It seems like a lot of people that are famous for other things would also like to be actors. Singers like Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, and Taylor Swift, athletes like Lebron James, Ronda Rousey, and […]
saidi supplemental – 5/30/2023
Hello everyone, According to internet reports, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” has the longest running time of the franchise, and “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” also has the longest running time […]
saidi’s take – 5/30/2023
Hello everyone, The Memorial Day weekend box office did pretty well for ONE movie opening. “The Little Mermaid” made approx. $95 million 3 day and approx. $117 million 4 day which is the 3rd highest […]
saidi’s take – 5/23/2023
Hello everyone, Little Bit of Humor…. If you want to get young boys to watch a movie that’s almost 85 years old – that’s probably a good way to do it.
saidi’s take – 5/20/2023
There’s some news from Cannes this week so here is a late movie news…. Little bit of humor…. It was June 1982 (over 40 years ago). Only 1 movie – “E.T.” – made over $10 […]
review – guardians of the galaxy vol. 3
I’m a pretty big comic book fan. I go to my local comic book store almost every week to get the new issues of the series that I’m reading. I prefer the standalone comic book […]
summer movies: must see, maybe see, Won’t see
If you look in an almanac, summer doesn’t start until the summer solstice on June 21. If you ask people in school, the summer doesn’t start until summer break – which is June 9 according […]
saidi’s take – 5/18/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor…. A few days ago, Vin Diesel implied that the upcoming “Fast X” is the first of a THREE PART movie. So, I guess they don’t need a book. They […]
saidi’s take – 5/10/2023
Hello everyone, The opening weekend also didn’t beat the comparable opening weekend of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” which opened with $187 million the first weekend of May. However, prospects for this summer […]
saidi on cinema con – pt.5
Final Day Paramount Presentation The first thing on the final day (Thursday) was the Paramount presentation. (this is not in the actual order of the presentation). They started with some teenage mutant ninja turtle dancers […]
saidi on cinema con – pt.4
Day 3 Disney Presentation The first thing I attended on Wed morning was the Disney presentation. They first showed a montage for their 100th anniversary and displayed the brand-new Disney logo with “100 Years” on it. […]
saidi’s take – 5/1/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor…. Let me know when they can freeze prisoners in suspended animation. I may call it “brilliant” when they can do that.
saidi on cinema con – pt. 3
SEMINAR The “State of the Industry” seminar is always first thing on the Tuesday morning. It’s usually the most important seminar of CinemaCon because the head of the MPA (Motion Picture Association) and the head […]
saidi on cinema con – pt. 2
SEMINAR The first thing I attended was the “Movie Theaters Aren’t Going Anywhere” seminar on Monday afternoon. Jeffrey Cole gave a speech about the current movie industry. According to an online bio: he’s the founder […]
saidi on cinema con – pt. 1
INTRODUCTION For those who don’t know, CinemaCon is the annual movie theater convention usually held is Las Vegas, NV every spring. It’s put together by NATO – the National Association of Theater Owners (NOT the […]
saidi’s take – 4/23/2023
Hello everyone, This email has box office estimated instead of actuals because on Monday I will be at the CinemaCon convention (the annual movie theater convention). In 2nd place, the new release “Evil Dead Rise” is […]
saidi’s take – 4/18/2023
Hello everyone, The biggest new movie opening was “The Pope’s Exorcist” which was #2 with only $9 million. “Renfield” just missed the #3 spot with $8.02 million so it took the #4 spot. “John Wick […]
saidi’s take – 4/11/23
Hello everyone, Box Office: “Air” also beat expectations with approx. $14.45 million over the weekend and $20.2 million since it opened last Wednesday. It was ALMOST #2 for the weekend (“John Wick 4” made $14.46 […]
review – air
I always recommend that you see a movie in a movie theater on a big screen. In the past, I have gone out of my way to see a movie when it was playing at […]
saidi’s take – 4/6/2023
Hello everyone. Although it’s still early April, it looks like the summer movie season has now started. Advance tickets for “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” (May 5) and “Fast X” (May 19) just went […]
saidi’s take – 4/4/2023
Hello everyone, Today’s email is dedicated to William Doren who passed away about a month ago (although Variety reported it today). He was my boss for a little while when I worked at Kodak. Box […]
review – a good person
According to what I’ve read, writer/director Zach Braff made this movie for his girlfriend (at the time) Florence Pugh. History has shown that doing that is often a bad idea. One reason is because if […]
saidi’s take – 03/30/2023
Hello everyone, Moar news… Movie theater news: Disney Layoff News: New trailers: Little bit of humor: Batman doesn’t look too bad without ears.
saidi’s take – 3/28/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor: A lot of movie theater marquees look like this these days…. If the theater was playing “Creed 3” it would be ALL sequels. I wonder what “John Wick 4” […]
saidi’s take – 3/21/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor… I would not recommend taking your daughter to any of those movies until she’s at least a teenager no matter what her mood is.
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 