I gotta say, with all the hoopla surrounding the Oscars nominating all white actors and actresses this year, and Ava Duvernay not being nominated, it looks as though the Academy might be racist. I mean, they have to be, right? … Continue reading Is The Academy Racist, Or Was This Just A Tough Year?
25) Vacation Ed Helms reboots the classic Chevy Chase franchise. It will either suck, or because it’s Ed Helms, it will be great. Regardless, I really want to see what Ed Helms does with this franchise, and I wish him … Continue reading The 25 Films I’m Looking Forward To The Most In 2015
The fall TV season is under full swing. One show has already been cancelled (Manhattan Love Story), and another lost some episodes and is essentially cancelled (Mulaney). Going into this season, I was already a regular watcher of Grey’s Anatomy, … Continue reading What I’m Still Watching (And Five New Shows You Should)
This is the 25th Anniversary of Look Who’s Talking, which debuted at the top in 1989 with 12.1 million, eventually grossing 140 million domestically, and 296 million worldwide. Look Who’s Talking was the 4th highest grossing film of 1989, and … Continue reading This Weeks Anniversaries
In what would appear to be “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me”, 2K Sports has released another incredibly buggy and failed version of NBA 2K15. Or at least, they’ve released it on the worst … Continue reading NBA2K15 Debuts, And Fails Again
Today we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of The River Wild, starring Kevin Bacon, Meryl Streep, and David Strathairn. It opened to 10.2M in 1st place, and went on to gross 46M domestically and 94M worldwide. It has a 55% on … Continue reading This Week’s Anniversaries
October 1st: Annie (1982) Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Chicken Run Ernest Saves Christmas Finding Forrester Galaxy Quest Gilmore Girls: Complete Series Hostages: Season 1 Jimmy Neutron Kramer Vs Kramer My Father The Hero Paths Of Glory Rescue Dawn Romeo and … Continue reading Coming To Netflix In October
The Shawshank Redemption turns 20 this week. In its first week, it only made 727K from 33 screens. It finished with 28.3M domestic. Of course, we all know if didn’t stop there. It is currently #1 on the IMDB Top … Continue reading This Weeks Anniversaries
I have yet to officially review a videogame on this site, but after having played Destiny for over two weeks, and getting my character to level 24 (almost 25), and acquiring some legendary gear, I feel like I’ve enjoyed the … Continue reading Destiny: A Non Review
I’ve been reviewing a lot of TV pilots recently, and I think it’s important to note that when you’re reviewing a TV pilot instead of a movie, it isn’t uncommon for me to give higher grades (on average) to TV … Continue reading A Note On Pilot Reviews
Amadeus turns 30 this week, having first opened in 1984 with a per screen average of $20,211, which would be somewhere around a 50K per screen average now, with inflation. Amadeus ended up with 51M at the box office, running … Continue reading This Week’s Anniversaries
Annalee Newitz at io9 posed an interesting question when she talked about Insidious as being a film that seemed to scare everyone but her. I’m kind of a chicken when it comes to scary movies, but every once in a … Continue reading Scary Movies That Aren’t
The 9/11 frame has never been a big weekend for movies. Even before the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers, it was still a weekend in the middle of September, and studios have known better than to release … Continue reading This Week’s Anniversaries In Film
Horror movie enthusiasts, and also awful movie enthusiasts, will recognize this weekend as the 30th Anniversary of C.H.U.D. CHUD opened to 1.7M, and would go on to gross 4.6M domestically. With an 18% on Rotten Tomatoes, CHUD is also known … Continue reading This Weeks Anniversaries
What a crappy weekend for anniversaries. This is the 25th anniversary for Little Monsters, the 1989 family flick starring Fred Savage and Howie Mandel. Props for maintaining a 6.0 on IMDB, but it has no Rotten Tomatoes score, and made … Continue reading This Week’s Anniversaries
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