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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Belfast,” “Benediction” & “Jagged”

BELFAST (Focus/Universal – Nov. 12): Kenneth Branagh’s semiautobiographical film walks a path laid by many great works by master filmmakers, including Fellini’s Amarcord, John Boorman’s Hope and...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Guilty,” “Lakewood” & “The Starling”

THE GUILTY (Netflix – Oct. 1): One way to cope with the challenges and costs of movie production during Covid is to limit the number of actors who have to be in front of the camera. That’s tough for a thr...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Humans,” “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” & “The Wheel”

THE HUMANS (A24/Showtime – Nov. 24): There are typically two strategies for adapting a celebrated play about a small number of people in a limited space to the screen. One is to “open it up,” adding...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Forgiven,” “Dashcam” & “Montana Story”

THE FORGIVEN (Focus/Universal – TBD): In 1963, Pauline Kael famously wrote a piece entitled “The Sick-Soul-Of-Europe Parties,” and almost 60 years later, if you add the US to the guest list, John Mich...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Worst Person In The World,” “Encounter” & “Compartment No. 6”

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (Neon – TBD): The Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier, despite being a subject of critical raves over the years, hasn’t penetrated the space where arthouse favorites become known...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Power Of The Dog,” “Violet” & “The Story Of My Wife”

THE POWER OF THE DOG (Netflix – theatrical release Nov 17, streaming Dec 1): Jane Campion’s first feature in a dozen years is a powerhouse that won’t be to all tastes. It’s a western that sets...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Mothering Sunday,” “Petite Maman” & “All My Puny Sorrows”

MOTHERING SUNDAY (Sony Classics – Nov 19): Eva Husson’s film, adapted by Alice Birch from a Graham Swift novel, has many of the rote trappings of prestige costume drama. We’re back in the English co...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 9.3.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

BROADCAST FINALS: ABC: Reruns at 0.37/0.37. CBS: SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATIONS dropped 0.07 to 0.25, and GREATEST #ATHOME VIDEOS was down 0.05 to 0.21, with a primetime SUNDAY MORNING special at 0.12. NBC: Reruns at...

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Behind the Weekend Box Office – 9.5.2021

OPENINGS: The limits of the pandemic-era box office, not to mention the historically lowest-grossing holiday weekend of the year, were tossed aside by the super powers of the MCU, as SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE 10 ...

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Behind the Weekend Box Office – 8.29.2021

OPENINGS: Horror has been one of the more reliable genres at the pandemic box office, and CANDYMAN (MGM/Universal) opened with a solid $22.4M, buoyed by unusually good reviews (85% on Rotten Tomatoes). That offset a ...

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Behind the Weekend Box Office – 8.22.2021

It’s been a while since we’ve had a chance to look at box office together, and the period has been a busy one, with the return of Hollywood blockbusters like A Quiet Place Part II, F9, The Suicide Squad and B...

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We’re As Surprised As You Are

When ShowbuzzDaily stopped operating in May, we thought the site was gone for good. We were unable even to enter the site to find out why it was locked, and our attempts to get technical assistance hit a variety of dig...

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US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 5.9.2021

OPENINGS: WRATH OF MAN (Miramax/UA/MGM) held solidly through the weekend and emerged with $8.1M, better than Nobody‘s recent $6.8M start, and not too far below the $10.7M for Guy Ritchie’s pre-pandemic The ...

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US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 5.2.2021

OPENINGS: The only wide opening of the aweek was the low-budget horror movie SEPARATION (Open Road), which had a slow start at $1.8M. There were some new limited releases, led by FOUR GOOD DAYS (Vertical) at 298 theatr...

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.29.2021

NETWORK FINALS: ABC’s coverage of the NFL DRAFT adjusted to 1.05, which compared to a final 1.4 for the broadcast portion in 2020. In addition, there were significant adjustments (to the next t...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Belfast,” “Benediction” & “Jagged”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Guilty,” “Lakewood” & “The Starling”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Humans,” “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” & “The Wheel”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Forgiven,” “Dashcam” & “Montana Story”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Worst Person In The World,” “Encounter” & “Compartment No. 6”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Power Of The Dog,” “Violet” & “The Story Of My Wife”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Mothering Sunday,” “Petite Maman” & “All My Puny Sorrows”

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 9.3.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Behind the Weekend Box Office – 9.5.2021

Behind the Weekend Box Office – 8.29.2021

Behind the Weekend Box Office – 8.22.2021

We’re As Surprised As You Are

US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 5.9.2021

US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 5.2.2021

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.29.2021

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