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: I couldn’t find this mentioned on any of the standard entertainment news sites (Hollywood Reporter, Variety, etc) so it might be just a rumor: According to other news […]
saidi’s take – 3/28/2023
Hello everyone, After last weekends box office disappointment when “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” made below expectations, the box office boom of March continues once again. “John Wick 4” made approx. $74 million this past […]
saidi’s take – 3/21/2023
Hello everyone, After 2 weekends where franchise records were broken, box office was above predictions, and things were looking up for movie theater attendance, this past weekend was BELOW expectations. “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” […]
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, Another good weekend for movie theaters. “Scream 6” was a franchise record opening with approx. $44 million. Also, the other new opening “65” beat estimates and made approx. $12 million for the #3 […]
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, “Creed 3” was the biggest opening for an MGM movie since the company merged with Amazon. It’s also the biggest opening of all the Creed/Rocky movies. It beat expectations with approx. $58 million […]
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, The news keeps saying that “Cocaine Bear” and “Jesus Revolution” did surprisingly well at the domestic box office while “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” was the biggest 2nd weekend drop of any Marvel movie. […]
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, “Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania” was the #1 movie this past weekend but it just barely made their estimated amounts of $105 3-day and $120 4-day. Some people are saying that this is […]
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… “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” has already opened in some foreign countries and has already made $41 million in 2 days. Those numbers DO NOT […]
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 […]
saidi’s take – 2/8/2023
Hello everyone, “Avatar: The Way of Water” is no longer #1 domestically. It dropped down to #3 this past weekend. The first 2023 movie that was #1 at the domestic box office was “Knock at […]
is it time for the academy to update their rules?
Andrea Riseborough is an up-and-coming actress. She has already worked with several prominent directors including Mike Leigh (“Happy-Go-Lucky), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”), and David O Russell (“Amsterdam”), and prominent actors including […]
is it time to ban guns from movie sets?
I was a huge fan of actor Brandon Lee. Although he was the sidekick in the movie “Showdown in Little Tokyo” (1991), I thought he stole the whole movie. It seemed like others did too […]
saidi’s take – 1/25/2023
The landscape after the Academy Award nominations… “Avatar: The Way of Water” was once again the #1 movie domestically making approx. $20 million. The #2 was “Puss in Boots 2” with $11 million. The highest […]
review – glass onion
For most good mystery movies, I will usually watch the movie twice. The first time for the mystery and the second time for the movie. There have been good mysteries in a not so good […]
saidi’s take – 1/17/2023
Hello everyone, Once again, “Avatar: The Way of Water” took the top spot with approx. $31 (3-day) and approx. $40 (4-day holiday). Although some people are saying it’s continuing to make more money because it’s […]
why are the golden globes still around?
A few days ago, the “Golden Globe” awards returned to network television to a resounding whimper. It was one of the lowest ratings ever for the show. Some nominees and winners didn’t show up and […]
must see movies of 2023
It seems like every website I go to these days has a list of the most anticipated movies coming in 2023. Here is my current list – which probably will be changing during the year […]
