It’s funny, the trailer for “The Grinch” played before this started and I began to say “isn’t it too soon for Christmas movies?” before remembering what I was about to see… “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” follows a young girl (Mackenzie Foy) who sets out to find the key to her deceased mother’s musical… Continue reading ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ Will Make You Want to Cancel Christmas
As we put 2017 in the rearview mirror, a year full of big hits but many box office bombs, we look ahead to 2018. It appears that tentpoles and blockbusters will again dominate ticket sales and conversations so just as I did last year I thought it would be fun to predict some of the… Continue reading 2018 Box Office Predictions
This is certainly better than the fifth film of a franchise has any right being… “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” is the fifth installment of the series that began all the way back in 2003, and the first since 2011’s “On Stranger Tides” (which I doubt you remember was even a… Continue reading ‘Dead Men Tell No Tales’ the Best ‘Pirates’ Film Since 2003
Box office receipts are one of my favorite aspects of movies, and are by far the thing I enjoy most about the Summer Movie Season, my favorite time of year to spend in a theater. While “The Fate of the Furious” came out a few weeks ago, the Summer Movie Season officially kicks off May… Continue reading 2017 Summer Box Office Predictions
Maybe they should just let Jon Favreau direct all the live-action Disney remakes… “Beauty and the Beast” is a remake of the 1991 animated film of the same name (first animated film ever nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, fun fact). Emma Watson and Dan Stevens star as the titular characters, with Luke Evans,… Continue reading ‘Beauty and the Beast’ a Colorful but Pointless Remake
2016 was the biggest year in the history of the box office, grossing a total of $11.37 billion (and counting, with “Rogue One” likely to cross the $1B mark in the next week of so). 2017 will likely beat that number, with films like “Fast and Furious 8” (sorry, “The Fate of the Furious”) and… Continue reading 2017 Box Office Predictions
For an animated movie about swearing hot dogs, this thing has a surprising amount of intelligence. “Sausage Party” is a (very) R-rated animated film about food who believe humans are gods sent to save them, but begin to realize what actually happens to them once they are taken out of the supermarket. It stars an… Continue reading ‘Sausage Party’ as Funny as it is Thought Provoking
Just when I thought we were past the point of visual effects being able to impress us… “The Jungle Book” is a retelling of the age old tale of man-cub Mowgli (Neel Sethi) who must journey from the jungle he was raised to a human village in order to escape a tiger who wants him… Continue reading ‘The Jungle Book’ a Visually Stunning Tale
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