Titles worth considering next month. I tried to leave complete crap off this list, though I haven’t personally seen every film I listed. January 1st- 101 Dalmations (1996) Bad Boys II Batman and Robin Bruce Almighty Cast Away Get Low … Continue reading Coming To Netflix In January
Sunday marks the 30th Anniversary of The Terminator, which opened in 1st place in 1984 with 4 million, eventually making 38M domestically and 78M worldwide. That would only be 9.7M adjusted to todays grosses for an opening weekend, so it … Continue reading This Weeks Anniversaries
A nice shot in the arm this weekend as the three new debuts are all doing really well. Dolphin Tale 2 is performing as expected, and No Good Deed exploded onto the scene, looking for more than 20M this weekend. … Continue reading Friday Box Office: ‘Deed’ and ‘Drop’ Overperform
About two weeks ago, I announced the daunting task of binge watching all of the Killing, in an effort to get through the most recent fourth season. I finally finished Season 2, which is a bit more bumpy than Season … Continue reading The Killing: Season 2
Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Sara Canning, Ryan McPartlin, Will Sasso, Catherine O’Hara Sometimes you watch a movie, and it is unexpectedly good. Ryan Kwanten has charm for days on True Blood, and somehow it works really well in a romantic comedy. … Continue reading The Right Kind Of Wrong
Deborah Ann Woll, who currently plays Jessica on True Blood, has joined the cast of Netflix’s Daredevil as Karen Page. She joins the previously cast Charlie Cox as Daredevil, Elden Henson, Rosario Dawson, and Vincent D’Onofrio as Kingpin. Continue reading Deborah Ann Woll joins ‘Daredevil’
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, Yvonne Strahovski Directed By: Stuart Beattie This might already be in the bargain bin at Best Buy. A cinematic wonder of a flop that will be remembered by virtually nobody in … Continue reading Movie Review: I Frankenstein
Well, in an impossible to predict frontrunner status, some combination of the Modern Family team will inevitably get nominations. Ty Burrell, Ed O’Neill, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Eric Stonestreet. They should get 2-3 nominations out of that group. Another frontrunner … Continue reading EMMY WATCH: Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy
1) Need For Speed- 24M Weekend, 24M Total There’s been an increase in marketing for Need For Speed, and the more recent promos have actually been a lot better than the early promos that looked horrendous. Its opening will still have to compete with the 2nd weekend of the buzzy 300: Rise Of An Empire, coupled with Need For Speed having only a 25% on Rotten Tomatoes. I’m not seeing a breakout hit here, and probably a narrow victory for 1st place. 2) 300: Rise Of An Empire- 22M Weekend, 81M Total 300 has actually been holding up rather well … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Need’ for ‘300’ at #1?
Viola Davis- How To Get Away With Murder (ABC Drama) The two-time Oscar nominee has somehow been lured to a TV regular gig, not on a cable or pay network. This is a huge deal for ABC, yet somehow they … Continue reading Stars You May Not Know Are In TV Pilots For Next Season
The Top 10 Films Of The Year (According to the American Film Institute) Are: 12 Years A Slave American Hustle Captain Phillips Fruitvale Station Gravity Her Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska Saving Mr Banks The Wolf Of Wall Street Continue reading Awards Watch: AFI’s Top 10 Films Of The Year
1) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire- 70M 3 Day Weekend, 105M 5 Day Weekend, 275M Total Sundance fave The Hunger Games, starring unknown actress Jennifer Lawrence, opened to a surprising #1 last week… oh alright. I’ll retire my snark. Catching … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Surprise Hit ‘Hunger Games’ Looks To Repeat #1
Below is a current list of the top network shows, AFTER DVR numbers have been added in. This ranking only affects the rating in the demo (18-49), and not the broader audience. A lot of shows aren’t really expected to … Continue reading The Top Shows of the New TV Season
We’re The Millers, which hasn’t been embraced by critics (only 39% on Rotten Tomatoes) had a really strong first day, pulling in 6.8M to easily take first place. This figure does include some box office from the Tuesday night opening, … Continue reading Box Office: We’re The Millers and Percy Jackson off to solid starts
American Idol has officially given up, in what could very well be the last season. Audition numbers were the lowest they’ve ever had, especially in San Fransisco, which saw only 1,000 auditioners. Cities used to draw between 10 and 20K, … Continue reading American Idol has given up. Urban, Lopez, I Am to judge.
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