Box Office Weekend: The Wolverine Carves a First Place Spot - CinemaNerdz - Part 161
Box Office Weekend: The Wolverine Carves a First Place Spot
The Wolverine, Hugh Jackman’s latest venture as the perennially gruff superhero, appears to have redeemed the series in the eyes of the critics, but even though it took the weekend with an estimated $55 million, it fell behind both the prequel X-Men: First Class and only managed to do slightly better than the original X-Men released in 2000. Nevertheless, counting worldwide sales the film has made...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Hangover Meets Red in Last Vegas
The 2013 summer movie season continues on, with this week seeing the release of The Wolverine. It’s been getting some fairly good buzz, and I’m actually interested in seeing it. In the meantime, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ column looks at the upcoming comedy Last Vegas. Premise: Billy (Michael Douglas), Paddy (Robert De Niro), Archie (Morgan Freeman), and Sam (Kevin Kline)...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: The Conjuring Scares Up More Than Good Reviews and Takes Box Office Gold
The Conjuring is generating a lot of buzz…not only for its high reviews, but for its money-making potential. Budgeted at $20 million, the film (directed by James Wan, who previously found success in the world of horror with the Saw franchise) brought in an estimated $41.5 million, making it the second highest opening weekend ever for a supernatural horror film (beaten only by Paranormal Activity 3...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Keri Russell Loses Herself in Austenland
Pacific Rim finally opened this past weekend – if you’ve read my review, you know I absolutely loved it – and while I was disappointed that it opened soft here, it is doing well overseas, so there’s still hope that it will ultimately be successful. I’m certainly going to go see it again. But now it’s time for something completely different, because this week’s Trailer...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Despicable Me Stays Ahead of Robots and Sandler
Once again the box office has proven that keeping a film’s budget reasonable is a good idea, whether the movie is well-received or not. Despicable Me 2 held the top spot for a second week, making an estimated $44.8 million and holding off newcomers Grown-Ups 2 (estimated $42.5 million) and Pacific Rim (estimated $38.3 million). Grown-Ups 2 has been almost universally panned by critics, and still h...[Read More]
Enter to Win Tickets to an Advance Screening of Crystal Fairy
CinemaNerdz readers have a chance to receive complimentary passes to a preview screening of Crystal Fairy starring Michael Cera and Gaby Hoffmann. For your chance to receive complimentary passes to see the film at the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak, Michigan, on Wednesday, July 17th at 7:00 PM, just scroll down to the “Enter to Win” link further down on this page and click it. You’ll then be direct...[Read More]
The Muse in Film
[pullquote_left]“The history of cinema is boys photographing girls.” – Jean-Luc Godard[/pullquote_left] Since D.W. Griffith discovered stage actress Lillian Gish and immortalized her in dozens of silent movies, film directors, like other artists before them, have looked for inspiration in the muse. There is no more magical relationship in the world of art than that of the muse and the artist and t...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Get Hungry for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
I hope you all had a good Fourth of July weekend, and avoided The Lone Ranger like the plague. I’m so excited right now, because it’s almost here, dear readers! At long last, the release of Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim is only days away. I’ve been looking forward to this film for so long, and I’m both anticipating and dreading how it will be received by both criti...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Despicable Me 2 Sends The Lone Ranger Packing
Sharing Tuesday openings, it seems strange to think one movie would take the weekend in such a lopsided victory, but it has. Despicable Me 2 opened against The Lone Ranger, and the CG animated family film made its competitor look absolutely flummoxed. While both films took the first and second box office spots respectively, Despicable Me 2’s estimated $82.5 million adds to a domestic total of $142...[Read More]
Enter to Win Tickets to an Advance Screening of Red 2
CinemaNerdz readers have a chance to receive complimentary passes to a preview screening of Red 2 starring Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung Hun Lee, Anthony Hopkins, and Helen Mirren. For your chance to receive complimentary passes to see the film at the Emagine Novi in Novi, Michigan, on Tuesday, July 16th at 7:00 PM, just scroll down to the “Enter to ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Ridley Scott Meets Cormac McCarthy in The Counselor
Happy Fourth of July, dear readers! I hope all of you have a great holiday. On the movie front, we’ll all finally get to see whether The Lone Ranger is any good. In the meantime, this week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ looks at Ridley Scott’s upcoming crime thriller The Counselor. Premise: This intense drug thriller tells the story of an attorney (Michael Fassbender), a...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: You Can’t Keep a Good Monster Down
This week saw the release of a female buddy cop comedy and the second “White House Under Attack” themed movie of the year, but neither film could keep Monsters University from scoring the top spot at the box office once again. The Pixar film, which earned an estimated $46.2 million has reportedly been budgeted at $270 million, meaning it has a long, long ways to go in making its deficit up domesti...[Read More]