Weekend Box Office: Yo, Joe!
Easter weekend has taught us that Cobra will rise again, that Tyler Perry’s temptations are hard to resist, and that Stephenie Meyer is less popular than we thought she was.
Easter weekend has taught us that Cobra will rise again, that Tyler Perry’s temptations are hard to resist, and that Stephenie Meyer is less popular than we thought she was.
Today’s new movie releases bring us one step closer to summer. We get a mindless big-budget 3D action blockbuster, a cheesy teen genre flick and – of course – another Tyler Perry movie.
With such a lack of family films this year, there was never any doubt as to which movie would win the weekend. Surprisingly, it was a pretty big box office weekend all around.
Say what you want about ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’, but I enjoyed it for the big dumb (emphasis on “dumb”) action movie it was. If it left you unsatisfied, yearning more quips, one-liners, profanity and R-rat...
Surprising no one, ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ held onto the #1 spot at the box office this weekend. Disney’s ‘Wizard of Oz‘ prequel conjured another $42.2 million. Its $145 million domestic cumulati...
Even though last week’s ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ brought some box office light to this dismal year, the trend of bland movies continues this weekend. There’s no way that ‘Oz’ won’t top...
As the lead in the new magic-based comedy ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,’ Steve Carell is becoming the new Will Ferrell – and that’s not a compliment. As Ferrell’s box office appeal continues to tank, hi...
After the failure of last year’s ‘John Carter‘, Disney is back on track with a record-setting March blockbuster. Although the studio couldn’t match the success of 2010’s ‘Alice in WonderlandR...
Just like last year, Disney is trying to get an early jump on blockbuster season with the first mega-budget production of the year. With an estimated budget of $200 million, let’s hope that this one performs better than R...
Scorsese and DiCaprio. Nolan and Bale. Something great happens when filmmakers reteam with their best casts and crews. ‘Dead Man Down’ marks the return of another great duo: Noomi Rapace and Niels Arden Oplev, star and...
It can’t be a good thing when the biggest movie of the weekend gets compared to last year’s big failure ‘John Carter‘ by all of the major news outlets.
Four new wide-release movies are collectively taking over more than 11,000 screens this weekend – yet there’s not a single one I’d bother seeing. Rather, if I was lucky enough to live near a theater showing it, I’...