I was going to do a list of my favorite movies of 2023 but I realized that the list would only have 3 movies that I would recommend. So, here is the ranking of EVERYTHING […]
saidi’s take – 1/3/2024
Hello everyone, WEEKEND DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: Two movies INCREASED their weekend box office numbers from the previous weekend but only 1 was a Warner Bros movie. “Wonka” rose to #1 for the final weekend of 2023 […]
saidi’s take – 12/29/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Warner Bros had a not-so-great holiday weekend but they did have the top 3 movies at the domestic box office. #1 was “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” with approx. $38 million (including […]
saidi’s take – 12/19/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The news is saying “Wonka” had a “strong” start making approx. $39 million this weekend. However, that’s A LOT lower than the same weekend last year when “Avatar: The Way of Water” […]
saidi’s take – 12/12/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: With no new major releases this past weekend, the weekend was one of the lowest of this year with a total of approx. $69 million. Only 1 movie made over $10 million […]
is it fatigue? or, are marvel movies just dull?
A few weeks ago, “The Marvels” had the lowest opening weekend of any movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) so far and then had the biggest second weekend drop (approx. 77%) of any MCU […]
saidi’s take – 12/5/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Beyonce’s new movie “Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce” opened to a somewhat disappointing $21 million at the domestic box office. It’s funny to see how the news is trying to make it […]
saidi’s take – 11/28/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: At first the news was predicting a race for #1 between “Napoleon” and Wish”, then there was a 3-way race between those 2 movies and “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds […]
saidi’s take – 11/20/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Three new openings got the top 3 spots in this weekend’s box office. #1 was “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” with $44.6 million. #2 was “Trolls Band Together” […]
review – the killer
In 1995, there was a movie named “Seven” (aka “Se7en”) that was directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. Some people consider it David Fincher’s best movie – including me. I would […]
saidi’s take – 11/13/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Things aren’t looking good at the box office. “The Marvels” was #1 this weekend with a disappointing $46 million which is the lowest opening weekend for ANY Marvel movie and approx. 25% […]
saidi’s take – 11/8/2023
Hello everyone, FIRST… This afternoon, the studios made the unusual move of giving the actors an ultimatum for a new deal with the actors. They gave deadline of 5pm PST today (11/8) for the deal to […]
saidi’s take – 11/7/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Since “Dune Part 2” was postponed until next year, this past weekend was one of the lowest box office weekends of the year. No movie made more than $20 million and the […]
saidi’s take – 11/4/2023
Hello everyone, 3 quick news items: BOX OFFICE: After “Dune Part 2” was delayed until next year, there isn’t a major studio release this weekend (although there is a few wide releases from smaller studios) so […]
review – albert brooks: defending my life
Recently, I was looking for showtimes for another movie when I discovered that the documentary “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” was screening at the AFI Film Fest in Hollywood. I am a big fan of […]
saidi’s take – 10/31/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movie “Five Nights at Freddys” STUNNED EVERYONE at the domestic box office. Although it opened in movie theaters AND on the Peacock streaming site, it made $80 million domestic. It […]
review – killers of the flower moon
About 15 years ago, there was a fairly good award-winning TV series on HBO named “Boardwalk Empire”. The series was produced by Martin Scorsese and he directed the pilot episode. As I was watching the […]
saidi’s take – 10/24/2023
BOX OFFICE: The Taylor Swift movie “Taylor Swift The Eras Tour” was #1 this weekend again but the 2nd weekend decline was somewhat staggering. It made approx. $33 million which is an approx. 64% drop. There are […]
saidi’s take – 10/16/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: As expected, the “Taylor Swift Eras Tour” concert film did very well this weekend but it DIDN’T meet predictions. It is the highest opening weekend for a concert film but it wasn’t […]
saidi’s take – 10/14/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movie “The Exorcist Believer” was #1 for this past weekend with about $26.5 million but didn’t meet its predictions. Most news are guessing that the people over at Universal are […]
even martin scorsese may not know he directed this type of movie!
The award-winning director Martin Scorsese has directed many things including music videos, TV specials, concert films, television shows, documentaries (television and feature length), and – of course – movies. If you’re a fan of his […]
saidi’s take – 10/3/2023
Hello everyone, Domestic Box Office: The box office for the end of Sept/start of October did a little better than the previous weekends thanks to 3 new movies opening wide. The total domestic for the weekend […]
saidi’s take 2 – 9/28/2023
Hello everyone, A couple of updates and one new movie news item… Update #1 – The writers strike is officially over as of 12:01am on Wednesday 9/27 because the union has said that people can go […]
saidi’s take – 9/23/2023
Hello everyone, However, the bad news is that they’re now ALMOST 5 MONTHS BEHIND SCHEDULE since the strike started on May 2. Most of the movies and TV shows that immediately stopped production were STILL […]
would you like a movie with your advertisements?
I remember an episode of “The Simpsons” where the Simpson family went to a movie that played so many ads that the crowd – led by Homer Simpson – started chanting “START THE MOVIE! START […]
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 