New in Theaters September 15: Mother!, American Assassin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/14/17 at 06:57 AM CT
With It taking the box office by storm, and breaking just about every record for a horror movie along the way, September, following a dismal Labor Day Weekend, is looking much stronger. Joining Pennywise and The Loser's Club this weekend will be Darren Aronofsky, with his own horror offering in the form of Mother!. We'll also join up with Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton and Michael Keaton in …
Flatliners, Bad Mom's Christmas, Darkest Hour and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/13/17 at 09:34 AM CT
I have to say, it has been kind of dull around here. A few things to talk about, but the box office was in the toilet and the MPAA ratings board was being a bit stingy. Now that It has exploded and made clowns scary for everyone again, maybe we can celebrate with a decent ratings update. Three, count 'em, three big movies - a remake of a classic early 90s horror about the dangers of playing with …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of September 12 - September 18
Harley Lond - wrote on 09/12/17 at 12:38 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
Despite his contentious personal life, Tom Cruise, at 55, is still the golden boy of the silver screen. His movies -- even the flops -- end up making money when you factor in foreign revenue. His latest offering, "The Mummy," part of Universal's "Dark Universe" series re-imaginings of their classic horror films from the 30s and 40s, was a bomb for critics and U.S. audiences …
Weekend Box Office: It Breaks Multiple Records in Monster September Opening
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/10/17 at 07:23 PM CT
The movie It was always going to be a huge hit, but even the most favorable forecasts (which were floating around the $75 million mark) fell well short of the absolutely monster opening for the film. It broke a number of records (which I will detail below) but, more importantly, it finally got the box office out of its August/Labor Day slump. Yes, the rest of the box office was pretty dead - …
New in Theaters September 08: It, Home Again
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/07/17 at 06:43 AM CT
Our long, nation nightmare of diminishing box office returns is over! Well, in a few days at least. With Andy Muschietti behind the camera, the clown-induced terror of Stephen King's It is set to take the box office by storm - and should have no problem with creating a new September opening record. That's good news for Hollywood as August and Labor Day Weekend were some of the slowest in recent …
Mother!, The Mountain Between Us and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/06/17 at 10:33 AM CT
Now that the long nation nightmare of the sagging box office is sure to be behind us, thanks to the effort of a psychotic shape-shifting, child-murdering clown, we can turn our attention back to new movies. Darren Aronofsky is always a great choice when you want your movie to be dark and twisted, even if it stars Jennifer Lawrence. Meanwhile, Kate Winslet and Idris Elba manage to survive a plane …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of September 5 - September 11
Harley Lond - wrote on 09/05/17 at 03:40 AM CT
THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS:
Two thrillers, a heart-wrenching love story, and a comedy anthology come to the fore this week. Mere months after delivering one of the definitive examples of film noir with "Kiss Me Deadly," Robert Aldrich brought a noir flavor to Hollywood with his classic adaptation of Clifford Odets' stage play, "The Big Knife" (1955). Charles Castle, one of Hollywood's biggest …
Labor Day Weekend Box Office: Hitman's Bodyguards Leads Slowest Holiday in Nearly 20 Years
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/04/17 at 01:04 PM CT
We bid the summer a final farewell as we have with much of August - with an ultra-sluggish box office. The Labor Day Weekend saw no film open in over 1000 theaters, thus Hollywood was prepared for a slow weekend. Even so, the box office was grim - with the worst Labor Day weekend in 17 years (a bit better than the worst Labor Day Weekend in 20 years that was predicted). That's right, the $51.5 …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of August 29 - September 4
Harley Lond - wrote on 08/31/17 at 06:37 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"Baywatch": This big screen redo of the 1980s TV series takes itself so seriously (despite references to the TV show and some attempts at campy humor) that it's hard to watch without feeling embarrassed for all concerned -- particularly Dwayne Johnson, who deserves much better. It's all babes and bods and little else -- oh yeah, there's dual plotlines about former Olympic …
New in Theaters September 01: Tulip Fever
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/31/17 at 06:39 AM CT
As we bid goodbye to summer and hello to fall, let us reflect on how Hollywood is reeling. August was way down and it will be the first time in over a decade that the summer movie season will fail to break the $4 billion mark. And, by all accounts, September is going to get off to a rough start. The long, Labor Day weekend will have only one wide release, the historical drama/romance Tulip …
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