THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Carnage”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE STATUETTE STAKES: The Contenders (Part 2)
> Today, we return to SHOWBUZZDAILY‘s coverage of the Oscar race (see Part 1 here, with an introduction to those contenders best called the Field–these may not be the favorites, but even as longer shots they’r...
THE STATUETTE STAKES: AFI Fest Announces Titles
> Los Angelenos will have a chance to get advance looks at some of this year’s Oscar candidates at the AFI Film Festival, which begins in just about 2 weeks. Today the Festival announced the Gala and Special Screeni...
THE BIJOU’S FRIDAY STUDIO SCORECARD – 12/9/11
> NEW YEAR’S EVE (Warner Bros): So much for that franchise. New Year’s was expected to have a softer start than Valentine’s Day, which opened on a holiday weekend that included the titular day itse...
THE BIJOU’S FRIDAY STUDIO SCORECARD – 12/16/11
> The last 2 weeks of the year will almost certainly bring better news for Hollywood, for reasons of tonnage alone: there are 6 wide openings to come next week, compared to only 3 in the final weeks of 2010. But for...
THE BIJOU’S WEEKEND STUDIO SCORECARD – 12/18/11
> As schools close and vacations begin, a lot of money is about to flood into Hollywood for about 2 blissful weeks. But not enough to make up for the rest of a doleful year. SHERLOCK HOLMES: GAME OF SHADOWS (Warners...
FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: STUDIO SCORECARD – 1/14/12
> The Martin Luther King holiday weekend, a relatively small one for Hollywood because many people work on Monday, begins. UNIVERSAL: The studio made the fairly extraordinary decision to sit out the holiday movie season entirel...
WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: STUDIO SCORECARD – 1/15/12
> Due to the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, all studios are estimating low Sunday drops, although some are projecting more aggressively than others. UNIVERSAL: CONTRABAND held almost even on Saturday, which is good...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Carnage”
CARNAGE: Watch It At Home – Polanski and All-Star Cast Miss the Bullseye The trick about CARNAGE, which is based on the Tony Award-winning play God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, is that despite its pedigree,...