Weekend Box Office: No Dinero for De Niro
Between the three poor new movie releases and the East Coast getting pummeled with snow, this was a very weak weekend at the box office. Despite a 50% week-over-week decline, ‘The Revenant‘ climbed...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: Panda Express
Everybody was kung-fu fighting at the box office this weekend, as the world’s most surprisingly agile panda easily took on all comers. No, that’s not an error in the byline on this post. Luke is taking...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Most Undeserving 2016 Oscar Nominees
The Oscars are just a week away. As happens most years, some of the nominees for this year’s Academy Awards are less deserving of awards and praise than others. Like some of these, for example. Mike...
View ArticleSteelBook Alert: Dirty Pool
Marvel’s potty-mouthed superhero is still kicking ass at the box office, which has thrown a wrench in the studio’s plans for a quick Blu-ray turnaround. Although we don’t yet have an official release...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of April 3rd, 2016 – Force Stop
Believe it or not, more than one new Blu-ray will hit store shelves this week, though you’d certainly be hard-pressed to tell that by looking at the release calendar. As the biggest movie of 2015...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Expanding Universes
The common denominator in this week’s collection of movie trailers focuses on filmmakers expanding the worlds of their respective franchises. Or, in the case of this summer’s big-budgeted religious...
View ArticleToo Many R.I.P.s This Week
The world was shaken yesterday by the news that rock icon (and occasionally actor and filmmaker) Prince died unexpectedly at the age of 57. Sadly, his wasn’t the only notable passing this week. Born...
View ArticlePoll: Will You Double-Dip for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ in 3D?
Four months after the initial (2D) Blu-ray was released, caused a brief explosion in disc sales, then subsided and has mostly been forgotten, Disney and Lucasfilm finally announced a release date for a...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of August 28th, 2016 – The Simple Bare Necessities
August may draw to a close with relatively few new Blu-rays on the docket, but – in contrast to the rest of the month – this final week at least leaves us with one pretty big hit movie that should stir...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of November 13th, 2016 – Call Me Fishmael
Prepare to get wet. In this very busy week for new Blu-ray releases, Pixar returns to the ocean to hunt for past glory. Meanwhile, the infamous Capt. Ahab may finally catch that whale he’s been after....
View Article‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Review: Adding Grit to the New Hope
Living up to its promise, Disney has delivered another ‘Star Wars’ adventure to the world just in time for Christmas. This trip to that galaxy far, far away doesn’t continue the new saga that J.J....
View ArticleWeekend Movies: Collateral Damage
What happens when you open a star-studded Christmas drama against one of the most anticipated movies of the year? I don’t know the specifics, but it certainly won’t be pretty. Last year, Disney’s...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: ‘Star Wars’ Spinoffs
Assuming that ‘Rogue One’ is a success (and there’s every indication that it will be a huge success), Disney and Lucasfilm plan to expand ‘Star Wars’ with more spinoff films between the main Episodes....
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: One with the Force
The Force has awoken. Again. If Disney can keep it up, it will continue to do so each year until the well has entirely dried up – but that’s not likely to happen in the foreseeable future. As ‘Star...
View ArticlePoll: Should Hollywood Digitally Resurrect Deceased Actors?
One of the more controversial artistic choices made in ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ was to bring back the ‘Episode IV: A New Hope’ character of Grand Moff Tarkin by digitally painting the face of...
View ArticleChristmas Weekend Box Office: The Force Is Still Strong with This One
There were no major surprises with the Christmas box office. However, with movies opening on Wednesday, Friday and even Sunday, this weekend’s numbers aren’t exactly as they appear at first glance. For...
View ArticleR.I.P. George Michael and Carrie Fisher
The relentless monster that is the year 2016 will not stop claiming celebrity lives. Even in its final week, the year has taken two more icons. Pop star George Michael passed away on Christmas day, and...
View ArticlePoll: Favorite Blockbusters of 2016
From ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ in January to ‘Rogue One’ at year end, a lot of movies in 2016 made a lot of money at the box office. Not all of them were actually well liked by the audiences that paid for...
View ArticleThe Best of the Best in Film in 2016, Part 2
Welcome back, folks. It’s still the end of 2016, and I’m still coping with the end of yet another year of my life by handing out a collection of Best Of film awards to directors and celebrities who...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: Nothing New
2016 may not have delivered the number of amazing movies we’re used to seeing each year. However, box office-wise, it definitely went out on a high note – especially for Disney. Owning two of the...
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