Multiplex Mayhem: The Starting Line: While I got really nervous just before election day — you never really know what those crazy voters are thinking, even if we have polls coming out of every orifice — but I have no compunction whatever in predicting, along with the people who (think they) know, that the #1 ... [Continued at Premium Hollywood. Comments?]

Scarlett Johansson sings: Or, she at least tries to approximate what she thinks singing is. The more than mediocre “Falling Down” for your pleasure. [Continued at Premium Hollywood. Comments?]

Multiplex Mayhem: Bob Downey…B-Lister, No More!: Forget what I said last time, there’ll be no schadenfreude for Nikki Finke, or anyone else in H-wood, on this day, for “Iron Man” has netted some $104,250,000 at the domestic box-office since it’s Thursday night pre-release, exceeding expectations by as much as $30 million smackers. Finke and Variety also ... [Continued at Premium Hollywood. Comments?]

Multiplex Mayhem: The Origin Story: Even with my lousy record, I feel no compunction in calling the winner of this week. For once, we’ve got a sure thing. *If “Iron Man” is not the #1 movie at the U.S. boxoffice this weekend, then there’s also an excellent chance that Mike Gravel and Ron Paul will ... [Continued at Premium Hollywood. Comments?]

Multiplex Mayhem: Slapstick Battle of the Sexes Postgame: It was a good weekend for the power of the PG-13 rating and the eternal drawing power of the promise of belly laughs. * As predicted correctly by me (and everyone else who dared) two days back, the Tina Fey/Amy Poehler opus “Baby Mama” won a relatively healthy box-office weekend ... [Continued at Premium Hollywood. Comments?]