Bullet to the Head
Box Office Weekend: Identity Thief Swipes Top Spot from Warm Bodies
As Valentine’s Day nears, you would expect to see more romantic movies hitting the cinema. Instead, the big winners of the weekend turned out to be an off-kilter comedy and a decidedly unconventional love story. Identity Thief debuted as the top spot taker, the Jason Bateman/Melissa McCarthy comedy earning back its entire budget in a single weekend with an estimated $36.6 million, though critics a...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Warm Bodies Is the Hottest Property at the Box Office
Box office totals continue to recede through the cold months of 2013, with very few new names to cheer things up. Of the two new releases to make any waves, only one was able to claim a top three victory: Warm Bodies, the $30 million budgeted horror-comedy-romance of a zombie whose love for a human slowly brings him back to life, made a strong first weekend showing with an estimated $19.5 million ...[Read More]
Movie Review: Bullet to the Head
As the saying goes, everything old is new again, and that is more true than ever in Hollywood. And in recent years, it seems to be particularly true with action stars from the 1980s and 1990s. Last month, we saw Arnold Schwarzenegger headline his first movie in a decade with The Last Stand, and later this month we’ll see Bruce Willis back in action in A Good Day to Die Hard. But in the meant...[Read More]