Hello everyone, If you still haven’t seen “Oppenheimer” in IMAX 70mm film, this is your last weekend to see it (it’s a good thing since I hear some showings are only one third full). This […]
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saidi’s take – 9/13/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor…. It’s true. I wonder if the success of the movie made up for the failure of the Wonka Bar. Also, years later a company – maybe the same company […]
the good, the bad & the box office
The Good News: 2023 is having a record-breaking box office so far. It started with the incredible billion-dollar box office of “The Super Mario Bros Movie” in the spring. Then the domestic box office for the […]
saidi’s take – 9/5/2023
Hello everyone, The movie is predicted to be so big that THREE MOVIES have changed their release dates. 1) The Lionsgate drama “Ordinary Angles” will no longer open on that date – the new date […]
saidi’s take – 9/1/2023
Hello everyone, Although there is no breaking news like there was last week, there was a few news items from the final week of August. People are starting to get concerned that the strikes will […]
saidi’s take – 8/30/2023
Hello everyone, It’s been awhile since a Warner Bros movie wasn’t #1 at the weekend box office, and Warner Bros seems very upset that “Gran Turismo” was #1 this past weekend. First, they said that […]
saidi’s take – 8/25/2023
Hello everyone, Three BREAKING NEWS items!!! The first breaking news is that “Barbie” is now #1 DOMESTIC MOVIE OF 2023 (so far). As of Wed Aug 23, the total domestic box office for “Barbie” $575.4 […]
saidi’s take – 8/23/2023
Hello Everyone, For the first time since it opened, “Barbie” was knocked out of the #1 position this past weekend. Warner Bros isn’t too upset though because it’s new release “Blue Beetle” was #1. “Blue […]
much ado about barbenheimer
I really wish someone would explain “Barbenheimer” to me. I’m not asking HOW it happened – although I’m sure there’s hundreds of publicity people researching that right now. I want to know WHY it happened. […]
saidi’s take – 8/15/2023
Hello everyone, In the domestic box office, “Barbie” is still leading the way with $33 million which makes it’s domestic total now $526 million which is only approx. $50 million less than the #1 “Super […]
saidi’s take – 8/7/2023
In the domestic box office, “Barbie” is still dominating with approx. $53 million for its 3rd weekend. Its domestic total is now approx. $460 million which makes it #2 for 2023 so far and some people […]
missiondiana jones: the dial of dead reckoning
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” vs “Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part 1” = some very interesting coincidences. WARNING: The following has some mild spoilers from both “Indiana Jones and the Dial of […]
saidi’s take – 8/3/2023
Hello everyone, Both “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” had very good second weekends at the box office. On their second weekends, they made about what pre-release predictions said they would make on their opening weekend. “Barbie was […]
and the worst movie scene of the year is…
WARNING: The following has some mild spoilers from “Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1”. Although the scene is very early in the movie (about 20 minutes in – right before the opening credits) so there […]
saidi’s take – 7/26/2023
Hello everyone, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” both soared past their expected grosses. This weekend was the first time ever where 2 different movies beat their box office predictions (usually one movie does well and the 2nd new […]
saidi’s take – 7/23/2023
Hello everyone, Lots of news to report so today is a special movie news update. I’m going to talk about the box office after the weekend as usual, but the movie theaters and studios are […]
saidi’s take – 7/20/2023
Hello everyone, “Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1” didn’t meet predictions prior to its opening ($90 million 5 day was predicted) but did beat the predictions from the end of last week ($70 million 5 […]
saidi’s take – 7/15/2023
Hello everyone, Actors Strike It’s official. At midnight tonight (west coast time I believe) the actors union is going on strike. This will have MAJOR ramifications for everyone because AMOST every movie, TV show, or […]
movies to see in ’23 – the halfway mark
2023 is now halfway over. So, far, the score is doing OK. So, the score for the year is tied 3 (movies I liked and would recommend) to 3 (didn’t like or skipped). There were […]
saidi’s take – 7/12/2023
Hello everyone, More news over the weekend. “Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse” just slipped past “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” to be the #2 movie of 2023 (so far). “Guardians” total is $357.57 million and […]
saidi’s take – 7/5/2023
Hello everyone, Once again, the average box office tells a different story. “Indiana Jones” was still #1 with over 13000 per screen on around 4600 screens, #2 was Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse with $3500 on […]
saidi’s take – 7/3/2023
2023 is now halfway done. There is some good news and some bad news… GOOD NEWS However…. BAD NEWS So, it’s looking like there’s a chance that “The Super Mario Bros Movie” could STILL be […]
saidi’s take – 6/28/2023
Hello everyone, The average box office shows a completely different story. Wes Andersons “Asteroid City” which opened in another 1670 screens this past weekend made an average of $5400 per screen. The movie came in […]
great movies you might have missed from a-z – the final chapter
It took a really long time to finish this last part because there isn’t a lot of movies that start with the last 6 letters. For some letters I found a movie I really liked, […]
what’s the deal with ratings?
Today I went to see the R rated “No Hard Feelings”. When I pre-ordered the tickets online I noticed the warning that says, “Guests that are 17 or younger must be accompanied by an adult […]
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 