Since there were already 2 or 3 attempts to bring the comic book quartet “The Fantastic Four” to the big screen, in this latest reboot – the first time the quartet is in the Marvel […]
saidi’s take – 7/28/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: In what will probably be the last movie to open with an $100+ opening weekend this summer, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” had an opening weekend of $117 million. This is fourth […]
saidi’s take – 7/22/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movies opening this weekend were no match for the previous “Superman” and “Jurassic World Rebirth”. Superman was again #1 movie this past weekend with $58.5 million which is down 53% […]
saidi’s take – 7/15/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Superman” soared to the 3rd highest opening weekend of 2025 so far with $125 million. “Jurassic World: Rebirth” – which lost a lot of it’s IMAX, Dolby Vision, and other premium theaters to […]
saidi’s take – 7/9/2025
This post is dedicated to Michael Madsen who passed away last week. Incredible actor mostly known for several Quentin Tarantino movies. BOX OFFICE: “Jurassic World: Rebirth” dominated the weekend box office with $147 million since it […]
I OBJECT TO HOW LAWYERS ARE SHOWN IN MOVIES!!!!
I have a friend who is a lawyer. He loves watching movies but if the plot involves a trial, he’ll often skip it. He says that movies get too many things wrong regarding lawyers. Here […]
2025 box office half-time report
Hello everyone, 2025 is halfway done and here’s the current box office stats…. Domestic Top 10 Worldwide Top 10 Disney is doing the best this year with 4 of the 10 top movies for both […]
saidi’s take – 7/1/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Apple Original Films just found out how well one of their movies could do in a wide theatrical release. “F1” made $57 million over the weekend including $10 million on the previews […]
review – F1
It seems like every few years a racing movie comes out. There are animated movies (“Cars”), comedy movies (“Talladega Nights”), movies based on a true story (“Ford vs Ferrari”), movies based on other things (“Grand […]
saidi’s take – 6/24/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The two new wide releases couldn’t take “How To Train Your Dragon” from the top of the box office this weekend. It stayed at #1 with $36.5 million, dropping 57% from it’s […]
saidi’s take – 6/20/2025
Hello everyone, This post is dedicated to actor David Hekili Kenui Bell who was one of the stars of the recent “Lilo and Stitch” movie. It was announced today that he just passed away. BOX OFFICE: Live action […]
saidi’s take – 6/9/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movie “Ballerina” (full title “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina”) didn’t make enough to dethrone the leading movie of the last two weeks but it did manage to beat […]
everything you’ve done led you to reading this
A few days ago I rewatched “Bullet Train” on cable TV (my original review is posted here) and there was one scene that references something which seems to be part of the storyline in a few […]
saidi’s take – 6/4/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Lilo & Stitch” went down approx. 58% from the previous 3-day weekend, but since the previous weekend was $146 million (3-day) the movie remained at the top of the box office with […]
saidi’s take – 5/27/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The unofficial start of summer kicked off with a record-breaking weekend – although not the records people were expecting. Prior to the weekend, some people predicted that “Lilo and Stitch” and “Mission: Impossible […]
original script? what an original idea!
Right now, the total domestic box office for the movie “Sinners” is at approx. $240 million. That is the biggest box office for an ORIGIAL SCRIPT – NOT based on a true story/book/video game/etc. and […]
saidi’s take – 5/20/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The #1 movie this past weekend was the new release “Final Destination: Bloodlines” which broke the franchise record for best opening weekend with $51.6 million. #2 was “Thunderbolts*” which went down about […]
saidi’s take – 5/13/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Slow weekend at the movie theaters. Partly because people were busy with Mothers Day and partly because the biggest release was Lionsgate’s action movie “Shadow Force” which was #6 with only $2.1 […]
henchperson wanted: good pay, you might die, 401k plus benefits
Would you accept a job like that? If you’re in a movie or TV show, you might. Henchmen, or bodyguards, or “gun men”, or “button men” (in gangster movies), have been in movies and television […]
review – thunderbolts
According to what I’ve read, the new movie “Thunderbolts*” is the last movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe “Phase 5”. Personally, I think it would have been better to end that phase on a high […]
saidi’s take – 5/5/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Thunderbolts*” didn’t quite jump start the summer box office season since it’s $76 million opening was about $10 million less than the opening of “Captain America Brave New World” earlier this year, […]
review – the accountant 2
Initially, I wasn’t planning on seeing this movie. First, because it wasn’t released by Warner Bros – which seems to do a sequel for almost all their movies (the Harry Potter franchise, the Lord of […]
saidi’s take – 4/29/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Two big surprises for the final weekend in April. First, the hit movie “Sinners” continues to bring in audiences adding 40 ADDITIONAL screens on its second weekend and falling LESS THAN 5%. […]
saidi’s take – 4/22/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Before the weekend, predictions were that it would be a neck and neck race between the 3rd weekend of “The Minecraft Movie” and the new horror movie “Sinners” but over the weekend it […]
saidi’s take – 4/15/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “A Minecraft Movie” continues to rule the box office making $78.5 million on its second weekend which is down approx. 52% from it’s opening weekend. It has now reached almost $300 million […]
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 