THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Jack and Jill”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
A MIDSUMMER STUDIO REPORT CARD: Studio Directory
> With a summer movie season bracketed by the first weekend in May on one end, and Labor Day on the other, we’ve reached the midpoint of 2011’s array of blockbusters, here at SHOWBUZZDAILY, we’ll be providing ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO: Worth A Ticket – David Fincher Meets Lisbeth Salander The most remarkable thing about David Fincher’s version of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (written for the Engl...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Moneyball”
Michael Lewis’ book Moneyball was a marvelous read, but seemed like dim source material for a movie. Credit, then, is due to the creators of the film version–the various producers, screenwriters Steven Zailia...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Jack & Jill”
JACK AND JILL: Not At Any Price – 2 Adam Sandlers is 2 Too Many Does anyone really expect an Adam Sandler movie to be good anymore? Seriously, if you put aside his occasional relatively serious effort...
THE SKED: Evil Abed Wins After All
The word, the buzz, the gossip were all true: COMMUNITY was renewed for a 4th season, but Dan Harmon has been kicked off the show as its Executive Producer/Showrunner. (He’ll still be credited as some variation...
THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Bad Teacher” – Passable
> Worth A Ticket: Grade It On A Curve In 1999, Jake Kasdan directed a project set in high school that starred Jason Segel and featured Dave (Gruber) Allen in its ensemble; it was called Freaks and Geeks, and ...
Year to Date Worldwide Box Office and Studio Scorecard
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Universal and Warner Brothers again flipped positions in the year to date worldwide box office chart. Universal didn’t have much this week (the lame domestic opening of Kick-Ass 2 and some ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Friends With Benefits”
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS – Worth A Ticket: Almost Great For about an hour, as you watch his new FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS, you could be forgiven for thinking that writer-director Will Gluck is the future o...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “That’s My Boy”
THAT’S MY BOY: Not Even For Free – Low-Rent Even For Sandler THAT’S MY BOY is 116 minutes long. I mention that up front because, for those of us who consider time spent watching Adam Sandler movies ...
Sony Blinks: “After Earth” Flies Away from Superman
With hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, the opening dates for blockbuster movies are carefully calculated months–sometimes years–in advance. So a last minute change doesn’t come from nowhere...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Zookeeper”
ZOOKEEPER – Not Even For Free: Isn’t There An ASPCA For Audiences? Let’s put off talking about ZOOKEEPER–it’s terrible, for those with no time to spare–by mentioning the trail...