"American Gangster" takes on and takes down the completion

Outstanding! "American Gangster" takes on and takes down the completion at the weekend’s box office. The Ridgley Scott directed mega flick has more than seen off all others over the weekend with an impressive $46.3 million taking it to the very top of the heap with the "Bee Movie," $39.1 million coming in at second and at third the highly anticipated umpteen sequel "Saw IV," with $11 million.

The exceptional success of "American Gangster" makes for a great recovery at the box office for Ridley Scott after the financial disappointment of "The Assassination of Jesse James" produced by Scott and directed by Andrew Dominik due to what could be only described as "production baggage"... aka. BRANGELINA! This in the face of the monster successful western “3:10 to Yuma” released just weeks before "The Assassination of Jesse James" and still raking it in to the tune of approximately $50 million by the time "The Assassination of Jesse James" was also at the box office. The tremendous western “3:10 to Yuma” was directed by James Mangold who brought to life in larger than life fashion the legendary Johnny Cash in “Walk the Line.”

Let’s see Brangelina or a monster triumph at the box office… I know which one I would have decide on. Goes to show the real power in Hollywood is the power you never really see who ultimately have the final word on who will get the nod or award and who doesn’t. They will always be the voice that speaks louder than any publicist at the end of any and everyday. Not to mention the paying movie going public who buys those tickets or opts to give certain flicks a miss. And, thank GOD for that!

"American Gangster" Washington and Crowe Making History

The riveting new "American Gangster" flick is set for box office and cinematic greatest. At the helm of the film’s production is the almighty Ridley Scott directing two of Hollywood’s finest Oscar winners of the decade Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. The historical stage has been set as only Ridley Scott himself can. Like in the majestic Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott and starred Russell Crow, the enormousness of the main character played by Denzel Washington reaches right out into the audience and through the silver screen at you. The larger than life portrayal of the how to history of drug exportation from Vietnam into hard hit Harlem streets of New York City during the height of America's national crisis at that time is almost beyond believable. Yet, it is most certainly fact based and very much factually true in every way. A definite must see!