THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES – Watch It At Home – The Best of the Hobbit Trilogy Is Still Just Its Tallest Dwarf It’s hard to get around the sad fact that Peter Jackson’s THE HOBBIT...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “New Year’s Eve”
NEW YEAR’S EVE: Not At Any Price – Calling it a “Sit-Com” Insults TV NEW YEAR’S EVE is such a calculated piece of commercial manufacture that it deserves a Powerpoint presentation m...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Young Adult”
YOUNG ADULT: Worth A Ticket – Theron + Oswalt = The Real Thing Charlize Theron plays the hell out of her character Mavis Gary in the new YOUNG ADULT. Theron has had a curious Hollywood career, with the usual big-...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Friday Studio Scorecard – 12/23/11
> Anyone who thinks the boxoffice isn’t in a slump needs a new prescription for bifocals. Note: since December 24 is a traditionally deadly day at the boxoffice (closed theatres, family plans) that would make ...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Tuesday Numbers – 12/28/11
> The holiday celebrations at the studios may have been a bit premature. Traditionally, the Tuesday after Christmas sees a 10-20% drop from Monday, and that number becomes the template for the rest of the holiday pe...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Early Thursday Numbers – 12/22/11
> Deadline has preliminary figures for Thursday’s boxoffice, and they appear to be fairly steady with Wednesday, consistent with last year’s pattern but below 2010’s totals. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – G...
THURSDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hobbit” Armies Take Casualties On Day 2
The answer to yesterday’s box office question–would THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (New Line/MGM/Warners) look more like The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King or Twilight: Eclipse along the co...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Jack Reacher”
JACK REACHER: Watch It At Home – Next on TNT: Tom Cruise If Tom Cruise’s career ever takes him to do a TV pilot, it would be a lot like JACK REACHER. And not a classy, sophisticated pilot for AMC or H...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Early Friday Numbers – 12/23/11
> Well, now it’s all up to WAR HORSE. Cameron Crowe’s WE BOUGHT A ZOO (20th) joined the market on Friday, and it appears to be back to movie jail for Crowe, because according to the Hollywood Reporter, it only made ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”
ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES: Watch It At Home – Fun But Overextended Silliness ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES runs 119 minutes, which is rather too much of a not-bad thing (the original Anchorman, in 2...