I have always said there is no way that movie theaters will ever go away due to one simple reason: Money. The only way for a movie to make up to $357 million in 3 […]
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Saidi’s Take – 10/28/2022
Today’s email is dedicated to singer Jerry Lee Lewis who passed away last night according to the latest news. Little bit of movie news… Warner Bros just named director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran to be […]
‘Tis the Season For Scares!
Every Halloween season the lists of the scariest movies come out. So, I thought I’d add a list of the movies that scared me. I want to preface this with two things. The first is […]
Review – Amsterdam
The movie starts with the line “a lot of this actually happened” but the more I watch of this part murder mystery, party comedy, part political drama the more I think that this scene….and this […]
Saidi’s Take – 10/25/2022
Hello everyone, This past weekend the box office came roaring back to life with “Black Adam” making a good $67 million and “Ticket to Paradise” making a pretty good $16 million. Overall, the weekend made […]
Great Movies You Might Have Missed From A-Z, Part One
When you search for the “best movie that starts with letter…” a lot of lists have similar names at the top. The following movies aren’t on many lists except for mine. A thru E. A: If […]
Saidi’s Take – 10/22/2022
A little bit of movie news happened this week… For some reason, 2 movies changed their opening dates for this December. Sony Pictures “A Man Called Otto” starring Tom Hanks was going to open on […]
Lights, Camera, Annoying! LiFe in Los Angeles
When people talk about the worst things about Los Angeles, they often mention earthquakes, traffic, smog, the seasons don’t change, etc. Most people don’t mention one of the things I personally hate the most – […]
review – See How They Run
Famous mystery writer Agatha Christie wrote a murder mystery play called “The Mousetrap” which opened in London’s West End in 1952 and is STILL PLAYING IN THE SAME THEATER TODAY. It holds the world record […]
Saidi’s Take – 10/17/2022
This past weekend the horror movie “Halloween Ends” made approx. $40 million which was below expectations and the lowest opening of the 3 recent “Halloween” sequels/spinoffs that started with “Halloween” in 2018 – most people […]
Singers that Became Actors
There seems to be a current trend of singers getting into acting such as Lady Gaga (“A Star is Born” (2018), “Joker: Folie à Deux” coming in 2024), Harry Styles (“Don’t Worry Darling”, “My Policeman”), […]
Is Going To the Movies Still Worth it?
This past weekend there were two different movies that opened in movie theaters that I wanted to see. “Amsterdam” and “Tár”. Here are the pros and cons of my movie theater experiences. I decided to […]
Saidi’s Take – 10/11/2022
Hello everyone, This past weekend last weeks #1 “Smile” stayed at #1 with $17.6 million which makes it’s 2 week total an impressive almost $50 million. #2 was the new animated release “Lyle, Lyle Crocodile” […]
Review – Confess, Fletch
Movie studios are always looking to create movies and TV series from bestselling books. Characters like Hercule Poirot (from Agatha Christie mysteries), Jack Reacher (from the books by Lee Child), Jack Ryan (from the books by Tom Clancy), […]
Best Sports Movies
There’s been several lists of best sports movies but they always miss some gems. Here’s a better list! Baseball: Over the years there’s been dozens of different types of baseball movies such as “Major League” […]
ARE MOVIES GETTING LONGER?
The running time for the upcoming “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” will be 2 hours and 41 minutes which will make it the 2nd longest Marvel movie so far (“Avengers: Endgame” was 3 hours 1 minute). Plus, […]
saidi’s take – 10/3/2022
The Sept 2022 domestic box office total was only $328 million. Not counting 2020 when most movie theaters were closed, that’s the lowest September box office since 1996 – OVER 25 YEARS AGO. Even Sept 2021 […]
review – the automat
This documentary is about the rise and fall of the Horn and Hardart “Automat” chain of restaurants. Although they only had locations in Philadelphia and New York City, the were the BIGGEST restaurant chain in the […]
Steve Martin Film Festival
Since the 2nd season of “Only Murders in the Building” is now done and since I’ve read a few stories that say Steve Martin is considering retiring after the TV series is finished, I decided to […]
Movies About The Biz
Since there are a few new movies about the movie industry coming out soon including “Blonde” (a somewhat fictionalized biography of Marylin Monroe), “The Fabelmans” (Steven Spielberg movie partly based on his childhood), “Empire of […]
Saidi’s take – 9/28/2022
The Epix premium cable channel was just renamed “MGM+” which seems kind of odd to me since MGM is now owned by Amazon (shouldn’t they just put the MGM library on Amazon Prime?). Also, the […]
Saidi’s Take 9/26/2022
This past weekend the domestic box office improved 17% over the previous weekend. It was the first time since the end of July that 3 movies made over $10 million at the domestic box office. […]
Review – Bullet Train
First, send 5 assassins – “Ladybug” (Brad Pitt), “Tangerine” (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), “Lemon” (Brian Tyree Henry), “Wolf” (Benito A Martinez Ocasio aka Bad Bunny), and “The Hornet” (Zazie Beetz) – to a high-speed train to retrieve […]
