Weekend Box Office: No Good Deed Tops Charts, Guardians Passes $300 Million
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/14/14 at 08:27 PM CT
While the box office still hasn't shaken off the early fall jitters, this weekend looked a lot better than last weekend in terms of openings and grosses. It might not be enough to turn around the fall blahs, but at least things are now heading in the right direction. It was a mix of good news as, one film topped expectations, but a family-friendly sequel wound up on the opposite end of things, …
New in Theaters September 12: No Good Deed, Dolphin Tale 2
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/11/14 at 06:55 AM CT
Following on the heels of the worst weekend for Hollywood all year (and one of the worst in the past decade for that matter), maybe we can finally get back on track with something resembling a decent performance. While the movies still aren't exactly anything to scream about - a thriller and an inspirational family sequel - it's still looking a lot better than last week's offering. Still, I have …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of September 9-September 15
Harley Lond - wrote on 09/09/14 at 12:12 AM CT
THIS WEEK'S THEATRICAL RELEASES:
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier":
"Marvel's The Avengers" is a tough act to follow, but "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" sure as heck gives that film a run for the money, upping the super-hero ante -- here with a strong story line, some fine acting, fabulous special effects, and a whole lot of political intrigue. The sequel to 2011's "Captain …
Weekend Box Office: Yawn of the Dead as Guardians Tops Slowest Weekend in Two Years
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/07/14 at 09:33 PM CT
The post-Labor Day weekend is traditionally one of the slowest weekends of the year as it sits between the blockbuster summer and the Oscar-hopeful fall. But to put an emphasis on just how slow things can get, the total weekend brought in just $51.9 million - the slowest weekend in two years. In the past decade, only 2008's $50.3 million has been a worse September showing - and not by much. Of …
The Summer Box Office of 2014: A Beautiful Disaster
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/06/14 at 05:41 PM CT
If you haven't been paying attention to the weekend box office report, here's the lowdown: other than a spectacular August (mostly thanks to Guardians of the Galaxy), the summer of 2014 was pretty much an all-around major letdown. Granted, it's hard to compete when 2013 was the best summer on record, but 2014 was 15% lower than last year and the lowest-grossing year on record since 2006. If you …
New in Theaters September 5: The Identical
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/04/14 at 06:49 AM CT
Even though August tried its best, one month was not enough to turn around a disappointing summer. The month ended up becoming the first August on record to top the $1 billion mark ($1.02 million to be exact - 10% higher than 2013), on the shoulder's of the year's highest-grossing film, Guardians of the Galaxy, as well as an above-average run for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But all that …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of September 2-September 8
Harley Lond - wrote on 09/02/14 at 12:22 AM CT
THIS WEEK'S THEATRICAL RELEASES:
"Draft Day" is kind of the football version of "Moneyball" meets "Trouble With the Curve": Cleveland general manager Sonny Weaver (Kevin Costner) has a chance to rebuild his football team by pulling off a blockbuster trade, but when faced with fan pressure, an ambitious owner (Frank Langella) and a hard-nosed coach (Denis Leary), he has to decide whether or …
Weekend Box Office: Guardians Tops Lazy Labor Day Holiday
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/01/14 at 11:54 AM CT
The summer ended on a whimper - but that was no big surprise as Labor Day is traditionally a soft weekend for Hollywood. The weekend was down nearly 16% compared to last year - and even though the month of August itself was a bright spot, the summer overall was down 15% compared to last year. Thus far the year is down 5% and this summer is going to wind up at an eight-year low for Hollywood. But …
New in Theaters August 29: As Above, So Below, The November Man
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/28/14 at 07:00 AM CT
The month of August has had some great highs and surprising lows - but whether a movie has exceeded expectations or bombed spectacularly - one thing is for certain, August 2014 is going down in the record books for the most successful on record. But we still have one more weekend left before we can put the month on the books - and two new movies to close out things. We have another horror movie …
Modern Films to Melt Your Brain
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/27/14 at 04:45 PM CT
There are plenty of films that play it straight forward: axe-murder goes after yet another teen, cop meets up with fellow buddy cop and takes down the bad guys (without needing to reload his gun even!), a man and woman couldn't have more different personalities and yet through a series of wacky events find themselves together (maybe even married!) - and a hundred other examples too. Sometimes, …
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