What was the best movie of 2011? The folks at Extra have put together the final list of the Top 10 highest earning movies for 2011.  Take a look at the highest grossing list and see how many made the list of 2011 worst movies. How many of the Top 10 highest grossing movies did you see this past year?

1.     Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($381M)

2.     Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($352.3M)

3.     The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 ($271.9M)

4.     The Hangover Part II ($254.4M)

5.     Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($241M)

6.     Fast Five ($209.8M)

7.     Cars 2 ($191.4M)

8.     Thor ($181M)

9.     Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($175.7M)

10.                       Captain America: The First Avenger ($176.6M)

Did you notice that only 2 of the movies are not sequels?

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Have you been impressed with blockbuster movies of 2011?  The top 5 are sequels and eight of the Top 10 are part of series.  Many familiar stars like Johnny Depp and Vinn Diesel are leading the way in the Top 10 highest grossing movies of 2011 through mid-July, but where are the original movies and storylines? 

Here the Top 10 Highest Grossing movies of 2011 through mid-July:

Which movie that is scheduled for the 2^nd half of 2011 do think will land on this list?

*stats provided by Box Office Mojo

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Which of the Top 10 movies of 2010 according to the Academy will be winner of the Oscar for Best Picture?  As usual, many were not popular favorites but there are several excellent films in this list of the 10 best movies of the 2010. The story of Facebook  was fairly popular.  How many have you seen?  

·        Black Swan

·        The Fighter

·        Inception

·        The Kids Are All Right

·        The Kings Speech

·        127 Hours

·        The Social Network

·        Toy Story 3

·        True Grit

·        Winter's Bone

Which do you believe should be considered the best film of 2010?

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Is it part of your family tradition to go the movies on Thanksgiving and Christmas night? Many families get a little stir crazy and just need a break.  Some just like to take break from buying all the holiday gifts. Here are the Top 10 holiday movies for 2010 so that you plan your getaway from the family:

·         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1

The first installment of the two-film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows follows Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson) as they search for the pieces of Voldemort's (Ralph Fiennes) soul that he extracted from his being and hid in obscure locations both far and wide.

·         MegaMind

Megamind is the most brilliant supervillain the world has ever known and the least successful. Over the years, he has tried to conquer Metro City in every imaginable way

·         The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Upon returning to Narnia to join Prince Caspian for a voyage on the majestic royal vessel known as The Dawn Treader, Lucy, Edmund, and their cousin Eustace encounter merfolk, dragons, dwarves, and a wandering band of lost warriors.

·         Yogi Bear

Hanna-Barbera's beloved picnic-basket-stealing bear makes his big-screen debut in this live-action/animation mix children's flick from Journey to the Center of the Earth director Eric Brevig. The tourists just aren't flocking to Jellystone Park like they used to, and when the budget starts to get tight, Mayor Brown (Andrew Daly) brings down the axe.

·         Tron: Legacy

The Master Control Program is booted back up in this revamped Tron continuation that sees the return of original star Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, the brilliant computer programmer whose disappearance leads his son, Sam (Garrett Hedlund), to search for him in and out of the computer world.

·         Little Fockers

A birthday party for the twins gives Greg an opportunity to redeem himself after he takes a job that raises the suspicions of his overbearing father-in-law, Jack (Robert De Niro), in this installment of the hit comedy series. Greg (Ben Stiller) and Pam (Teri Polo) have been together for ten years, and now they're the proud parents of two adorable twins.

·         Tangled

When the kingdom’s most wanted—and most charming—bandit Flynn Rider (voice of Zachary Levi) hides out in a mysterious tower, he’s taken hostage by Rapunzel  (voice of Mandy Moore), a beautiful and feisty tower bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair.

·         Due Date

Director Todd Phillips re-teams with his break-out Hangover star Zach Galifianakis for this road movie concerning a soon-to-be father (played by Robert Downey Jr.) and his cross-country trip to make it back in time for his baby's birth -- with the only roadblock being the dubious passenger (Galifianakis) who's along for the ride.

·         Gulliver’s Travels

Jack Black stars in the 20th Century Fox adaptation of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels with this fantasy-filled comedic production. This take on the timeless tale revolves around a shipwrecked journalist (Black) who discovers an island in the heart of the Bermuda Triangle where he is the biggest occupant in comparison to its tiny inhabitants.

