X-Men: Apocalypse, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates and More in The Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 05/11/16 at 10:15 AM CT
Superheroes are in the air once again. If you haven't gotten your fill with Captain America, don't worry, our favorite mutants are right around the corner. Plus, we have Zac Efron and Adam Devine looking for dates - and getting more than they bargained for with the power party girls played by Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza. Finally, because I hate when ratings cut things so close, we have a …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of May 10-May 16
Harley Lond - wrote on 05/10/16 at 04:00 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"Deadpool": Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is a mercenary with a Special Forces background. After being diagnosed with cancer, he agrees to be part of an experimental project designed to turn him into a super soldier with accelerated healing and drug, toxin and disease resistance. Yet, this rogue experiment does much more: Instead of destroying his cancer, it makes the cells a …
Weekend Box Office: Civil War Erupts and Conquers the Box Office
Chris Kavan - wrote on 05/08/16 at 09:39 PM CT
There was pretty much no contest which films was going to be on top of the box office, the only question was just how big it was going to open. Sure, while it didn't break any opening records, it was still a huge opening and Disney became the fastest studio to hit $1 billion domestically at just 128 days, obliterating the record set by Universal last year at 165 days. It was also the fastest …
New in Theaters May 06: Captain America Civil War
Chris Kavan - wrote on 05/05/16 at 06:56 AM CT
With the one-two punch of Zootopia and The Jungle Book, Disney has had a banner year. Looking toward the weekend, I would say the studio is poised for yet another monster hit as the Marvel Cinematic Universe keeps on keeping on with the latest Captain America movie. No one dares go up against such competition, so the super hero film will be the only new wide release of the weekend. I have a …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of May 3-May 9
Harley Lond - wrote on 05/04/16 at 02:51 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"Joy": Director David O. Russell taps his company of regulars -- Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper -- to tell the real-life uplifting story of Joy Mangano, a divorced mother with three children in the early 1990s who decided to strike out on her own and invented the Miracle Mop, becoming a millionaire in the process. But first she had to overcome doubting …
Conjuring 2, Mechanic: Resurrection, When the Bough Breaks in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 05/03/16 at 06:54 PM CT
Last week brought us a rather large list of ratings with a rather low number of actual films that anyone (outside of major cities and critics) will see. This week is a bit better, as the ratio of ratings released vs movies you and I may watch is a lot better. That being said, there are really only three big pictures, two of which are either a sequel or a reboot and the third that looks bananas …
Weekend Box Office: The Jungle Book Reigns Supreme, Keanu Tops Newcomers
Chris Kavan - wrote on 05/01/16 at 08:12 PM CT
With no new wide release films able to top the $10 million mark, The Jungle Book had no problem with keeping its box office crown for the third straight weekend. One could consider this the calm before the storm, as next week Captain America: Civil War will definitely knock The Jungle Book from its perch (perhaps in record fashion - but we'll wait on that). In any case, it was a somewhat …
New in Theaters April 29: Keanu, Mother's Day, Ratchet and Clank
Chris Kavan - wrote on 04/28/16 at 06:43 AM CT
It was a chilly receptions for The Huntsman: Winter's War, the only new wide release last weekend couldn't hold a candle to the might of The Jungle Book. This week, there are three new entries that will enter the box office fray: Key and Peele debut their kitten gangster action comedy, an animated film based of a hit video game franchise (from about ten or so years ago) and a female-driven …
Almost Christmas, Café Society and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 04/27/16 at 10:36 AM CT
This week's update has a whole lot of movies, but it's quantity over quality as there are only a handful that will hit a wide release in theaters. This includes the latest film from Woody Allen and also a holiday comedy featuring yet another dysfunctional family. Otherwise, there are a bunch of limited release and some that may never see a release outside of major cities. It's not the most …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of April 26-May 2
Harley Lond - wrote on 04/26/16 at 02:54 AM CT
THIS WEEK'S BEST BETS:
Due this week from The Criterion Collection is a fabulous anthology of documentaries about John F. Kennedy: "The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates." Seeking to invigorate the American documentary format, which he felt was rote and uninspired, Robert Drew brought the style and vibrancy he had fostered as a Life magazine correspondent to filmmaking in the late …
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