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Box Office Weekend: Zootopia Big Three Weeks Running
Zootopia proved itself a box office champ as it entered its third week at the top with an estimated $38 million (and over $201.8 million in domestic gross). Its only real competition came from the third installment of The Divergent Series: Allegiant, which came in second place with an estimated $29.1 million. Excoriated by critics, it managed to top the mixed reviewed faith-based Miracles from Hea...[Read More]
5 Lessons Learned From 10 Cloverfield Lane
Two months ago, most of the movie-going world did not know that 10 Cloverfield Lane even existed. When the trailer premiered in front of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, the internet seemed to be confused. There’s a sequel to Cloverfield? What does 10 Cloverfield Lane mean? Is that John Goodman? It comes out in two months?! The only thing that seemed to make sense is that the man behind ...[Read More]
Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford Reunite as Indiana Jones Returns in July 2019
After the unbelievable success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lucasfilm and Walt Disney have decided to resurrect another hallowed franchise. There’s still no work on who will write the screenplay or whether they’ll excuse the fourth movie as a bad dream suffered by Indy during a particularly bad horrendous of malaria. Until we hear more news, such as what involvement George Lucas might have in ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Zootopia Still on “Topia”
Disney has a bona-fide hit on its hands again as Zootopia won the weekend box office for the second time in a row. While an estimated $50 million has added up to $142.6 million domestic gross, the film has picked up more than $431.3 million worldwide. The next biggest release was 10 Cloverfield Lane. Critically acclaimed, it opened to a much more modest weekend estimate of $25.2 million, but with ...[Read More]
Spider-Man Makes Appearance in New Captain America: Civil War Trailer
Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man finally made an appearance in a non-Sony film with the debut of the new trailer for Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War finds Steve Rogers leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pres...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Busting Makes Us Feel Good in the New Ghostbusters Trailer
Hello again, dear readers, and I hope a lot of you got out to see Zootopia this past weekend. This week’s Trailer Trashin’ examines the first Ghostbusters trailer for the upcoming reboot of the 1984 classic. Premise: Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig) and Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy) are a pair of unheralded authors who write a book positing that ghosts are real. A few years later, Gilbert lands a prest...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Zootopia Tops with Audiences
Earning critical praise and audience acclaim was not enough…Zootopia, the latest from Disney, also took the mantle of highest opening weekend for an animated Disney film (at least, not involving Pixar) with an estimated $73.7 million. Not looking quite so tall was second-place finisher London Has Fallen. Despite critical bashing and a fairly weak opening weekend estimate of $21.7 million on a $60 ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Return to the Sea in the New Trailer for Pixar’s Finding Dory
Happy March, dear readers! The Oscars are behind us now, and Disney’s Zootopia comes out this Friday. Speaking of which, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at the second trailer for Disney/Pixar’s Finding Dory. Premise: Six months after the events of Finding Nemo, Dory (voice of Ellen DeGeneres) suddenly recalls her childhood memories. Remembering something about “the jewel of Monterey, Cal...[Read More]
10 Best Things About the 2016 Oscars
How exactly would host Chris Rock handle #OscarsSoWhite, after staying mostly silent on the issues in recent weeks? What if Leo didn’t win? Would this be a “political Oscars” and who else is Hollywood excluding? We still do not have all the answers, and there is a lot of work to do. This was the year of the #agendaoscars, a year where effort itself was the show’s hope and spotlight. It was not a h...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Gods of Egypt No Match for Deadpool
Big, noisy, and hollow. While that might easily describe the critical reaction to Gods of Egypt, only the last can truly describe its box office take. While the solid earner and acclaimed Deadpool took the weekend yet again with an estimated $31.5 million, the $140 million-costing blockbuster Gods of Egypt failed on all fronts, bringing in a domestic estimated total of $14 million and not much els...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: There’s Something in the Woods in the Pete’s Dragon Teaser Trailer
It’s the last week of February, dear readers, and the Academy Awards are this Sunday. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen Deadpool yet, but I plan to do so as soon as possible. In the meantime, this week’s new Trailer Trashin’ column takes a look at the teaser for Disney’s upcoming remake of Pete’s Dragon. Premise: For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham (Robert Redford) has delighted local children with...[Read More]
Who Will Win (And Who Should Win) at the 2016 Oscars
The Academy Awards are not for everyone, but, for whatever reason, they are for me. Something about Oscar season puts a smile on my face, which I know is not a popular thing to say in the film community. It’s popular to say the awards mean nothing and that the voters are mostly old white men voting on “artsy” films that are aimed only at them and no one else. With all of the controversy surroundin...[Read More]