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” […]
Tag: disney
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 […]
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 – 9/1/2023
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 – 6/15/2023
Hello everyone, Another funny thing that happened over the weekend is that “The Machine” and “About My Father” just passed $10 million (YES, ONLY $10 MILLION) this past weekend after 3 weeks in theaters. “The […]
saidi on cinema con – pt.4
Day 3 Disney Presentation The first thing I attended on Wed morning was the Disney presentation. They first showed a montage for their 100th anniversary and displayed the brand-new Disney logo with “100 Years” on it. […]
saidi’s take – 03/30/2023
Hello everyone, Moar news… Movie theater news: Disney Layoff News: New trailers: Little bit of humor: Batman doesn’t look too bad without ears.
review – inside out
“Do you ever look at someone and wonder what is going on in their head?” With that question, Pixar begins this, their fifteenth animated film. They take us into the mind of Riley, an 11-year-old […]
review – tomorrowland
It’s named after a section of Disneyland, but it really embodies the purpose of EPCOT and the spirit of the Kodak-sponsored adventure, the original “Journey Into Imagination.” One indication: in the first fifteen minutes, the […]
review – big hero 6
Disney owns both Pixar and Marvel and so it may have only been a matter of time before Walt Disney Studios made a single movie combining the sensibility of the first with the action orientation […]
Hulu Gets Cash, Keeps Current Owner
Apparently the big corporations behind the perennial money loser Hulu decided that it would be more prudent to continue pumping money into the platform, rather than not have anywhere for people to watch their […]
Bruckheimer’s Future in Question Over ‘Lone Ranger’? Hah!
Let’s just start this conversation with a big fat “gimme a break”. I’m pretty sure Mr. Bruckheimer isn’t cutting back on the grocery list and making sure to turn off the lights to save money. […]
‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ First Movie Poster Released
Well, talk about striking the iron while it’s hot. And, boy do they keep striking that iron. The odd thing is, they keep connecting. The audiences seem to be in no short supply for the […]
Disney Adds Iron Man To Mickey Mouse Roster
Well, if there’s one thing Disney does well, it is their marketing machine. I’d go so far as to say that the studio the mouse built places a very distant secondary priority on the actual […]
‘Lone Ranger’ Disappoints…Told Ya’ So.
Like I’ve been saying for ages, I think the mighty Lone Ranger will be a mighty disappointment. I actually started the bet at work which said that Tanto and company wouldn’t cross $150 mil in […]
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 