Jay and Silent Bob Reboot and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/07/19 at 08:38 AM CT
The ratings bulletin is looking a bit lax this week with but a single wide release to talk about and not much beyond that. The only saving grace (for me, personally, at least) is that the one movie is definitely on my radar - as it should be for any fan of Kevin Smith. Smith is gracing us with a sequel to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - serving up what looks like is yet another jab at Hollywood …
New on DVD and Blu-Ray Week of August 06 - August 12
Harley Lond - wrote on 08/06/19 at 06:58 PM CT
THIS WEEK'S BEST BETS:
"An Angel at My Table" (1990), Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jane Campion brought to the screen the harrowing autobiography of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. Three actors in turn take on the lead role (including Kerry Fox in a marvelous performance as the adult Frame), as the film describes a journey from an impoverished childhood marked by …
Weekend Box Office: Hobbs and Shaw Have Rock Solid Opening, Lion King Tops $400m Domestic
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/04/19 at 07:39 PM CT
For the third weekend in a row, 2019 beat out 2018 as the late summer continues to provide some big Hollywood hits. Fast and Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw topped the box office and landed right where the studio was expecting. The Lion King hit another major milestone for Disney as did Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Disney dominated the top five, as, besides Lion King, both …
New in Theaters August 02: Hobbs & Shaw
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/01/19 at 07:08 AM CT
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood became the biggest opening film for director Quentin Tarantino while The Lion King has just passed the $1 billion mark for Disney. This weekend sees just a single new wide release, once again, but it should be enough to topple The Lion King and take the box office crown. That is because said film is Hobbs & Shaw - the spinoff Fast and Furious film that pairs up …
Ad Astra, Gemini Man and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/31/19 at 09:51 AM CT
It's another somewhat short but still satisfying MPAA Ratings Bulletin this week. While there are only, yet again, two major releases getting their ratings due, at least they are two of the more interesting upcoming films. Certainly, Ad Astra, which stars Brad Pitt as an astronaut looking for his father out in the cosmos, only to discover an even deeper mystery about human nature, looks like one …
New on DVD and Blu-Ray Week of July 30 - August 05
Harley Lond - wrote on 07/30/19 at 06:30 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
Three weak major releases are due this week: "The Intruder," a thriller about a young married couple (Michael Ealy and Meagan Good) who buy their dream house in the Napa Valley, but can't get rid of the strangely attached seller (Dennis Quaid), from Sony; "Long Shot," a comedy about a journalist (Seth Rogen) who becomes the speechwriter for his childhood crush (Charlize …
Weekend Box Office: Lion King Already Near $1 Billion, Hollywood is Tarantino's Biggest Opener
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/28/19 at 08:13 PM CT
The Lion King may have taken a hefty hit in its second weekend, but it didn't stop it from taking the top box office spot as well as nearly topping $1 billion worldwide after just two weeks out. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood took the second place spot and it was also the biggest three-day opening for director Quentin Tarantino. Meanwhile, both Spider-Man: Far from Home and Aladdin joined the $1 …
New in Theaters July 26: Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/24/19 at 10:24 PM CT
The Lion King roared into theaters with a July record opening and I don't think the CGI almost realistic version is going to give up its crown this weekend. There is once again just a single new wide release and through it is from the mind of Quentin Tarantino and has some serious star power, it's just not going to be a match for families and nostalgia. But Tarantino should easily take the …
It Chapter 2, Queen & Slim and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/23/19 at 11:35 PM CT
Here we are again, with another perfectly middle-of-the-road update with a couple of films worthy of mention. Lucky (for me at least) that one of these is a sequel to one of the best horror films of the last decade - based on one of my personal favorite horror novels - and looks to be just as memorable, if not moreso, than the first film. Otherwise, we have a modern, and racially-motivated, take …
New on DVD and Blu-Ray Week of July 23 - July 30
Harley Lond - wrote on 07/23/19 at 06:44 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"Alita: Battle Angel," a sci-fi actioner from Robert Rodriguez, set several centuries in the future, about an abandoned cyborg found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes her to his clinic, and shields her from her past and her unique fighting abilities. Stars Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein …
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