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Name: John Cairns
Location: Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Reject Since: April 2007
Email: jcairns@filmschoolrejects.com

Bio: John Cairns has a wide and varied background in journalism in Canada. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Western Ontario and gained considerable on-air experience on TV in the greater Toronto area, including internships at two major TV networks in Canada. He’s done news and sports reporting and now is taking a stab at entertainment writing. He credits his stint as a volunteer at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival as the spark for his interest in pursuing film writing. He recently moved out of Toronto, back to his hometown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where he hopes to pursue radio and TV opportunities. He can also be read at his blog, The Cairns Blog (http://johncairns.blogspot.com/).


Posts by John Cairns:

Box Office: Horton Hears a Cash Register, $45 Million

Box Office: Horton Hears a Cash Register, $45 Million

While Doomsday struggles to get moving, Horton plops his big elephant behind down on top of the box office.

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The Reject Report Hears a Who!

The Reject Report Hears a Who!

Horton Hears a Who opens with a huge theatrical run to support its big, star-studded cast.

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Box Office: 10,000 B.C. is No Blockbuster

Box Office: 10,000 B.C. is No Blockbuster

To quote Howard Beale, moviegoers are mad as hell and they aren’t going to take it anymore.

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The Reject Report Robs the Bank

The Reject Report Robs the Bank

This week brings us a wide range of releases and a wide range of predictions…

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Box Office: Semi-Pro is a Semi-Flop

Box Office: Semi-Pro is a Semi-Flop

No wonder New Line is going out of business, then, based on a showing like this from one of its highly-touted movies.

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Movie Review: ‘Semi-Pro’ is only Semi-Good

Movie Review: ‘Semi-Pro’ is only Semi-Good

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there existed a league known as the American Basketball Association.

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Reject Report: Will Ferrell Goes for a Box Office Slam Dunk

Reject Report: Will Ferrell Goes for a Box Office Slam Dunk

A defunct basketball team, a girl with a pig nose and two skanky 17th century sisters vie for box office glory this weekend.

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Box Office: And the Box Office Goes to Vantage Point

Box Office: And the Box Office Goes to Vantage Point

For what seems like the umpteenth week in a row, the Box Office Oscar goes to a movie that got pelted by tomatoes by movie critics.

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The Box Office goes to… who? An Oscar Week Reject Report

The Box Office goes to… who? An Oscar Week Reject Report

It’s a special Oscar week edition of The Reject Report!

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Movie Review: Juno

Movie Review: Juno

I’m happy to report that I won’t be getting into any fistfights with critics about Juno — at least, not with too many of them.

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Box Office: $31 Million for Jumper

Box Office: $31 Million for Jumper

We now have the final estimates in for the entire President’s Day Weekend, and as we reported earlier Jumper is the number one.

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Box Office: Jumper Teleports to the Top

Box Office: Jumper Teleports to the Top

The Monday numbers have yet to come in — but we do know who the box-office champ is going to be.

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The Reject Report Gets the “Jump” on the Holiday Weekend

The Reject Report Gets the “Jump” on the Holiday Weekend

The writers strike is over, finally, and we have a number of new flicks rolling out on Thursday and getting an early jump on the weekend.

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Box Office: Fool’s Gold Collects All the Box Office Treasure

Box Office: Fool’s Gold Collects All the Box Office Treasure

Paris Hilton’s star vehicle ‘The Hottie and the Nottie’ took in a whopping $25,000 over the weekend. Were we surprised? Nah.

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Reject Report: Who Will Find Box Office ‘Gold’ This weekend?

Reject Report: Who Will Find Box Office ‘Gold’ This weekend?

Can a shirtless Matthew McConaughey pull people away from Hannah Montana?

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Box Office: Hannah Montana is a Number One Hit

Box Office: Hannah Montana is a Number One Hit

Miley Cyrus beats out Jessica Alba, Carmen Electra and Eva Longoria Parker at the box office.

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The Reject Report has its ‘Eye’ on the Box Office

The Reject Report has its ‘Eye’ on the Box Office

This week’s movies look absolutely frightening — frightening to watch and frightening to predict.

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Box Office: Meet the Spartans Takes the Weekend

Box Office: Meet the Spartans Takes the Weekend

Again — the best movie doesn’t always win the box office. Perfect example: Meet the Spartans.

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The Reject Report Meets the Spartans (and Rambo)

The Reject Report Meets the Spartans (and Rambo)

This week we have ‘Spartans’, FBI Hackers and that John Rambo guy chasing down the Cloverfield Monster.

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Movie Review: Cloverfield

Movie Review: Cloverfield

“One fast-moving, roller coaster of a movie.”

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Box Office: Cloverfield is a Monster Hit

Box Office: Cloverfield is a Monster Hit

Cloverfield made $41 million at the box office this weekend and killed the competition, just as we all thought it would.

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The Reject Report: Chick Flicks and Cloverfield This Weekend

The Reject Report: Chick Flicks and Cloverfield This Weekend

It’s mid-January, the start of “chick flick” and romantic comedy reason at the theaters. Oh, and monster movies, too.

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Box Office Update: Ice Cube Almost Kicks the Bucket

Box Office Update: Ice Cube Almost Kicks the Bucket

First Sunday stole the thunder from under The Bucket List and Juno this weekend and surprised a lot of people with a far better showing than expected.

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The Reject Report Kicks the Bucket

The Reject Report Kicks the Bucket

The big question is: will the momentum for Juno continue this weekend with a Number One finish?

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Box Office: Three Weeks at Number One for “Treasure”

Box Office: Three Weeks at Number One for “Treasure”

National Treasure: Book of Secrets finished first for the third week in a row. But Juno moved up significantly again.

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The Reject Report Welcomes 2008 In Predictable Fashion

The Reject Report Welcomes 2008 In Predictable Fashion

All the big Christmas blockbusters are out of the way, so now the less-hyped stuff is getting shown at the theaters.

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Year in Review: The 2007 Box Office

Year in Review: The 2007 Box Office

Yes, it’s time to look back at Spidey, Johnny Depp, Michael Bay and everyone else responsible for the Biggest Box Office performances of 2007.

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Box Office: Another Week of ‘Treasures’

Box Office: Another Week of ‘Treasures’

Well, it’s no secret to anyone now that National Treasure: Book of Secrets is a big hit for the whole holiday season.

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Alvin and the Chipmunks

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Like a lot of people, I did not have high expectations going in for Alvin and the Chipmunks.

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Box Office: Aliens and Predators Crash Christmas

Box Office: Aliens and Predators Crash Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Reject Report. Ho ho ho! Why should I be laughing?! I have nothing to laugh about after that weekend of blown predictions.

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