Get Out and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/11/17 at 09:26 AM CT
The ratings boards must still be recovering from New Y ears as the update this week is on the light side - in fact, just one wide release is receiving a rating. That one is Get Out - a horror film directed by Jordan Peele (of Key and Peele fame) and thus should be amazing. It also might be either comedy/satire and/or both - along with horror. In any case, hopefully that is enough to sate your …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of January 10-January 16
Harley Lond - wrote on 01/10/17 at 02:47 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"The Accountant": Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King (J.K. Simmons), starting to close in, Christian …
Weekend Box Office: Rogue One Battles Hidden Figures for the Top Spot, Underworld Falters
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/08/17 at 07:37 PM CT
It's going to be a nail-biter of a finish for the weekend. While the Star Wars spinoff Rogue One holds a sliver of a lead, don't be surprised if Monday figures push the feel-good true-story Hidden Figures in to the top spot. As it stands, less than $200,000 separate the two films. In other news, Sing continued to do well while the opening of Underworld: Blood Wars was by far the worst opening in …
New in Theaters January 06: Underworld: Blood Wars, Hidden Figures, A Monster Calls
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/05/17 at 06:44 AM CT
Welcome to the first full weekend of 2017, where Rogue One should still be able to rule the roost over the one new film and two wide expansions muscling their way in to theaters. The best of the bunch looks to be Hidden Figures, which hit a home run in its limited debut, as it focuses on three African-American women who had a major part in shaping the early missions of NASA. We also get a new …
Rings, xXx: The Return of Xander Cage and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/04/17 at 10:25 AM CT
Golly, that darn MPAA board gets an entire week off for once and it looks like they're still slacking on their first week in 2017. So what if it's not the biggest update ever? Eh, I guess I can take it easy too. The only movies of note are a new chapter in a once-successful horror franchise that came over from Japan, along with a sequel to a rather mediocre action film that somehow racked up an …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of January 3-January 9
Harley Lond - wrote on 01/03/17 at 03:15 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
The new year takes off inauspiciously with "Blair Witch," a sequel of sorts to the genre-bending "Blair Witch Project." After discovering a video showing what he believes to be his vanished sister Heather, James and a group of friends head to the forest believed to be inhabited by the Blair Witch. At first the group is hopeful, especially when a pair of locals offer to act …
Weekend Box Office: Rogue One Rings in the New Year With Style; Sing Sounds Off
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/01/17 at 08:53 PM CT
Welcome to the new year everyone! While the box office may look a lot like it did last year (that is, last weekend) there were some surprises in store after the crowded Christmas box office had a chance to breath. Most notably Fences muscled its way in to the top five while Assassin's Creed crumbled. Even if there were no new wide releases over the weekend, limited release films still managed to …
The Year in Film, 2016
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/29/16 at 08:53 AM CT
Well, with no new MPAA Ratings issued this week and no new wide release films coming out, either, I guess now is as good as any time to look back at the year that was. I could come up with a best/worst 2016 film list, but I have decided I just haven't seen enough films to make up a decent list so instead I will focus on some of the biggest stories of the year that helped shape the landscape of …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of December 27-January 2
Harley Lond - wrote on 12/27/16 at 02:00 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press. A fascinating look inside the brilliant mind of whistleblower Snowden and the unveiling of the U.S. government's top secrets. The pulse-pounding thriller reveals the astonishing untold …
Christmas Weekend Box Office: Rogue One Dominates, Sing Soars, Passengers Solid
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/26/16 at 07:13 PM CT
I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas (and/or related holiday) - the box office was certainly celebrating. I, on the other hand, had to deal with a nasty cold - and there's not spreading holiday cheer like sharing illness; it truly is the gift that keeps on giving. In any case, the crowded weekend was won by a holdover - and, of course, it's Star Wars, did you expect any less? But Rogue One …
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