Uppers and Downers Battle for Holiday Box Office. Trade Roughage 12/23/08

By Christopher Campbell posted 11 months ago

Though five new wide releases open on Christmas, Yes Man is expected to do better in its second weekend because the weather will be better and because it’s still a comedy. Of course, two of those five new films are also comedies. Adam Sandler’s Bedtime Stories is expected to be the champ of the long holiday weekend, with Marley & Me coming in second.
If you’re not into laughing, however, either during the holidays or during a recession, let Liz Smith guide you to all the depressing films out this season, including that disappointing movie about suicide from the otherwise “great comic star” Will Smith and that marital angst film that will apparently have you never wanting to take on a serious relationship again.
Clive Owen, who was once thought perfect to play James Bond, has been cast as another international agent in the Colombian drug cartel film Cartagena. I’ve lost count, but this will be at least Owen’s fifth Bond-like role (not counting the look of his character in Croupier).

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