I couldn’t believe the news that writer/director/producer/actor Rob Reiner was found dead in his house on Sunday Nov 14. He’s not very known for movies these days, but in the 80s he had a string […]
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saidi’s take – 12/16/2025
Hello everyone, This post is dedicated to the great ROB REINER who was killed in his house two nights ago (December 14). BOX OFFICE: A slow box office weekend as theaters prepare for the expected blockbuster […]
review – jay kelly
(You may remember my post about seeing this movie but not being able to comment about it because I saw it on film and the film dirt and scratches kept taking me out of the […]
saidi’s take – 12/9/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: On the weekend after Thanksgiving, “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” made an impressive $64 million. That’s the biggest opening for the post-Thanksgiving weekend ever, biggest December horror movie opening, and the second […]
saidi’s take – 12/3/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Thanksgiving weekend blew up the box office with “Zootopia 2” breaking box office records. It was the 2nd best Thanksgiving domestic opening EVER with $158.8 million (5 day) and $100 million (3-day). #2 […]
review – wake up dead man: a knives out mystery
Originally, I was going to skip this sequel since I didn’t like “Glass Onion” and I thought “Knives Out” was just OK, but I read glowing reviews from almost everyone else (94% on Rotten Tomatoes) […]
no more films on film please
Today I watched “Jay Kelly” at the Egyptian theater in Hollywood. However, I can’t give you a review of the movie because I missed parts of it since it was projected on 35mm film. Unlike […]
saidi’s take – 11/25/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: This weekend “Wicked for Good” dominated the box office making almost $150 million in 3 days at the domestic box office. That’s over TWICE the TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE for last week. […]
saidi’s take – 11/19/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Almost everyone predicted “The Running Man” would be a close race for first place with “Now You See Me Now You Don’t” but the latter was #1 from the start and “Running […]
saidi’s take – 11/12/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Predator: Badlands” helped this weekend’s box office making $40 million which is a franchise record. Other than that, the domestic weekend was even lighter than last week with “Regretting You” coming in […]
saidi’s buddy gets a box-set
Hello everyone, Some people say that sales of DVD/Blu-Ray/4K are declining and may go away soon replaced by digital copies you can stream on your phone/tablet/television/computer/etc, others say it’s still going strong. No matter what […]
saidi’s take – 11/4/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Halloween, the World Series, and no new major studio releases probably helped to make this the lowest domestic weekend since March and the 5th lowest of 2025 so far. No movie made over […]
saidi’s take – 10/28/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The final weekend of October (which unfortunately isn’t Halloween weekend) was a little better than any other weekend in October except the first one (when the Taylor Swift movie opened). The number […]
saidi’s take – 10/20/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Fairly slow weekend with the horror sequel “The Black Phone 2” topping the box office with $27.3 million. #2 was “Tron Ares” stumbling two thirds lower than it’s 3 day opening weekend […]
saidi’s take – 10/15/2025
Hello everyone, Although some people worked on Indigenous People Day (or Columbus Day) – it’s considered a 3-day holiday weekend. BOX OFFICE: Some people were predicting “Tron: Ares” would make up to $90 million over the […]
saidi’s take – 10/7/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: As expected, Taylor Swifts movie “Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl” led the domestic box office with $34 million. “One Battle After Another” sunk about 50% on its send […]
saidi’s take – 10/1/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new Paul Thomas Anderson movie “One Battle After Another” is the 8th #1 movie in a row for Warner Bros but it DOESN’T continue their previous streak which was every Warner Bros […]
saidi’s take – 9/23/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Last week’s #1 movie “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle” went down approx. 75% in its second weekend but still retained the #1 spot making $17.3 million. The new release […]
saidi’s take – 9/16/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: There were quite a few movie openings this past weekend – plus a couple re-releases – but only 1 movie made a big box office. The anime “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba […]
saidi’s taste: my favorite film
My favorite movie of all time has NEVER been shown in movie theaters – at least not completely shown. No, it’s not a Netflix movie. My favorite movie is also technically the only movie to win 2 […]
summer box office recap
The summer movie box office was decent – basically tying last year’s summer box office – which is a disappointment for some that were hoping the box office would increase year over year. The top […]
saidi’s take – 9/9/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Just like last year, a Warner Bros sequel had a huge opening weekend right after Labor Day. Last year it was “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (which made $111 million about a year ago), this […]
saidi’s take – 9/3/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The summer movie season came crawling to a close with “Weapons” jumping back to #1 and the 50th anniversary re-release of “Jaws” beating all the new movie releases. “Weapons” is the only move […]
you should see movies in theaters – part deux
Since I posted about all the classic movies returning to movie theaters there has been even more news. The 50th Anniversary re-release of “Jaws” made more money than any other new movie release at the domestic […]
saidi’s take – 8/25/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The animated movie released by Netflix “KPop Demon Hunters” was the box office winner this past weekend with approx. $18-19 million but Netflix doesn’t release theatrical box office numbers so there’s no […]
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