Weekend Box Office: Boss Baby Repeats as Champ While Smurfs, Going in Style Have Average Openings
Chris Kavan - wrote on 04/09/17 at 07:11 PM CT
While the audiences (well, action fans anyway) wait with baited breath for the opening of the next Fast films, this weekend was a bit of a yawner. None of the new films had exciting openings with the biggest news being the continued success of Boss Baby and Beauty and the Beast. It was a rough second weekend for Ghost in the Shell, which saw a big 60% drop compared to its already disappointing …
New in Theaters April 07: Smurfs: Lost Village, Going in Style, Case for Christ, Zookeeper's Wife
Chris Kavan - wrote on 04/06/17 at 06:39 AM CT
Although there are going to be plenty of new choices this weekend, wisdom seems to point to the continued success of Boss Baby and Beauty and the Beast rather than any of the newcomers breaking out. The best of the bunch looks to be a new Smurfs movie, which ditches the live action/animated hybrid and goes fully animated this time. We also have the geriatric comedy heist Going in Style, the …
Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Dead Men Tell No Tales, The Circle in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 04/05/17 at 09:07 AM CT
A lot of movies with long names in this update, hence the shortened title. But, luckily, those long titles belong to some pretty major movies coming out this year. By far one of my biggest surprises, and what quickly became one of my favorite Marvel films, Guardians of the Galaxy was a lot of fun with a great cast to boot. Now we have a sequel and I hope it will be just as good. Speaking of …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of April 4-April 10
Harley Lond - wrote on 04/04/17 at 12:11 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
Since almost everyone in the known universe has seen "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" (except for the Trumps and the Putins, who were too busy divvying up the world), there's no need to replicate the entire stoyline here, save to say that -- unlike "Star Wars 1 & II & III" --- this is a true prequel, picking up matters just before the beginning of the original 1977 "Star …
Weekend Box Office: Boss Baby Tops Beauty, Ghost in the Shell Has Little Impact
Chris Kavan - wrote on 04/02/17 at 07:35 PM CT
The family audience looks like they were content to support both a new entry and still more than happy to continue supporting an old friend as well. Things weren't so rosy for Scarlett Johansson as her latest film grossed less than half of what Lucy opened with three years ago. It was also a reality check for Power Rangers, which looked solid in its opening weekend but took a brutal tumble in …
New in Theaters March 31: Ghost in the Shell, The Boss Baby
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/30/17 at 06:41 AM CT
Beauty and the Beast had little trouble with keeping itself atop the box office for the second weekend in a row, despite healthy competition. This week sees two more contenders that will strike right where it hurts: Boss Baby looks to court the family crowd while Ghost in the Shell will go after nostalgic adults (who aren't bothered by the casting decision). I think the race to top the box …
Phoenix Forgotten and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/29/17 at 09:47 AM CT
Oy vey, it's not a very exciting update this week, I'm sorry to say. Only one wide release film is getting a rating and, to be honest, it's not even one I was aware of until this bulletin came out. Anyway, it's yet another "found footage" horror film, with a sci-fi twist - that is actually based on a real event, though the film itself is an entirely fictional account of said event. It's …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of March 28-April 3
Harley Lond - wrote on 03/28/17 at 05:02 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
Though "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" takes us to a new era of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, decades before Harry Potter and half a world away, inspired by the Hogwarts textbook “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” written by her character, Newt Scamander, this fantasy action adventure is no Harry Potter retread. Rowling and director David Yates …
Weekend Box Office: Beauty Still Beastly as Power Rangers Opens Strong While Life, CHiPs Flounder
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/26/17 at 07:29 PM CT
Disney continued to extend their excellent run at the box office as Beauty and the Beast became their fourth film in a row to top $600 million worldwide as it shows no signs of slowing down. Power Rangers had a remarkably strong opening in the face of such competition though, alas, the same could not be said for Life or CHiPs. Still, the top 12 took in $192.3 million, which was up a huge 63% …
New in Theaters March 24: Power Rangers, CHiPs, Life and Slamma Jamma
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/23/17 at 06:51 AM CT
We've had blockbuster after blockbuster this March - which is kind of a strange month to have such big films, but I guess March is the new July. In any case, Beauty and the Beast, Logan and Get Out are going to have to contend with four new wide release films. Power Rangers is based on the long-running TV show but ditches the cheese factor and looks more like Chronicle than your basic …
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