'Snakes' couldn't bite after too much hype
The big Hollywood story this week is the underperformance of New Line Cinema's "Snakes on a Plane." After months of wild Internet hoopla, the kitschy thriller starring cult icon Samuel L. Jackson opened to a dismal $15.4 million -- far below even the most pessimistic estimates.
Was the film itself to blame? I went to North Haven to find out.
