THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Vow”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: O Canadian Titles!
> Although the word “International” is part of the name of the Toronto International Film Festival, it’s still Canada’s premier festival, and naturally features quite a few homegrown films. Some of...
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 ...
THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: Opening Day For “The Help”
> DreamWorks/Disney’s decision to open the lengthy, serious THE HELP on a Wednesday in mid-August looked like a questionable strategy, but so far it’s paying off: Deadline reports that its opening day gross is...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
Whatever one can say about Chris Columbus–and there’ll be plenty of less than glowing words about him below–he’s the man who cast Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as the leads in 200...
THE BIJOU BOX OFFICE: International Bullet Points
> Click below for a quick summary of some notable numbers from this past weekend overseas: THE SMURFS reached $141M overseas with the help of a tremendous $60M weekend. Like other recent 3D animated films, it has a good c...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Haywire”
HAYWIRE: Worth A Ticket – For the Gasp-Inducing Fight Scenes Alone You might think that if a major, celebrated filmmaker were to take the extraordinary step of announcing, years in advance, that he ...
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 SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Larry Crowne”
LARRY CROWNE: Watch It At Home – Giant Stars/Tiny Ambitions Allow me to play Nostradamus for a moment. the day will come–and it’s not far off–when you’ll be sitting in front of yo...
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 @ TIFF: First Titles Announced
>SHOWBUZZDAILY will be at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, and today TIFF announced the first group of movies being screened (there are plenty more to come over the next few weeks). Here’s the f...
THE BIJOU’S FRIDAY STUDIO SCORECARD – 12/9/11
> NEW YEAR’S EVE (Warner Bros): So much for that franchise. New Year’s was expected to have a softer start than Valentine’s Day, which opened on a holiday weekend that included the titular day itse...
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...