links for 2006-06-08

The Omen opens and Fox still can resist that 666 number, even putting it into their opening day figure…

An interesting article on the actor who played the German victim in United 93. For the record I thought the article by John Harris on the Comment is Free blog was way off the mark.

The Reeler on an amusing evening with the Brothers Weinstein.

Harry Knowles at AICN takes a peek at Martin Scorcese’s latest film.

Nikki Finke on the remarkable tracking numbers for Pirates 2. It may be people at Disney talking the film up but this could well turn out to be the biggest film of the summer if Superman Returns doesn’t do as well as expected.