Weekend Box Office: The Possession Not Exorcised During Slow Weekend - CinemaNerdz - Part 173
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]
Retro Trailer Trashin’: The Baddest Man Alive is Named Black Dynamite!
With the end of the summer movie season, I’ve decided it’s time to debut Retro Trailer Trashin’, which I hope will become a recurring occasional supplement to the main Trailer Trashin’ column. In these columns, I’ll be taking a look at the trailer for an older movie, and give my in-hindsight take on how successful that trailer was in selling the movie. To kick this ne...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: The Possession Takes Over the Box Office on Labor Day
The lot of the PG-13 ghost story has been tough of late, with entries such as The Apparition disappearing almost as fast as its namesake, but The Possession, despite critical panning, drew in crowds handily enough, earning an estimated $21.3 million and blowing past its $14 million production costs. This probably comes as a shock to those behind Lawless, whose much better critical reception and We...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Blood and Blades Go Flying in The Man with the Iron Fists
With the end of August, the summer movie season finally ends with the last handful of releases. Of course, ridiculous B-movies are in no way restricted to the summer months, and the subject’s of today’s column is proof of that. This week’s Trailer Trashin’ looks at the second trailer for the blood-soaked, hip hop-infused martial arts extravaganza The Man with the Iron Fists...[Read More]
Weekend Box Office: The Expendables 2 Still Knocking Off the Rest
They still have pull, though probably not as much as they would like…The Expendables 2 held the crown of the top draws at the box office, but at an estimated $13.5 million this week and $52.3 million in domestic success, it probably wishes it was doing much better to help offset its $100 million costs. Still, it was the only film this weekend to break into double digit earnings, which was enough t...[Read More]
Ten Actors Who Should Be In The Expendables 3
As a product of the 1980s and 1990s, I grew up on a steady diet of cheesy action movies. Plot didn’t matter. I just wanted big explosions and awesome fight scenes (thankfully, my cinematic palate has matured since those days of adolescence), so I became very familiar with the action heroes of yesteryear. That’s why a movie like The Expendables intrigued me so much when I first heard about it. Let’...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Murder and Mirth Come Together in Seven Psychopaths
There’s only about two weeks left in August, the 2012 summer movie season is almost over, and soon we’ll be in the prestige seasons of fall and winter. This week on Trailer Trashin’, I’m taking a look at the first trailer for the upcoming black comedy Seven Psychopaths. Premise: Marty (Colin Farrell) is a struggling writer who dreams of finishing his screenplay, “Seven Psyc...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: The Expendables 2 Tops the Box Office, But with an Opening Less Stellar Than Its Cast
With a lineup of legendary action heroes (including a handful who only made cameos in the first film in the series), hype was big for The Expendables 2, and critically was more well-regarded than the first film. However, it did not translate into big money as, while The Expendables 2 opened at the top of this week’s list, it only made an estimated $28.8 million, about $6 million short of its prede...[Read More]
Cinema Revisited: The Brave New World of Gattaca
We have always been stargazers. We look into the night sky and wonder what is out there and if future generations will travel to far away worlds. And we wonder what kind of world we will see in our lifetime and what kind of world our children and their children will inhabit. We have romanticized about and expressed our hopes for the future in literature, art, and film. From Fritz Lang’s Metropolis...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Clint Eastwood is Back in Trouble with the Curve
Sports movies have been a staple of Hollywood for a long time, all the way back to the silent era. And considering that the 2012 Summer Olympics just wrapped up, it is appropriate that this week marks the first time a sports film has been covered by Trailer Trashin’ – the upcoming Clint Eastwood baseball drama Trouble with the Curve. Premise: An aging Atlanta Braves baseball scout named Gus ...[Read More]
Weekend Box Office: A Legacy Continues as The Bourne Legacy Opens On Top
Could the Bourne series survive without star Matt Damon? Quite possibly…though rising star Jeremy Renner has proven himself quite handily in other films (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and The Avengers), his The Bourne Legacy has not performed as well with critics as the previous Bourne films. It did have the third highest opening of the four films, earning an estimated $40.3 million, and he...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Suspense, Style, and Smarts Come Together in Skyfall
We’ve reached August, and the summer movie season is starting to wind down, with only a handful of notable releases left. But even if there aren’t as many movies, there are still some great trailers coming out. This week marks the first time in this column’s history that I’m revisiting a movie I’ve already covered, because there’s a new trailer out for the next ...[Read More]