THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Amazing Spider-Man”
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: Watch It At Home – Not So Amazing Part of the unwritten suspension of disbelief deal we have with the movie studios is that although we know they’re going to constantly tell u...
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: “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...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “30 Minutes Or Less”
30 MINUTES OR LESS – Watch It At Home: Doesn’t Deliver The frustration of 30 MINUTES OR LESS is that of all the R-rated comedies this summer, it was the one with the most original premise and promisi...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Anonymous”
ANONYMOUS: Watch It At Home – The Bard Was A Beard, Claims Wheezy Expose ANONYMOUS is history tailored for the 1%. Although screenwriter John Orloff and director Roland Emmerich have swirled it into a comp...
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 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 ...
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...
PATHWAY TO PROFITABILITY — The Studio View
>At ShowBuzzDaily we look at the movie year in three parts: the soft Winter/Spring year-part from January through April, the strong Summer season from May-August, and the slow-starting but soon sizzling Fall/ Holiday season fro...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “21 Jump Street”
21 JUMP STREET: Watch It At Home – High School Meta-Bromance The meta-ization of contemporary comedy marches on: Community, of course, is a virtual meta-kingdom, but Happy Endings makes Friends jokes, th...
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 ...