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Sicario: Day of the Soldado: Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin and writer Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water, Wind River) return for this sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s excellent 2015 film. Stefano Sollima (Gomorahh) directs. Despite less favorable reviews from critics, this appears to be opening quite well. Sheridan has said he intends to make a […]
Read More Movies Opening June 29, 2018Maybe you’re like me and occasionally be in a bank or some other place with valuable things and take a look around and wonder how, if you were to rob it, what would your plan be? I, of course, would never do it, because I would never, ever want to go to jail, but in […]
Read More Review: American AnimalsJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom: This past weekend’s sole new release was the fifth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise. This series has had enormous difficulty with sequels in the past. The problem is that once you move away from the terrific central concept of a dinosaur amusement park gone wrong, there’s really not much you can […]
Read More Movies Opening June 22, 2018 / Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ReviewThe Incredibles, from 2004, is considered one of Pixar’s finest films (I rate it behind Toy Story 2, but reasonable people can disagree). Fourteen years later, we get a sequel, again written and directed by Brad Bird, who has won two Oscars for Best Animated Film, and just might win another for The Incredibles 2. […]
Read More Review: The Incredibles 2Deadline is Thursday, June 21st at 11:59 pm (EST) What will Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom earn this weekend? (+4 for closest prediction. +2 for second closest. Additional +2 for prediction within 500k) What will Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom earn from Thursday PM / evening shows? (+4 for closest prediction. +2 for second closest. Additional +2 for prediction […]
Read More AGEBOC X – Week NineThe Incredibles 2: Long-awaited sequel to the Pixar classic. Director Brad Bird and the core cast (Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson and Samuel L. Jackson) return along with franchise newcomers Bob Odenkirk and Catherine Keener. It’s an enjoyable film, but it plays it safe and does not deviate from giving the audience exactly what they […]
Read More Movies Opening June 15, 2018A recent article in The New York Times talks about a renaissance in horror films–never have their been so many character driven, adult-oriented horror films. Get Out, The Quiet Place, and now Hereditary are all getting adults into the theaters for horror, which was once the province of teenagers. I’ve read more than one article by someone […]
Read More Review: HereditaryDeadline is Friday, June 15th at 11:59 am (EST) What will The Incredibles 2 earn this weekend? (+4 for closest prediction. +2 for second closest. Additional +2 for prediction within 500k) What will Tag earn this weekend? (+4 for closest prediction. +2 for second closest. Additional +2 for prediction within 500k) What will Superfly earn this weekend? (+4 […]
Read More AGEBOC X – Week EightThe big opening this weekend is Ocean’s 8 (61), the distaff version of the Steven Soderbergh heist movies. I must admit I didn’t think this film would do well, but it opened to 41 million, proving that with the right circumstances, a female driven action film can succeed. I don’t have much interest in it, […]
Read More Opening in Las Vegas, June 9, 2018John Lasseter is out at Disney/Pixar following his #metoo exposure in November. Jennifer Lee (Frozen) and Pete Docter (Inside Out) are expected to take over his responsibilities at the studios.
Read More Random Thread for June 2018Deadline is Friday, June 8th at 11:59 am (EST) What will Ocean’s Eight earn this weekend? (+4 for closest prediction. +2 for second closest. Additional +2 for prediction within 500k) What will Hotel Artemis earn this weekend? (+4 for closest prediction. +2 for second closest. Additional +2 for prediction within 500k) What will Hereditary earn this […]
Read More AGEBOC X – Week SevenAction Point: Johnny Knoxville comedy based on a fictionalized version of New Jersey’s infamous Action Park. Paramount seems to have barely marketed this film, which is somewhat surprising since Knoxville’s last picture for the studio (Bad Grandpa) did 102m domestic on a 15m budget back in 2013. Still, the entire Jackass brand seems pretty antiquated […]
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