New in Theaters July 07: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/06/17 at 06:48 AM CT
After a long holiday weekend, things are going to return to normal. This weekend another superhero looks to take a big swing at the top of the box office. That's right, Spider-Man is back and, going by the early reactions, better than ever. After Sam Raimi's popular trilogy and a not-so-amazing reboot, Spider-Man gets to join the MCU in a big way. I have to say, I'm looking forward to this one …
4th of July Weekend Box Office: Despicable Me 3 On Top as Baby Driver Revs Up and The House Folds
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/05/17 at 11:26 AM CT
With the big holiday falling on a Tuesday, it was a long weekend for a lot of people (myself included) and Hollywood was banking on some big-time openings to prop up the essentially five-day weekend. It was a mixed bag with some films coming in under expectations, others coming out on top and at least one certified bomb. So, there were some fireworks but, overall, it was a somewhat tame weekend …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of July 4-July 10
Harley Lond - wrote on 07/04/17 at 01:45 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"The Zookeeper’s Wife": The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinska (Jessica Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski (Johan Heldenbergh), have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are stunned …
New in Theaters June 30: Baby Driver, Despicable Me 3, The House, The Beguiled
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/29/17 at 06:41 AM CT
Well, I hope you're ready to settle in for a long, long weekend. For the first time since 2005, July 4th falls on a Tuesday, which essentially means a five-day weekend for a lot of people. No one is going to be happier than Hollywood, as it gives every film an extra-long time to shine. That's good, because this weekend is packed with some big-name new films. Edgar Wright takes us on the world's …
Marshall, Same Kind of Different as Me and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/28/17 at 06:41 AM CT
It looks like the Ratings Board is gearing up for a big 4th of July weekend as the update this week is a bit light. Still, the lack of movies aside, at least they gave me something to talk about. First up is the Thurgood Marshall biography starring the talented Chadwick Boseman as the first African-American Supreme Court Justice as we follow him through an early case - and one that will help …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of June 27-July 3
Harley Lond - wrote on 06/26/17 at 10:21 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
Saban's "Power Rangers" follows five ordinary teens who stumble upon an old space ship, where they acquire superpowers and must harness their new abilities in
order to save the world from being obliterated by an alien threat. The TV series was a gigantic hit for the kids -- and a big moneymaker -- but this big screen adaptation goes nowhere. Stars Elizabeth Banks, Bryan …
Weekend Box Office: Transformers: The Last Knight Opens in Top Spot but in Unspectacular Fashion
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/25/17 at 08:22 PM CT
It was no surprise that the latest Transformers movie opened in the top spot at the box office, but if Michael Bay was hoping that lightning would strike five times, too bad, because it looks like franchise fatigue has finally caught up to the robots in disguise. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman continued to show strength, All Eyez On Me took a sharp drop while shark horror film 47 Meters Down held its …
New in Theaters June 23: Transformers: The Last Knight
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/22/17 at 06:39 AM CT
While Cars 3 raced to first place last weekend, it really continued to be Wonder Woman that turned all the heads. Even in its third week, the film was running right alongside the best the superhero genre has given us. But this week Wonder Woman faces its biggest test yet: Michael Bay and the Transformers Juggernaut. Although in my mind the films have gotten worse as the series has chugged along, …
Spider-Man: Homecoming, It, American Made and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/21/17 at 09:43 AM CT
So the hits just keep on coming. The board isn't leaving me bored, as they have provided plenty to be excited about these last few weeks. This week is no exception as the latest web-slinging iteration of everyone's friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man gets its due along with a long-awaited (well, at least by me) film adaptation of one of Stephen King's most well-known novels and, finally, Tom …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of June 20-June 26
Harley Lond - wrote on 06/19/17 at 08:48 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
Life is a thrilling "Alien" knock-off that takes the trapped-in-space motif and adds a few wrinkles here and there. In the near future, the six-member crew of the International Space Station is conducting experiments on the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars: a small, single-cell organism that has been hibernating in the Red Planet's soil for eons. …
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