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Weekend Box Office: 3D Takes the Top Spots!
It was a battle between the newest adventure of Alice the monster killer and the re-release of a Pixar classic…and zombies were the winners. Resident Evil: Retribution, the fifth entry in the movie series (now only vaguely) based on the videogame series and the second in 3D, came in first with an estimated $21.1 million…still not much to speak of in terms of box office, but a sight better than The...[Read More]
Interview with Craig Atkinson, Co-producer/Cinematographer of Detropia
The next time you’re out of town let the locals know you’re from Detroit. You’ll get sympathetic remarks from people who think it’s such a “shame” what’s happening in the city. I’d argue most people aren’t well educated about the conditions that have led to the city’s decline, however. Detropia, a documentary currently being screened in select theate...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Sci-Fi Meets the Surreal in Cloud Atlas
Another week brings another new trailer to dissect and analyze. In this week’s column, I turn my cold, bespectacled gaze onto the second trailer for the upcoming sci-fi/drama epic Cloud Atlas. Premise: An epic story of humankind in which the actions and consequences of our lives impact one another throughout the past, present, and future, as one soul is shaped from a murderer into a savior, ...[Read More]
Enter for Your Chance to Win Tickets to An Advance Screening of Trouble with the Curve
Congratulations to the winners of our “Enter for Your Chance to Win Tickets to An Advance Screening of Trouble with the Curve” contest! Here they are: Lempo4, KBA, Just1asc, Kendellann, Scutia51, Charisseryden, Colin Davis, Picky R, Fanfabroj, Adam, Jewel Edwards, Softrose68, Karen, Carolyn H., StephBeth, Drichmond, Mark, brendavt, missmac7655, Ajea, Picky R, slimjohn, misterD, Rrichmond, and Rich...[Read More]
Weekend Box Office: The Possession Not Exorcised During Slow Weekend
The Possession remained at #1 at the box office, though with only one new release, it had little in the way of fresh competition. It also caps what is shaping up to be a major box office slowdown, as at an estimated $9.5 million, it did not even break into double digits, a major blow compared to last week when Labor Day weekend had three films do so. Lawless remained in second place with an estima...[Read More]