While Thor: The Dark World sizzled briefly at the box office (and had to settle this week for an estimated $14.1 million, still a few million short of its costs), it has nothing on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Much like the first film, it has earned critical and financial praise, and made an estimated $161.1 million…not only the best weekend for a film in November, but the best opening weekend...[Read More]
This week sees the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the highly-anticipated sequel to last year’s blockbuster. But in the meantime, this week’s new Trailer Trashin’ column takes a look at the upcoming British comedy Cuban Fury. Premise: A lonely sad-sack named Bruce Garrett (Nick Frost) has a crush on his gorgeous new boss Julia (Rashida Jones), and the only way he can ...[Read More]
Thor: The Dark World had a bit of an Ender’s Game moment at the box office, slipping massively from its debut after a successful opening day. However, when your opening weekend is $85.7 million, to earn an estimated $38.5 million the second is hardly cause for alarm, as Marvel continues its unstoppable press of successful films here and worldwide. It managed to beat out the debut of the positively...[Read More]
CinemaNerdz readers have a chance to be one of the first to see the new film Black Nativity starring Jacob Latimore, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson, and Angela Bassett. For your chance to receive a pair of the thirty (30) complimentary passes we have to see the film at the AMC Star Southfield in Southfield, Michigan on Thursday, November 21st at 7:00PM, just scroll down to the “Black Nativ...[Read More]
Check out the new Divergent trailer and let us know what you think. The trailer for the highly anticipated film, which was directed by Neil Burger, was released today by Summit Entertainment, a LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF) company during an event broadcast worldwide earlier today. ABOUT THE FILM DIVERGENT is a thrilling action-adventure film set in a future where people are divided into distinct faction...[Read More]
Hello again, dear readers, and I hope a lot of you enjoyed Thor: The Dark World over the weekend. In the meantime, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ column takes another look at my most anticipated movie of the rest of the year, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Premise: After successfully crossing over, and under, the Misty Mountains, Thorin (Richard Armitage) and ...[Read More]
Box office receipts have been tepid as of late, but Thor: The Dark World changed that for the better by absolutely trouncing the competition. While other films have been doing decent enough business, the latest Marvel blockbuster came into November with a hearty and decisive bang, picking up an estimated $86.1 million. The second highest earner, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, while a rousing succe...[Read More]
Who’s getting ready for a tour of the Districts? One of the more eagerly anticipated films of the season is almost here – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will be released on Friday, November 21st! CinemaNerdz wants to give one lucky winner a chance to go see the film for free. Thanks to our friends over at MovieTickets.com, we are giving away $50 in movie tickets, plus a DVD of The Hunger Ga...[Read More]
This Friday, we at last get to see the next part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as Thor: The Dark World finally hits theaters stateside. And fittingly, this week’s new installment of Trailer Trashin’ examines another upcoming Marvel Comics movie, next summer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. Premise: The X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of their species across two diff...[Read More]
The new sci-fi action adventure Ender’s Game took first place at the box office to begin November, but its estimated $28 million was not exactly a rousing start to financial success, despite it getting fairly positive reviews. This week’s second-place finisher, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (an estimated $20.5 million) had a better opening weekend, and had already made back its costs and then some...[Read More]
CinemaNerdz readers have a chance to be one of the first to see the new film Blue is the Warmest Color. For your chance to receive complimentary passes to see the film at the Main Art Theater in Royal Oak, Michigan on Wednesday, November 6th, 2013 at 7:00PM, just scroll down to the “Blue is the Warmest Color Advance Screening” box further down on this page. There you’ll be direct...[Read More]