THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Moneyball”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
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: “I Don’t Know How She Does It”
I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT – Not Even For Free: You Don’t Want To Know The recent movie I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT most resembles is The Nanny Diaries, which is odd because it ...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Toronto Film Festival Recap
> Here are capsule summaries of all this year’s SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival reviews, arranged more or less in order of preference. Click on each title for the full review, and the complete list of all the re...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF; Collected Reviews
>Click below for all SHOWBUZZDAILY‘s collected Toronto Film Festival reviews, in alphabetical order: 360 50/50 ALBERT NOBBS THE ARTIST BUTTER DAMSELS IN DISTRESS THE DEEP BLUE SEA THE DESCENDANTS DRIVE HICK THE IDES OF MA...
THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/17/11
> For all the wildly unexpected success of THE LION KING, Disney has limited boxoffice upside, because the new Blu-Ray hits the streets on October 4, and that’s not likely to be a date that can be changed. The Friday numb...
THE BIJOU: Early Friday Boxoffice – 9/16/11
> The Hollywood Reporter has early Friday numbers, and they foretell some surprises for the weekend boxoffice. Chief among them is the remarkable $7-8M that the 3D pre-Blu-Ray reissue of Disney’s THE LION KING gross...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Butter”
> Jim Field Smith’s comedy BUTTER, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, ambitiously makes a play for both the heartwarming indie Little Miss Sunshine audience and the satire-minded Election crowd. That may ...
THE BIJOU: Early Boxoffice Report – 9/15/11
> Variety has some very early Friday numbers. As of midafternoon, The Lion King is doing well, with numbers that are being extrapolated to $15M+ for the weekend. The other newcomers are less impressive: Drive ...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding”
> I wasn’t aware that the Toronto Film Festival showed TV pilots until I caught a screening of PEACE, LOVE & MISUNDERSTANDING. As a pilot, Peace certainly has its appeal, with a strong cast that includes Jane Fo...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Whit Stillman’s “Damsels In Distress”
> Whit Stillman has one of the most distinctive voices in American film, and his 13-year absence from the screen barely shows in his new comedy DAMSELS IN DISTRESS; it feels as though, had it been made immediately after The Las...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Straw Dogs”
STRAW DOGS: Watch It At Home – Pointless In Every Way Forget about the artistic comparisons, the insult to film history, and the lack of respect to a great filmmaker no longer with us. There’...
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...