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Posted June 20th 2010

Three of the top five box office hits are for kids.  ‘Toy Story 3′ waged war against the ‘The Karate Kid’ taking over the  #1 position taking in $109 million at the box office this weekend! ‘The Karate Kid’ dropped to the #2 spot taking in an additional $29 million while  ‘The A-Team’ slid to the  #3 position with another $13.8 million  added to the pot at the box office this weekend! ‘

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Movie Review: ‘Jonah Hex’

Myth and reality collide in a hot mess in DC Comics’ Old West tale of a scarred bounty hunter bent on revenge.

LATimes.com

By Betsy Sharkley- LA Time Film Critic

Posted June 20th 2010

There are few truths to be found in the smoldering ash heap that is “Jonah Hex,” but here are the ones that matter: John Malkovich is responsible for the Fourth of July fireworks tradition (who knew?); Megan Fox looks better fighting in a bustier than tight white “Transformers” jeans (no-brainer); definitely consider a cosmetic surgeon to deal with those unsightly facial scars, don’t get in a pique and try to do it yourself (duh).

This latest DC Comics transmogrification into mega-action mess stars Josh Brolin as Jonah, a bounty-hunting latter-day saint with an ax to grind and a face that even a mother couldn’t love (see cosmetic surgery tip above). The film is director Jimmy Hayward’s (” Horton Hears a Who!”) first go at live action and there is promise in all the fire and brimstone raining down, just no soul in the souls the devil went down to Georgia for.

Set in the aftermath of the Civil War, “Jonah Hex” is an apocalypse story of betrayal and redemption that burns its way through D.C., the Deep South and the dusty West. The till-death-do-they-part battle between good and evil pits a renegade Confederate colonel named Quentin Turnbull (Malkovich) against a vengeance-hungry Jonah. At stake is more than old grudges — the very future of these newly united states hangs in the balance.

Basically Jonah shot Turnbull’s son and some other Confederates who started blowing up civilians rather than Union soldiers. Not one to turn the other cheek, Turnbull murdered Jonah’s family and seared his QT brand into Jonah’s face as a reminder that he “destroyed everything you ever loved,” or something like that. It’s not easy to forget the sentiment since Malkovich delivers the line so many times you wonder if he just never got the script revisions.

Ah, the “script.” Writers Neveldine & Taylor, who I gather aren’t using their first names to protect the family’s rep, have found a way to turn biblical references into bad dialogue at head-turning speed while making 83 minutes feel like a lifetime. I guess with “Crank” and “Crank: High Voltage” as a training ground, it was to be expected.

WEEKEND STARTING  JUNE 18th 2010

BOX OFFICE

1. TOY STORY 3
2. THE KARATE KID
3. THE A-TEAM
4. GET HIM TO THE GREEK
5. SHREK FOREVER AFTER

DVD’S

1. THE WOLFMAN
2. ALICE IN WONDERLAND
3. VALENTINE’S DAY
4. DEAR JOHN
5. EDGE OF DARKNESS
6. INVICTUS
7. THE ROAD
8. IT’S COMPLICATED
9. LEGION
10. THE SPY NEXT DOOR