Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “A Quiet Place Day One” shot past predictions and made a little bit above $52 million which is better than the previous 2 “Quiet Place” movies opening weekend. However, that didn’t get […]
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review – brats
I’ve never understood the term “brat pack”. I was just a few years younger than the actors that were supposedly in the “pack”. I saw most of their movies. I also lived in Los Angeles, […]
saidi’s take – 6/26/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: This past weekend was still all about “Inside Out 2” which made $101 million. That’s the highest 2nd weekend for an animated movie and the 7th highest 2nd weekend domestic box office gross EVER. The […]
saidi’s take – 6/11/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Sony Pictures has a lot to celebrate today because it’s “Bad Boys Ride or Die” did very well this past weekend. It came in at #1 with $56.5 million which is the […]
saidi’s take – 6/4/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The disappointing Memorial Day weekend was followed by an even more disappointing first weekend of June. None of the new movie releases made it into the top 10 of the box office. […]
saidi’s take – 5/29/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The times have really changed. 2 years ago, Paramount released “Top Gun Maverick” on Memorial Day weekend. It zoomed past expectations making $160 million over 4 days – a new Memorial Day […]
oh barbenheimer, wherefore art thou this summer?
Since this coming Memorial Day weekend is often considered the start of the summer movie season, I was going to write about all the movies that I planned to see this summer. However, when I […]
saidi’s take – 5/22/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Depending on what news site you go to, the new movie “IF” either “just missed its estimates” or “failed to reach its projected box office”. The websites also give its box office […]
saidi’s take – 5/14/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” came out slightly higher than predictions with $58.4 million. That makes it the 3rd best opening weekend for the “Planet of the Apes” […]
saidi’s take – 5/7/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The domestic box office for the first weekend of May was pretty much a disappointment. The new movie “The Fall Guy” was #1 with a little under $28 million which was […]
the re-sequelizer strikes back. again. part II. Redux.
It’s only been about 4 months since I first wrote this list but in that time there have been some changes. Some movies postponed, some movies added, some movies rescheduled. Last month (April) there were […]
saidi’s take – 4/30/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movie “Challengers” met predictions and opened at #1 with $15 million. However, it’s the lowest opening weekend for the #1 movie of 2024 (so far). Even “Madames Web” (considered […]
saidi’s take – 4/24/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Civil War” sunk approx. 56 percent making approx. $11.1 million but still managed to retain the #1 spot for its 2nd weekend. The best of the 3 new releases was “Abigail” which […]
saidi’s take – 3/27/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Ghostbusters Frozen Empire” met its box office estimates with $45 million and came in at #1 this past weekend. “Dune Part 2” stayed at #2 with $17 million. “Kung Fu Panda 4” […]
saidi’s take – 3/18/2024
Hello everyone, This is for the weekend of Mach 8-10. It’s a week late because I was busy (in the hospital) last week. BOX OFFICE: Some people were saying that “Dune Part 2” may dominate the […]
saidi’s take – 3/5/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: As predicted (and hoped for) “Dune Part 2” made an incredible $82.5 million in its domestic opening weekend. Although no other movie made more than $8 million (#2 was “Bob Marley: One […]
movie makers buying movie players
Last week when I read that a group of filmmakers including Jason Reitman, Christopher Nolan, J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg, and several others just purchased the historic Village theater in Westwood Village, I was conflicted. On […]
saidi’s take – 2/28/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: After rising to almost the highest box office weekend of 2024 so far, the box office sunk again approx. 25% this past weekend to the third lowest of 2024 so far with […]
saidi’s take – 2/6/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Movie theaters were really hoping that “Argylle” would ignite the box office this past weekend, unfortunately, it didn’t. Probably due to the really bad reviews (currently 34% on Rotten Tomatoes), it only […]
saidi’s take – 1/30/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: There was a competition for #1 this past weekend but there really wasn’t what you would call a “winner” since none of the movies made over $7 million at the domestic box […]
saidi’s take – 1/24/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The 2024 weekend box office totals were steadily climbing reaching over $100 million for the 4-day weekend last week but this weekend it dropped to what may be the lowest of the […]
saidi’s take – 1/17/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Mean Girls” appears to be the first box office hit of 2024 making a decent $28.6 (3-day) and $33.6 (4-day holiday weekend). The #2 movie was also a new release. “The Beekeeper” […]
saidi’s take – 1/9/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Wonka” stayed at #1 with only $14 million. For new movies, the highest opening was the thriller “Night Swim” which came in at #2 with $11 million. The total box office […]
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 […]
David Lynch To Swap Directing For Music?
Student film inspiration and otherwise lovable odd man David Lynch laments the state of the modern filmmaking world while discussing his latest…album? Tis’ true, the avant-garde director that can weave a hell of an atmospheric […]
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 