Posts Tagged ‘midnight’
 

 

STATUETTE STAKES: The Oscar Race That Wasn’t

> This year’s Academy Awards have so far engendered the kind of enthusiasm and excitement usually associated with a suburban DMV office on a Tuesday afternoon.  People seem to be sullenly resigned to the inevitabilit...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Midnight Madness – “Sleepless Night”

> When the inevitable US remake of the French thriller SLEEPLESS NIGHT arrives, it’ll benefit from some sharper dialogue (assuming the subtitles in Toronto were fully translating the original), a bit more characterization...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “V/H/S”

  V/H/S, which screened as part of Sundance’s Park City At Midnight series, is a gimmick piled upon a gimmick. First is the horror anthology itself, familiar from the Twilight Zone movie and Rod Serling’s Night...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU: Midnight “Paranormal”

> The new PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 is off to a good start:  its $8M boxoffice from midnight shows last night was 30% higher than Paranormal 2‘s midnight performance, and in a league with Hangover 2‘s $10.4M, which...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “The Pact”

  It takes about an hour, but Nicholas McCarthy’s THE PACT, which premiered in the Park City At Midnight section at Sundance, eventually turns out to have a neat twist up its sleeve, one that switches the movie from ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU: “Immortals” Stay Up Late

> The new 3D action-fest IMMORTALS got off to a reasonably good start with $1.4M in Thursday midnight screenings.  This isn’t anything spectacular, but it’s slightly higher than the $1.3M RISE OF THE PLANET OF ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: How High Does Spidey Have To Fly?

  THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN will begin spinning its midnight webs in just a few hours, so let’s take a quick look at its competition in the midnight screening record books. The Sam Raimi 2002-07 Spider-Man trilogy were ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU @ SUNDANCE: Behold the Edgy

> Sundance announced the second group of its 2012 titles today (Competition entries were announced yesterday; Premieres will be unveiled on Monday), mostly in what are traditionally the most untraditional categories of the Fest...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “Spider-Man” Starts Swinging At Midnight

  The first real numbers are in for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) in the US, and they’re… OK. Amazing made $7.5M in midnight screenings last night.  This is nowhere near the Top 10 midnight openings (#10, Reve...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

COUNTING TO 10: The Globes – Movies

> Even though the Oscar race has had clear favorites in THE DESCENDANTS, THE ARTIST and THE HELP since last fall, the first 2 haven’t sparked any huge enthusiasm among the general public, where after almost 2 months, Desc...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: The Dark Knight Rises Amidst Tragedy

  It may be unseemly even to discuss the dollars and cents of movie boxoffice as we all recoil and try to get a grasp on the terrible events that took place in Colorado last night.  Such dreadful aspects of real life shou...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “V/H/S”



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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “The Pact”



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SHOWBUZZDAILY OSCAR WATCH: THE WINNERS

> It’s a measure of how desperately this year’s Oscar needed some kind of surprise that the closest thing to a thrill all evening was Meryl Streep’s win as Best Actress.  Streep has been winning Academy A...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Box Office Footnotes – 6/10/11

> We’ll see if SUPER 8 gets to $40M, but in any case Paramount has done the season’s best job of managing expectations.  Considering that they’ve been throwing millions into promoting the movie since the ...
by Mitch Salem