THE BIJOU @ LIMITED RELEASE REVIEW: “Road To Nowhere”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Road to Nowhere”
Not At Any Price: “Art” More Than Art The name Monte Hellman doesn’t mean much to the vast majority of moviegoers, but Hellman is among the cultiest of American cult directors. He came up the Roge...
COUNTING TO 10: Bad Superhero Movies
> To commemorate Green Lantern‘s arrival, 10 superhero movies that couldn’t fly: 10. WATCHMAN (2009): Not a total disaster, but Zack Snyder’s failed epic earns its place by providing definitive proof tha...
Box Office Footnotes – 6/17/11
> GREEN LANTERN cost at least as much as Thor ($350-400M with worldwide marketing), and will probably open around 15% lower–and Thor is no blockbuster hit. Which means that although intensive promos got bodies into ...
THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” – Palatably Painless
> Watch It At Home: Fodder For the Undemanding Young One of the running gags in MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS is that the birds are fascinated by old Charlie Chaplin movies, and can be kept calm for hours just by placing them in ...
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “Grimm”
> Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. So these critiques sh...
GREEN LANTERN MIDNIGHT BOX OFFICE DATA
>DeadlineHollywood is reporting Green Lantern earned $3.35 million at midnight plays (at 1,810 theaters). This result is similar to recent midnight previews for Thor and X-Men: First Class. (See Mitch Salem’s ...
THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Green Lantern” – Shining Not So Bright
> Watch It At Home: For Fans of Florescent Green Another summer weekend; another superhero epic. What used to be an extravagant event genre is now hard-pressed to muster more than a yawn. What is there to say ...
THE SKED: “Pan Am” Update
>I noted in my review of ABC’s PAN AM that the pilot characters in the, um, pilot, made little impression, and apparently the network agreed: reports are that Jonah Lotan, who played the lead male role, is in the pr...
THE SKED’S TV NEWS AND NOTES
> Game 7 of the NFL Stanley Cup playoffs (when the Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks) achieved a 3.4 Adult 18-49 rating on NBC Wednesday. In Tuesday’s TV News and Notes we said “Wednesday’s Ga...
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “Terra Nova”
> Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. So these critiques sh...
THE BIJOU’S THEATRE ON FILM: “Company”
> One of the most heartening developments of the past couple of years has been the spreading popularity in theaters of cultural events presented in HD video. Operas and ballets have become monthly features in many cities,...
WEEKDAY BOX OFFICE UPDATE JUNE 13-14
>Super 8 is off to a good start during its first weekday period. The JJ Abrams/ Steven Spielberg drama earned $8.2 million Monday and Tuesday at the box office, a very healthy 22.6% of its opening weekend number. Wh...
THE BIJOU’S NEWS & NOTES: New Oscar Rules
> The Academy, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to fiddle once again with the Best Picture category. Instead of 5 nominees, as was the case pre-2009, or 10, as we’ve had the past 2 years, now no one will know jus...
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: CBS’s “2 Broke Girls”
> Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. So these critiques sh...