THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Footloose”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Thing”
THE THING: Watch It At Home – Not Interesting Enough To Be Scary The third movie iteration of THE THING is as impersonal as the creature it’s about. This version, the first feature directed ...
THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/9/11
> REAL STEEL had a nice Saturday bump of 27%, but that’s far lower than the 40% it was initially claiming (and only 4% higher than the one for Ides of March, which is decidedly not a family matinee movie). The pictu...
THE BIJOU: Early Weekend Boxoffice – 10/8/11
> Deadline has some early Saturday and weekend numbers, the highlight of which is that REAL STEEL is claiming a 40% Saturday bump, which would lead it to a $29M weekend, somewhat higher than expected. Since Steel is a fam...
THE BIJOU: Friday Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/7/11
> The irony of the new DreamWorks/Disney is that thus far, their big “event” spectaculars have done only modest business–I Am Number Four opened with $19.5M and ended up with $55M domestically, and REAL STEEL ...
THE BIJOU: Early Friday Boxoffice – 10/7/11
> Deadline has some preliminary numbers for Friday’s boxoffice, and as expected, REAL STEEL is headed for a weekend victory. Assuming that it gets the Saturday bump that usually goes to pictures targeted at family a...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Ides of March”
THE IDES OF MARCH: Watch It At Home – An Excellent Play Becomes a Merely Good Movie The Ides of March, one of the most eagerly awaited of this year’s festival crop, is more entertaining than i...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Real Steel”
REAL STEEL: Watch It At Home – The Word is “Clunky” REAL STEEL wants to be loved so much, it practically walks the audience members to their cars and offers to give them all a lift home. And yet, th...
THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/2/11
> Sony is taking an interesting strategy this fall: with MONEYBALL in release, THE IDES OF MARCH opening on Friday and ANONYMOUS coming on October 28, they’re cornering the market on upscale, wide-release drama unti...
THE BIJOU: Early Weekend Boxoffice – 10/1/11
> Deadline has some early updated weekend numbers, and there are no major surprises from the Friday results. The top 3 are DOLPHIN TALE, MONEYBALL and THE LION KING with $14M, $12M and $11M respectively, with the family p...
THE BIJOU: Friday Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/30/11
> THE SOCIAL NETWORK fell only 31% in its second weekend, so MONEYBALL, which is headed for a fall closer to 40% (after a lower opening), continues not to be in Network‘s league financially. The timing of a movie li...
THE BIJOU: Early Boxoffice Report – 9/30/11
> Deadline has updated early Friday numbers, and it’s looking like another too-close-to-call weekend: all the movies in the Top 5–MONEYBALL, THE LION KING, DOLPHIN TALE, COURAGEOUS and 50/50–have Friday ...