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Celebritology
| 12 months ago
Because Moonrise Kingdom set a new record while Men in Back 3, despite its respectable if not jaw-dropping revenue total, did not. A press release issued Monday by Focus Features applauded Moonrise Kingdom a coming-of-age romance and signature piece...
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IMDb Celebrity News
| 12 months ago
Box Office History Director Wes Anderson 's Moonrise Kingdom has set a new U.S. box office record as the movie with the best weekend opening from a limited release. The independent film, which stars Bruce Willis , Edward Norton , Tilda Swinton and...
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Hollywood Reporter Film
| 12 months ago
PDT 5/28/2012 by Pamela McClintock Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" scores the highest per-theater average of all time for a live-action film; French comedy "The Intouchables" also does good business in its U.S. debut. The specialty box office came...
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Los Angeles Times
| 12 months ago
While big-budget blockbusters were dueling it out at the multiplex this weekend, an independent film quietly made history at the box office. "Moonrise Kingdom," Wes Anderson 's quirky 1960s-set dramedy about two kids who run off into the wilderness,...
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New York Observer
| 12 months ago
Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom Sets Box Office Record 10:47am Edward Norton in Moonrise Kingdom' The new film by Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom , has set the record for the highest per-screen average for an independent film; playing in just four...
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CNN
| 12 months ago
Austrian director Michael Haneke took home the prestigious Palme d'Or prize -- his second -- at the Cannes Film Festival for his film "Amour." The film, according to the festival's website, is about a retired couple in their 80s and how their bond is...
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SF Gate
| 12 months ago
Jonathan Short / Associated Press Director Wes Anderson says he learned valuable lessons from the process of making the animated "Fantastic Mr. Fox" that he applied to his new live-action film, "Moonrise Kingdom." Images Texas-born Wes Anderson was...
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The Guardian
| 12 months ago
Wes Anderson 's films seven of them since his debut with Bottle Rocket in 1996 constitute a consistent oeuvre...Various actors recur, most notably Jason Schwartzman as a geeky young man, Luke Wilson as a quirky thirtysomething and Bill Murray as a...
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Gawker
| 12 months ago
Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom The setting of Wes Anderson's seventh full-length feature, Moonrise Kingdom , couldn't be more crucial. The film takes place on the fictitious New England island of New Penzance in the 1960's.
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The Independent
| 12 months ago
News in pictures On Facebook Arts & Ents blogs With 20+ degree weather expected to last all weekend in the capital, we'd be silly not to make the m... London beatsmith, George Fitzgerald, concocts a shadowy brew of garage, house and techno that has...
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The Guardian
| 12 months ago
Anderson's signature meticulous, deadpan retro-chic works best when it's tethered to something tangibly real, as this is, historically and emotionally. Set on an island microcosm of 1965 America, it details the touching elopement of two precocious...
