Here are my Top 50 films of 2015. 50) Big Hero 6 49) Locke 48) Non Stop 47) Automata 46) Get On Up An interesting collection of five films. I’m sure Locke is a lot higher on other lists, but … Continue reading 2014 In Review: The Best Films Of The Year
I picked the 10 directors that I felt directly influenced their films with a unique definable style and expertise. 10) Joon-ho Bong (Snowpiercer) Clearly a breakthrough in directing. Snowpiercer is definitely memorable. It’s an original work, both in theme and … Continue reading 2014 In Review: Best Director
Best Cinematography 10) Divergent Not really a film that you’d expect to see on “year end” awards, but there’s something about “post apocalyptic worlds” that gives a boost to the cinematographer. So do “grand sweeping epics”. Usually we don’t talk … Continue reading 2014 In Review: Best Screenplay, Cinematography, and Visual Effects
Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendon Gleeson, Jonas Armstrong, Noah Taylor Directed By: Doug Liman Fuck. Yes, I’m opening my review with “fuck”. First time I’ve ever had that response, but it applies across the board to so … Continue reading Edge Of Tomorrow
Maleficent has been a big winner overseas, where it has made 482M. It’s been a big hit in China, where it has raked in 47M, Mexico at 45M, and the UK at 30M. Transformers 4 is also a big winner … Continue reading How Are This Summer’s Movie Fairing Overseas?
1) Transformers 4- 37M 3 Day Weekend, 54M 5 Day Weekend, 175M total Transformers is going to see quite a large drop, around 60% from last weekend. However, it is still far and away the largest draw in theatres. Tammy … Continue reading Weekend Box Office Tracking: ‘Transformers’ and ‘Tammy’ above the rest
1) The Fault In Our Stars- 48.2M Weekend, 48.2M Total With a solid 15K PSA, The Fault In Our Stars won the weekend. It had a steep drop off on Saturday, so it wasn’t quite able to reach 50M heights. … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘Fault’ In Our Theatres
1) The Fault In Our Stars- 26.1M Friday, 54-57M Weekend Technically, the 26.1M on Friday includes 8M from Thursday night, meaning the film really made about 18M on Friday. Allowing for a larger than normal Friday box office, because of … Continue reading Friday Box Office: No ‘Fault’ In These Stars
You heard right. The Fault In Our Stars opened on Thursday night to a gross bigger than when X-Men: Days Of Future Past hit theatres. That does include the inflated ticket price for the A Night Before Our Stars event, which sold at $25 a pop, but it also still indicated the massive fan demand for this film. It is worth noting that #tfiostogether is trending on twitter right now for the US. Edge Of Tomorrow opened to 1.8M, which isn’t mindblowing, but it isn’t a franchise film, and getting people to show up the night before it opens was … Continue reading Thursday Night Box Office: ‘Stars’ leads with 8.2M, outgrossing X-Men
Now that we know X-Men Days Of Future Past opened huge, and essentially revived the franchise, what about the rest of the movies this summer? How will they play out? (Come back tomorrow for my predictions on Maleficent and A … Continue reading Summer Box Office Wisdoms
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