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 […]
saidi’s take – 9/21/2023
Hello everyone, If you still haven’t seen “Oppenheimer” in IMAX 70mm film, this is your last weekend to see it (it’s a good thing since I hear some showings are only one third full). This […]
saidi’s take – 9/13/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor…. It’s true. I wonder if the success of the movie made up for the failure of the Wonka Bar. Also, years later a company – maybe the same company […]
the good, the bad & the box office
The Good News: 2023 is having a record-breaking box office so far. It started with the incredible billion-dollar box office of “The Super Mario Bros Movie” in the spring. Then the domestic box office for the […]
saidi’s take – 9/5/2023
Hello everyone, The movie is predicted to be so big that THREE MOVIES have changed their release dates. 1) The Lionsgate drama “Ordinary Angles” will no longer open on that date – the new date […]
saidi’s take – 9/1/2023
Hello everyone, Although there is no breaking news like there was last week, there was a few news items from the final week of August. People are starting to get concerned that the strikes will […]
saidi’s take – 8/30/2023
Hello everyone, It’s been awhile since a Warner Bros movie wasn’t #1 at the weekend box office, and Warner Bros seems very upset that “Gran Turismo” was #1 this past weekend. First, they said that […]
saidi’s take – 8/25/2023
Hello everyone, Three BREAKING NEWS items!!! The first breaking news is that “Barbie” is now #1 DOMESTIC MOVIE OF 2023 (so far). As of Wed Aug 23, the total domestic box office for “Barbie” $575.4 […]
saidi’s take – 8/23/2023
Hello Everyone, For the first time since it opened, “Barbie” was knocked out of the #1 position this past weekend. Warner Bros isn’t too upset though because it’s new release “Blue Beetle” was #1. “Blue […]
much ado about barbenheimer
I really wish someone would explain “Barbenheimer” to me. I’m not asking HOW it happened – although I’m sure there’s hundreds of publicity people researching that right now. I want to know WHY it happened. […]
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 