Negative buzz starting flying around the internet last week concerning the box office potential of ‘Super 8’. Mid-week, Paramount predicted earnings between $25-$30 million, and claimed those low numbers were acceptabl...
Being the only potential blockbuster opening this weekend, it is beyond me why Paramount would only predict a $25-$30 million opening for J.J. Abrams’ nostalgic creature flick ‘Super 8’. While other studios have ...
Expectations are a dangerous thing. The higher they are, the harder they are to meet, let alone exceed. Being a huge J.J. Abrams fan, my expectations for ‘Super 8’ were high – ridiculously high – but much to my surpris...
While the inflated cost of admission into 3D theaters has proven to affect the overall financial success of 3D movies, box office returns last month have analysts a little worried about the possible collapse of 3D. Have audiences ...
Easily Woody Allen’s best comedy in ages, ‘Midnight in Paris’ tells the story of Gil (Owen Wilson), a “Hollywood hack who never gave actual literature a shot, until now.” While visiting Paris with his...
As the weekend’s only major opener, ‘X-Men: First Class‘ dominated the box office with a $56 million debut. That’s about $3 million above expectations. When you take into account ticket inflation from the p...
As the only movie opening wide this weekend, the new ‘X-Men’ prequel is almost a sure-fire box office winner. Currently at 90% on Rotten Tomatoes with over 80 reviews, it just might end up being the best-reviewed summe...
‘Beginners’, the latest film from writer/director Mike Mills (‘Thumbsucker’), stars Ewan McGregor as a 38-year-old lonely guy stuck questioning the life he lives and the direction he’s headed. Three e...
For the second time this year, a blockbuster fifth installment to a franchise has become the best of the series. It happened first with ‘Fast Five’, and now with ‘X-Men: First Class’.
Memorial Day weekend began a day early this year with both the ‘Kung Fu Panda’ and ‘Hangover’ sequels opening on Thursday. While the premature release scored huge numbers for one, the other didn’t per...
Each season of ‘Dexter’ has introduced at least one new central bad guy that Dexter sets his sights on. We already know that the show’s sixth season will have at least four new cast additions, and now Showtime pr...
Memorial Day began at the box office on Thursday this year. Going head-to-head in theaters this weekend are two #2s, one for the whole family and one just for the adults.
