Broken City
Box Office Weekend: Hansel and Gretel Lead A Weak Box Office
Receipts were down this week as a whole, as a handful of new films hit the box office that did little to inject life into it. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters led the way with a fairly weak estimate of $19 million, though the $50 million film had a big enough opening overseas to ensure it made back on its investment. It was the only new film to break the top three, which belonged to box office w...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Ghost Over Guns and Mama is the Big Winner
With Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first starring role on the big screen since his political career ended (not including his ensemble role in The Expendables 2) and a noir thriller starring Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe, the top draw was…a PG-13 rated ghost story? Yes, with a cast and crew whose biggest name is Gullermo del Toro as an executive producer, Mama led the box office, with an estimated $28....[Read More]
Movie Review: Broken City
Mark Wahlberg’s new film Broken City is, in a word, broken. There is so much left unsaid as well as unfinished in this movie, the audience is left with way too much to fill in the blanks. There are problems with open-ended romances. There are problems with insinuated relationships that may or may not have been gay and who really cares if they are anyway. There are definite problems with the ...[Read More]