported in May and the latest one occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning. Detectives at the Hollywood police station are currently reviewing video footage which reportedly caught three men leaving the house.
“It’s obviously an inside job and I first noticed that the door at the side of the property was missing a few days ago.”
Her father Michael Lohan told RadarOnline.com on Monday that he was determined to find the culprits. Unfortunately, that may be too little too late for the current residents of the hip area which counts Ryan Gosling and Vince Vaughn as homeowners.
“This is a really narrow and winding street and I’m amazed there has not been a more serious accident,” the neighbor added. “I’ve got nothing personal against her but she needs to find a home in a gated community with security at the main gate because all the residents are fed-up with the situation.”
On Monday, the house lay empty with no padlocks on the main door and with the side door missing after it had been ripped of its hinges. Lohan left the home on Sunday with three friends and a personal assistant was also seen loading-up some personal possessions into a car.
Vince Shares Hometown Love With Fiance
Posted on Aug 24, 2009 @ 02:37PM - Add a comment
Vince Vaughn may be a guy’s guy, but he still knows how to treat the ladies. The actor cheered on his hometown team the Chicago Cubs as they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday and he brought along his fiance Kyla Weber for all of the fun. A onlooker gave RadarOnline.com the rundown of Vaughn’s chivalrous sports etiquette so pay attention boys!
"Vince brilliantly walked the line between devoted sports fan and doting partner with Kyla. When he wasn't clapping and rooting for his beloved Cubs, he had his arm around her in a really easy way,” the onlooker said. “He was constantly looking over at Kyla with a smile on his face.”
“It was a beautiful Sunday in the park which they shared with each other and another couple."
Is the sighting giving you a little deja vu? Vaughn took ex-girlfriend Jennifer Aniston to a Cubs game in their movie The Break Up.
Aniston Fine With Being “Lonely Girl” Poster Child
Posted on Aug 04, 2009 @ 02:30PM - 1 comment
Jennifer Aniston is beautiful, successful, and is comfortable without a man by her side. In a recent interview, the actress opens up about her much discussed love life and reveals she is happy to wear the mantle of singlehood.
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“I’m not going to ignore the pink elephant in the living room. It’s fine. I can take it,” she told Elle. “If I’m the emblem for ‘this is what it looks like to be the lonely girl getting on with her life,’ so be it.”
The actress has had her fair share of male companion since her split with ex-husband Brad Pitt. She dated John Mayer, Vince Vaughn, and has had a string of alleged flirtations with current co-star Gerard Butler and Bradley Cooper.