·         True Grit

A 14-year-old girl (Hailee Steinfeld) joins an aging U.S. marshal (Jeff Bridges) and another lawman (Matt Damon) in tracking her father's killer into hostile Indian territory in Joel and Ethan Coen's adaptation of Charles Portis' original novel.

Which movie is at the top of your Must See list?

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Did you go see the new Facebook movie or better known as The Social Network this weekend? The new movie pulled in over $23 million this past weekend as many lined up to see how the Facebook empire was built.  Here is the past weekends box office gross of the Top 10 movies:

1.     The Social Network ($23M)

2.     Legend of the Guardians ($10.9M)

3.     Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps ($10.1M)

4.     The Town ($10M)

5.     Easy A ($7M)

6.     You Again ($5.6M)

7.     Case 39 ($5.35M)

8.     Let Me In ($5.3M)

9.     Devil ($3.7M)

10.   Alpha and Omega ($3M)

Which movie do you think is the best?

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What do you know about the A-Team?  Take a stroll through the 80’s and refresh your memory of Hannibal, Faceman, Murdock and B.A. Baracus of the A-Team.  The A-Team is considered to be one of the hottest movies of the summer.  Let’s hope it does not make the list of the worst movies that you have to see.  So check out this list of A-Team factoids:

ü  The “crime they did not commit” was robbing a Hanoi Bank under government orders

ü  First episode was watched by 26% of the US after Super Bowl XVII in 1983

ü  Pop culture icons like Hulk Hogan, Rick James and Boy George appeared in the show

ü  Over four seasons, there were only 2 on-screen deaths

ü  Ice Cube was considered for B.A. Baracus in the original movie discussions

We Pity the Fool that does not go see the A-Team this summer. 

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Planning on going to see the biggest movie release of the weekend? The commercial trailers for Iron Man 2 are entertaining.  The original Iron Man movie generated $102 million on the first weekend of its release and a total of $570 million. Not bad for a movie that cost $140 million to make.  The Iron Man movies are making their case for being one of the best Sci-Fi movies of all time.  Here are a few facts about Iron Man 2:

ü  Don Cheadle replaces Terence Howard as Jim “Rhodey” Rhodes and dons a suit as War Machine

ü  Samuel Jackson will be Nick Fury in up to 9 Marvel comics oriented films

ü  Iron Man 2 has been reported to cost approximately $200 million to make

ü  Jon Favreau (Director) played supporting roles in Rudy and Swingers

ü  Ivan Vanko / Whiplash (Mickey Rourke) invents a similar technology to provide the main story line

Iron Man 2 kicks off the blockbuster movies of the upcoming summer of superhero movies and 1980’s remakes.

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It may be a shallow plot but it does appear to be funny.  So before we place this movie on our list of the Best Worst Movies, let’s learn a little about the somewhat magical Hot Tub Time Machine.  Please do not try this at home. 

·         When the characters go back to 1986, they look like they did in 1986 

·         Chevy Chase is a Hot Tub Maintenance man in the film

·         4 Guys realize that 1986 was not that cool

·         Red Bull & Vodka contribute to 4 men in the same hot tub (Not recommended)

·         Red Band Trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine

So take a trip back to 1986, when hair bands were in full swing and Top Gun was the hottest movie.

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The Corey’s – The infamous twosome.  Known for bad movies, drugs and debauchery.  The Corey Feldman and Corey Haim duo is now a onesome.   Should their movies be on the list of the  Worst Movies that you have to watch?  Let’s take a moment to remember Mr. Haim and his best movies.

·         Lost Boys – 80’s Classic – The original teen vampire movie

·         Lucas – Popular teen bully movie that even had Jeremy Piven in it

·         License to Drive – Boy gets date with girl that he has no business dating

·         Dream a Little Dream – The 3^rd movie with the two Corey’s

·         Murphy’s Romance – Actually made a movie with Sally Field and James Garner

Due to drugs and poor decision making has moved on to a new role. 

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How many have you seen?  This is the list of what the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has considered the Best Movie in each of the past 10 years.  Were they the best? 

·         Hurt Locker - 2009 Best Picture

·         Slumdog Millionaire – 2008

·         No Country for Old Men - 2007

·         The Departed – 2006

·         Crash – 2005

·         Million Dollar Baby – 2004

·         The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - 2003

·         Chicago – 2002

·         A Beautiful Mind – 2001

·         Gladiator – 2000

·         American Beauty – 1999

Which movie do you believe was the Best Movie of 2009?

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