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Box Office Weekend: Oz Truly is the Great and Powerful with a Solid #1 at the Box Office
If there was to be any film to slay the mediocre Jack the Giant Slayer, it would be Oz the Great and Powerful, and the Sam Raimi-directed prequel did not disappoint; while it still has a long ways to go to make up its $215 million budget, it made a much better head start than the Bryan Singer-directed megaflop. Oz the Great and Powerful made an estimated $80.3 million, well ahead of any contender,...[Read More]
Once is Enough: Ten Movies I Do Not Need to See Again
At a gathering of friends a few years ago, our host was proudly showing off his new big screen TV with surround sound. Nobody was paying much attention during the Road Runner cartoons and even less during the Charlie Chaplain movie. At the end of the night when just the inner circle remained, gathered in front of the TV, our host decided to put on a movie for us to watch: Saving Private Ryan, a pe...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: When Foodstuffs Attack Again in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
It’s finally March, the weather is getting warmer, and the season of big movies has begun. Best of all, Oz the Great and Powerful, my first highly-anticipated film of the year, finally comes out this Friday. In the meantime, this week’s new Trailer Trashin’ column examines our first look at the animated sequel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Premise: After the disastrous foo...[Read More]
Enter to Win Passes to An Advance Screening of Olympus Has Fallen!
CinemaNerdz readers have a chance to receive complimentary passes to a preview screening of Olympus Has Fallen, the new film starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman. For your chance to receive complimentary passes to see the film at the Uptown Palladium in Birmingham, Michigan on Thursday, March 21st at 7:00pm, just scroll down to the contest form further down on this page and enter your name an...[Read More]
Enter to Win Passes to An Advance Screening of Stoker!
CinemaNerdz readers have a chance to receive complimentary passes to a preview screening of Stoker, the new film starring Mia Wasikowska and Nicole Kidman from director Park Chan-wook. For your chance to receive complimentary passes to see the film at the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak, Michigan on Tuesday, March 12th at 7:00pm, just scroll down to the contest form further down on this page and ent...[Read More]