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.
best actor goes to…los angeles!
People have said that if you really want to act in movies you need to live in Los Angeles because that’s where movies are filmed. Although some other states like Georgia and New Mexico are […]
saidi’s take – 3/13/2023
Hello everyone, Of course, the biggest news is the Academy Awards A friend of mine commented: Since Harrison Ford AND Phoebe Waller-Bridge were both attending the awards, why didn’t they introduce a trailer for “Indiana Jones and the […]
from the big screen to the small screen
Recently, I saw something that I never thought I’d see. It was the teaser trailer for “FUBAR” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger which is coming this summer. I reason that I never thought I’d see it is because […]
academy award predictions, saidi style
Now that all the other awards have been handed out and the voting has ended for this weekend’s Academy Awards, the only thing left to do is to join the hundreds of others that are […]
saidi’s take – 3/7/2023
Hello everyone, Award news: ..so it’s looking like “Everything, Everywhere…” will probably win a lot for the final award show of the season next Sunday. Little bit of humor… They do seem to be doing […]
great movies you might have missed from a-z – pt. 4
It’s been a couple months since my last list of recommended “Movies You May Have Missed That Start With…” because it took a pretty long time for me to find a movie that starts with […]
saidi’s take – 2/28/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor… If Will Smith snuck into the Academy awards and snuck on stage that would be something they never anticipated.
review – she is love
At the end of last year, it was hard to find the movie “Causeway” in a movie theater because the movie was only playing on one screen at one location in the Los Angeles area. […]
saidi’s take – 2/21/2023
Hello everyone, Internationally, “Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania” was also #1 with an international total of $121 million. Other than “All Quiet On The Western Front”, “The Banshees of Inisherin”, and “Elvis” – which also won Best Make-up […]
should roman polanski be in jail?
In 1977, acclaimed director Roman Polanski was arrested for drugging, sexually assaulting, and raping 13-year-old Samantha Gailey. At first, he plead not guilty to all charges. Then a plea bargain was arranged where 5 of […]
saidi’s take – 2/18/2023
A little bit more movie news from this past week… I have amended my previous list of my “Movie to See in 2023”…. “Air” Little Bit of Humor: A few days ago, they released this […]
review – babylon
Before I saw this movie, there were already two things I liked about it. First, I’m a big fan of movies set in Los Angeles, and second, I’m a big fan of movies about the […]
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 