THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Machine Gun Preacher”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE BIJOU: Early Friday Boxoffice – 10/14/11
> What was expected to be a slow weekend at the boxoffice is proving to be exactly that. The Hollywood Reporter has preliminary numbers for Friday, and they show FOOTLOOSE in the lead with $5.5M, heading for probably $17M...
THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 7/31/11
> Well, there’s something you don’t see every day: 2 studios both content to forego bragging rights for the Sunday weekend estimates and wait for actual numbers on Monday, when public attention is lower. (Note...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Friday Studio Scorecard – 12/23/11
> Anyone who thinks the boxoffice isn’t in a slump needs a new prescription for bifocals. Note: since December 24 is a traditionally deadly day at the boxoffice (closed theatres, family plans) that would make ...
THE BIJOU: UPDATE – Cowboys & Incredibly Early Boxoffice Results
> UPDATE: The Hollywood Reporter has refreshed its numbers, and a surprise appears to be coming from the most unlikely direction. Cowboys and Aliens seems to be down a tad, to a $13-13.5M Friday and an underperformi...
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 SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Margin Call”
MARGIN CALL: Worth A Ticket – The Real Sequel to”Wall Street” MARGIN CALL is smarter and more gripping than Moneyball and The Ides of March combined–and those are two smart, grippi...
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 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: “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...
HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Early Friday Numbers – 12/23/11
> Well, now it’s all up to WAR HORSE. Cameron Crowe’s WE BOUGHT A ZOO (20th) joined the market on Friday, and it appears to be back to movie jail for Crowe, because according to the Hollywood Reporter, it only made ...
THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: “The Help” Update
> THE HELP continues to have a strong head start on the weekend boxoffice. The Hollywood Reporter says the film grossed $4.3M on Thursday, down only around 20% from its opening day on Wednesday, which gives it almost $10M...