Friend Request and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/28/16 at 10:21 AM CT
Well, those hoping for a rip-roaring update packed with big, new films are in for a treat... in some other week. I guess today is the famine and another week will be the feast. There is just a single wide-release film getting its ratings due this week - a late-season horror film that is once again using social media as its main focus. Otherwise, it's slim pickings for you gentle folk. Once …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of September 27-October 3
Harley Lond - wrote on 09/27/16 at 01:55 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"Wind River" is a well-written, well-acted and well-directed chilling thriller that follows a rookie FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past (Jeremy Renner) to investigate the murder of a local girl on a remote Native American Reservation in the hopes of solving her mysterious death. Written and directed …
Weekend Box Office: Magnificent Seven Lives Up to Its Name, Storks Grounded
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/25/16 at 07:34 PM CT
While the weekend itself didn't quite turn around the September doldrums the box office has been going through, but at least there was a silver lining as the top film distinguished itself. Overall, the box office was off 25% compared to the same weekend last year and the top 12 couldn't crack $100 million total for the fifth weekend in a row now. So, yeah, the numbers continue to be pretty bad …
New in Theaters September 23: The Magnificent Seven, Storks
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/22/16 at 06:44 AM CT
Is this going to be the week Hollywood turns things around? Following several disappointing openings of late, hopefully the box office will be re-invigorated with a western remake featuring a knock-out cast along with an animated film looking to spark interest with the family crowd. Certainly the recipe looks ripe for success, but that has been the case seemingly for the past two weeks - two …
Doctor Stranger, Cure for Wellness and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/21/16 at 10:57 AM CT
Why, hello again! It's that time of week when we get to see what crumbs the MPAA has thrown at us and in this case we get a treat - Marvel's NEXT BIG THING that doesn't look anything like a Marvel movie as well as a secretive horror film not coming out until next year. Otherwise, it's all leftovers and delivery - it will fill you up, but leave you feeling a bit empty. Anyway, at least we have a …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of September 20-September 26
Harley Lond - wrote on 09/20/16 at 04:38 AM CT
THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS:
The film vaults will open this week with three terrific classics being retooled for the home video market. First up is Disney's long-on-demand and out-of-print "Beauty and the Beast" (1991), arguably one of the greatest animated films of all time and instrumental in Disney's late-20th century renaissance. The film features the voices of Robby Benson, Angela Lansbury, …
Weekend Box Office: Sully Stays the Course as Blair Witch, Bridget Jones and Snowden All Underwhelm
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/18/16 at 06:51 PM CT
Sully was flying high once again this weekend - and not in a flying-high-like-Denzel Washington-in-Flight kind of way - but rather a conquering-the-box-office-once-again kind of way. It turns out the long wait between Blair Witch and Bridget Jones films didn't help as both stumbled out of the gate to lower-than-expected openings while Snowden opened about on target but still didn't produce much …
New in Theaters September 16: Blair Witch, Snowden, Bridget Jones' Baby, Hillsong: Let Hope Rise
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/15/16 at 07:00 AM CT
With Sully leading the charge, September got off to a decent start for Hollywood. As we continue this week brings us some familiar faces (welcome back Bridget Jones and the Blair Witch), a documentary on one of the most inspirational church groups in the world and Oliver Stone's biopic on one of the most controversial men (and events) in our age. Conventional says Blair Witch has the edge - but …
Moana, MIss Sloane, Max Steel and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/14/16 at 10:30 AM CT
After last week's sudden departure from any major films getting their ratings released, we're once again back on track with several high-profile films receiving their verdicts. We have the latest from Disney animation - a tale featuring a new kind of princess in this Polynisian-inspired story, a cut-throat Jessica Chastain explores the dark side of politics, a thriller about isolation and a new …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of September 13-September 19
Harley Lond - wrote on 09/13/16 at 04:14 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
I've never been a fan of comic book heroes on the big screen and the latest outing from the folks at Marvel/Disney, "Captain America: Civil War," is just another masturbatory exercise in excess -- and a great excuse to keep a lot of computer animators working. There's just about every superhero imaginable fighting one another over accountability (remember "Batman v …
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