This week’s box office report comes a day later than usual for what should be obvious reasons. It’s hard to talk about studio success and still show respect for the victims of Friday’s tragedy in Colorado and the...
In the 14 months that I’ve been contributing to The Bonus View, I should have made my personal opinion about cinematic 3D more than clear: I don’t like it. It adds nothing to a movie. It’s inconsistent. It’...
I considered scrapping today’s edition of Weekend Movies simply because 99% of moviegoing audiences already know what opens this weekend. I decided to go through with it anyway so that I could tell you about the little movie...
I believe in Christopher Nolan. For me, there was never any doubt that ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ would be a worthy finale to his Batman trilogy. I went in with expectations even higher than ‘The Dark Knight’,...
With only one new wide release this weekend, was there ever any question as to how the box office would turn out?
This weekend is the only thing standing between us and ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. Let’s just get it over with.
Let it be known up front that I’m not a fan of the ‘Ice Age’ series. The voice cast is sub-par. (Who honestly believes that Ray “Monotone” Romano is a good choice for an animated kids’ movie?) T...
Every other site that reports weekend box office numbers is selling the opening of ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ short. Most of today’s box office headlines read something like, “Spider-Man Reboot Opens Very Wel...
The timing of this week’s movies has been strange. The $220 million comic book franchise blockbuster opened on Tuesday – which was to be expected considering that Wednesday was a major box office holiday. The teeny-bopper po...
When it was first announced that ‘(500) Days of Summer’ director Marc Webb was at the helm for ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, I couldn’t have been more excited. The brief teaser trailer fueled that excitem...
I wasn’t the only one who underestimated the draw of this weekend’s movies. The studios were way off too. Pixar’s ‘Brave’ was predicted to hold onto the #1 spot, but two openers gave it a run for its ...
This weekend feels more like something out of September than mid-summer. There’s the R-rated comedy, the adult drama, the light-weight drama and a Tyler Perry movie. Which of these four shouts summer to you?
