November kicked off on the right note. And the momentum could remain strong for the second weekend of the month. While Megamind will continue to be the attraction for young ones who were too busy last weekend to catch it, the slightly older (but not so old!) have something else to look forward to - Unstoppable starring the ever intense Denzel Washington alongwith Capt. Kirk aka Chris Pine. Denzel Washington is a reliable character in the industry whose movies do not usually sweep away the box-office, but more often than not, post strong numbers that allow the studios to rake in the returns. His last movie released earlier this year, The Book of Eli, grabbed $95 million at the US box-office. But it was in 2007, under Ridley Scott, that Denzel Washington got his last $100 million+ movie with his dazzling portrayal of Frank Lucas, a drug lord, in The American Gangster. And while Unstoppable may not post those kind of numbers, and Washington in this flick may not be as memorable as some of his old characters (so many come to mind... Trip in Glory, Malcom X in Malcolm X, Lt. Commander Ron Hunter in Crimson Tide, Lincoln Rhyme in Bone Collector, Rubin Carter in Hurricane, Coach Boone in Remember the Titans, Detective Alonzo Harris in Training Day, John Creasy in Man on Fire etc. etc. etc.), it still would most likely post good enough numbers to post a challenge to Megamind for the top spot at the weekend. Following behind is the sci-fi Skyline that pretty much repeats the genre itself, trying to re-create the 'world is attacked by aliens' theme. Movies of such kind have done fairly well, though Skyline may not be the one that will creep to mind years later when you talk of Movies-with-Aliens while chatting with your buddies around a bonfire. But if you do... maybe you have seen a bit too many...
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