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Weekend Box-Office: John Carter and A Thousand Words Tie for First? Nope! April Fools – The Hunger Games Stays on Top
Usually a 60% drop in revenue can spell disaster for a film…but considering what The Hunger Games made last week, the estimated $61.1 million it made this week is not the problem that it seems. With a total gross of $251 million domestic, The Hunger Games seems to be the summer film to beat. It certainly saw more business than Wrath of the Titans, which opened with a comparatively disappointing es...[Read More]
Looking Back at Giallo: A Primer
In 1963, Italian horror director Mario Bava made his last black and white film. The Girl Who Knew Too Much heralded the arrival of a film genre that would have a prominent place in cinema until the mid-1970s and is still popular today – giallo. A sub-genre of the mystery/thriller/crime story and a cross-over from horror, giallo had its roots in the American and English mystery novels of the early ...[Read More]
Ranking Ray Harryhausen’s Fantasy Films
I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger fan of Ray Harryhausen than yours truly. As a kid, I was captivated by the characters and creatures he brought to life through stop-motion animation, and it helped to cement my lifelong love of both movies and the genres of science-fiction and fantasy. With Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to the 2010 remake of Harryhausen’s Clash of the Titans, hittin...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: The Hunger Games Certainly Not Starving After Record-Breaking Win
And they say no one reads anymore…well, people were certainly lining up to catch the big screen debut of The Hunger Games, based on the best-selling young adult novels. Even concerns about violent content weren’t enough to dissuade audiences and critics alike from giving it the best opening ever for a film that wasn’t a sequel or prequel to another film, with $152.5 million in domestic revenue (Ha...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: 21 Jump Street Not Showing Its Age
Johnny Depp isn’t slated to return to the big screen just yet…Dark Shadows hits theaters in May…but the show that practically launched his career made a comeback in a big way this weekend. 21 Jump Street made a splash at the box office with $36.3 million, the action comedy scoring well with audiences and critics alike, and more than enough to finally send Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax down to second place ...[Read More]