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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...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Haywire”





Our Review / 5 - Terrible
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Final Destination 5”





Our Review / 5 - Terrible
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THE BIJOU REVIEW “The Descendants”

>   THE DESCENDANTS:  Worth A Ticket – Flawed But Heartfelt It’s taken an unaccountable 7 years for Alexander Payne to follow up Sideways, the biggest hit of his career,  with THE DESCENDANTS, which w...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Road to Nowhere”

 Not At Any Price:  “Art” More Than Art   The name Monte Hellman doesn’t mean much to the vast majority of moviegoers, but Hellman is among the cultiest of American cult directors.  He came up the Roge...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Point Blank”

  POINT BLANK – Worth a Ticket:  A Thrill-Ride with Subtitles   The most gripping Hollywood thriller of the summer is… in French.  (But not for long.)  This isn’t a complete surprise:  POINT BLAN...
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THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/23/11

> The Saturday drop for PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 turned out to be very much in line with Paranormal 2‘s.  Paramount is estimating a better Sunday hold than the second installment had; if the result is instead the same a...
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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Schedule Day

> For anyone attending the Toronto International Film Festival that begins in just over 2 weeks, today was a crucial day:  the release of the Festival schedule.  (TIFF also announced some not-shabby final additions to...
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THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes – 8/19/11

> THE HELP will be the year’s first “serious” movie to gross over $100M.  September is traditionally one of the softest months on the movie release calendar, and 2011 is no exception:  although there...
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THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE FOOTNOTES – 8/28/11

> The probable effect of Irene is most evident in the weekend’s limited releases, where loss of NY business would have been most damaging.  HIGHER GROUND, seemingly headed for a per-theatre average of $12K, could onl...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Guard”

  THE GUARD – Worth A Ticket:  The Art of Performance, Crispy and Well-Done   I don’t know that there’s an actor in movies today more fun to watch than Brendan Gleeson.  Gleeson is probably best kn...
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THE BIJOU EARLY RETURNS – UPDATED: BOXOFFICE THE BARBARIAN

> UPDATE: Deadline has a clearer picture of the day’s boxoffice, and THE HELP is already having a superb weekend, leading the day with $5.7M, down a tiny 25% from last week.  If this number holds, its full weekend co...
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THE BIJOU: Universal’s Status Stays Quo

> The periodic rumor that Universal Pictures is due for a major shake-up can be put to rest… for now.  It’s been announced that President and COO Ron Meyer has signed a new deal that runs through 2015.  As...
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THE BIJOU: Early Weekend Boxoffice – 12/3/11

> No miracle turnarounds for this weekend’s dismal boxoffice.  BREAKING DAWN PART 1, despite a major decline from last weekend, will be in first place with $16-17M, followed by a disappointing 2d weekend for THE MUPP...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Sarah’s Key”

  SARAH’S KEY – Watch It At Home:  Misses a Difficult Mark     There may be no cinematic minefield more dangerous for filmmakers than the Holocaust.  For films entering that difficult territory, the...
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