Thanksgiving Weekend Movies: Lots to be Thankful For
Even though a couple of new movies debut wide during the Thanksgiving holiday, you should really be paying attention to the titles that are expanding from limited release.
Even though a couple of new movies debut wide during the Thanksgiving holiday, you should really be paying attention to the titles that are expanding from limited release.
‘Homefront’ is a strange movie to release at Thanksgiving. This violent and bloody action thriller stars Jason Statham and James Franco, with a small appearance by Winona Ryder. Based on a novel by Chuck Logan, the che...
For some reason, Disney has tried to disguise its princess fairy tale musicals in recent years. After ‘The Princess and the Frog‘ failed to match the success of the blockbuster princess flicks of the 1990s, it feels as...
‘Thor’, the God of Thunder, was dethroned this weekend… by a girl! Out of the way, ‘Twilight’. Your $142.8 million November record has been smashed!
Can this week’s most hyped new release crack $175 million? Many analysts seem to think so.
Even though I haven’t read the books, I quite enjoyed the adaptation of the first ‘Hunger Games’ novel. Sure, the story felt like a teen-friendly ‘Battle Royale‘ knock-off, but it established a grim d...
Over the past few years, the Beat Generation that spawned writers and poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac has returned to cinema screens in documentaries (‘William S. Burroughs: A Man Within’), bio-pics (R...
It was obvious from the get-go which movie would hold onto the top spot at the box office this weekend. What comes as a surprise is how much heat its counter-programming competition was able to bring.
Did you really think that someone had the stones to go up against the almighty ‘Thor’?!
Alexander Payne has a knack for creating quirky characters in Oscar-winning films like ‘Sideways’ and ‘The Descendants’. His newest movie strikes a more somber note than his previous work, but still manages...
20th Century Fox would like you to compare ‘The Book Thief’ to the Oscar-winning ‘Life of Pi’. The trailers even say, “From the studio that brought you Life of Pi.” Not the director or the write...
No surprise, Marvel’s latest comic book venture dominated the box office both domestically and internationally this weekend. In comparison, everything else just did okay.