Warner’s latest popcorn muncher opened with a huge $55 Million dollar take on its debut weekend. 3D versions of the film were helping to drive a lot of the numbers with premium ticket prices, but […]
‘Runner Runner’ Flops
This hardly seems remarkable or even noteworthy, save for the continuing inability of the executive class to distinguish between correlation and causation. Here, we’ve got the ‘star-power’ of Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck seemingly unable […]
review – ‘don jon’
Joseph Gordon Levitt is arguably one of the best actors of his generation. Scarlett Johansson started out at a very young age displaying huge talent. Now he and she are together in a movie with […]
Sony Brings Ellie Kemper On Board ‘Sex Tape’
Television start Ellie Kemper (‘The Mindy Projcet’) has signed on to play opposite Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel in Sony’s latest formulaic popcorn comedy film. Perhaps best remembered as a bit storyline in ‘Trainspotting’, the […]
‘Prisoners’ Vigilante Pic Explores Violence
The Oscar nominated cast and director of Warner’s latest vigilante pic suggest that the predictably graphic violence contained within is somehow an artistic necessity. I’d buy into the storyline if it wasn’t one that gets […]
review – ‘enough said’
This is an old-fashioned love story for grown-ups. It’s a story about second chances jeopardized by second guesses, about ordinary days changed by an extraordinary coincidence, about two people who were not attracted to each […]
Salinger Doc Opens Strong Limited
The Weinstein Company opened ‘Salinger’ (dir. Shane Solerno) in a couple of markets after a strong premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. It will be interesting to see what kind of legs the doc can […]
‘Riddick’ Debut Continues Diesel’s Win Streak
Modern day Sylvester Stallone style mush mouth actor Vin Diesel continues his box office win streak with a decent debut for ‘Riddick’ at just shy of $19 million. The previous installment saw a large box […]
Spike Jonze Reveals Scenes From New Film At Toronto
Spike Jonze revealed some scenes from his upcoming film title ‘Her’ featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson in the lead roles. The story essentially revolves around a man falling in love with a sentient operating […]
review – ‘closed circuit’
Red herrings are one thing. But this murder mystery seems filled with partially fileted fish of all kinds in the hands of a chef who can’t decide on a recipe. This is a dark and […]
Woody Allen’s ‘Blue Jasmine’ Expands Reach
Good old Woody “keep em’ cheap, keep em’ coming and keep em’ pretty good” Allen appears to be getting his widest release to date. Kind of odd to think about that, considering how iconic he […]
Affleck as Batman? Oh Brother.
Don’t get me wrong. I like the guy. I really do. But Batman? I just can’t see it. Call this my first prediction of the new Batman / Superman movie being a “disappointment”. Or, maybe call […]
review – ‘the butler’
This is a kind of ‘Forrest Gump’ with a focus on the Civil Rights Movement. It’s the story of segregation slowly, if incompletely, becoming integration – told through the story of one remarkable man – […]
Medical Cannabis Stops Child’s Deadly Seizures
Okay, so we’re a film industry site. We write biting lines on entertainment headlines and give honest film reviews (coming soon 😉 ). But, this is important and we call on our (admittedly) small readership […]
George Clooney Chides Money Man
Hats off to Mr. George Clooney for pointing the obvious hypocrisy in statements made by hedge fund asshole Daniel Loeb. I mean, seriously, these finance people are probably the biggest scumbags ever in the history […]
‘American Hustle’ New Trailer
Pretty saucy new trailer from ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ director David O. Russell. The film is based on a 1970’s FBI sting that ended up actually jailing some members of Congress, the Senate and a few […]
Werner Herzog Public Service Documentary
It’s nice to see the offbeat Mr. Herzog applying his directing prowess to something bigger than his usual auteur faire. As far as I’m concerned, this is probably one of the most dangerous activities that people routinely […]
Hollywood Struggles Continue In China
The Chinese film authorities seem bent on keeping American releases out of the country. Even in the face of the recent easing of restrictions on imported films, several major tent pole films have been […]
Wolverine Disappoints In US, Told You So…Sort Of
Last week, we opined that ‘Wolverine’ would open much lower than expectations, predicting a $45 million dollar nod, while the larger industry predicted in the $65-$75 million range. Turns out the Hugh Jackman led film […]
‘The Butterfly Effect’ Reboot?
Does this really even need to be commented on? Okay, I’ll admit I saw the original and I actually didn’t mind it too much. I was always very impressed with Ms. Smart’s performance in the […]
Yet Another Prediction Of ‘The End Of Movies’
Hey, a fat guy with an opinion about films. Hmm, I seem to know another one of those… This time round though, Mr. Big and Tall here is predicting the end of theatrical entertainment. Allow […]
‘Wolverine’ Have What It Takes To Win Box Office $$?
It appears the fine folks over at Fox are predicting a decent opening for the latest comic book type picture to grace our screens, confidently predicting an opening around the $60 – 65 million range. […]
reveiw – ‘grown ups 2’
Picture this: it’s a summer morning back in the days of your youth, nothing much going on, nothing planned. One by one, your friends – they all live in the neighborhood, as they did back […]
review – ‘deliver us from evil’
Somehow, these exorcism flicks still manage to get produced. I’m only surprised because of the lack of potential variety in the premise. Since “The Exorcist”, we’ve seen quite a lot of exorcisms in cinema. I’ve […]
‘The Heat’ Notches Another Solid Box Office Showing For McCarthy
It seems Ms. McCarthy has a knack for making pictures people actually want to watch. This is rather unlike the latest big budget bomb in ‘White House Down’, which was squarely trounced by ‘The Heat’, […]
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