featured
Interview with Jeremy Strong and John Magaro, Stars of The Big Short
Director Adam McKay’s new film, The Big Short, tells the story of a group of outsiders who predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the 2000s and how betting on the collapse of the economy led them to some disturbing revelations on the nature of modern banking. The film, based on the best-selling book by Michael Lewis, stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Jeremy ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Enter the World of Japanese Mythology in Kubo and the Two Strings
Happy New Year, dear readers! I hope you all had a good holiday, whatever it is you celebrate. I’m sure a lot of you have also seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens by now, and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. And for the last Trailer Trashin’ column of 2015, I’m taking a look at one of the previews I saw in front of Star Wars – the teaser trailer for Laika’s Kubo and the Two Strings. Premise: ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: The Force Awakens Still On Top
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has only been in theaters for ten days, but not only is it still far and away the box office champ with a whopping $152.5 million estimated total for the weekend, but is also the fastest film to $500 million in revenue, best second weekend total on record, best opening of all-time, and is on track to potentially being the highest earning movie of all-time as well (amon...[Read More]
Everybody Wants Some Trailer Gets Back to the 1980s
Paramount Pictures has released a trailer for writer/director Richard Linklater’s new film Everybody Wants Some. The film is said to be a spiritual follow-up to Linklater’s cult-classic Dazed and Confused (1993). You can enjoy the trailer above! Set amidst college life of the 1980s, the film follows a group of college baseball players as they attempt to navigate their way through the freedoms and ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Star Wars Blasts Box Office Records
With all the hype surrounding it and (the critical praise lavished upon it), is it any wonder Star Wars: The Force Awakens would do anything but succeed? Well, it did, and then some, with the best opening weekend in history with an estimated $238 million. No debut had a chance against it, even with the other big debuts trying to appeal to different audiences. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip...[Read More]
Five Christmas Movies That Should Be Part of Your Holiday Tradition
To some, the Christmas season is all about family, celebration, fun, presents, and the birth of Christ. Those are all important things, to be sure, but to me it just isn’t a proper Christmas unless I get to a specific batch of Christmas movies. Call it obsessive if you will, but tradition feels a bit more polite. My “traditional” Christmas flick picks are a tad on the eclectic side, ranging ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Great Pre-Star Wars Trailer Roundup!
Hello, dear readers. Sorry it’s been so long, but between work, holiday stuff, and other projects, I’ve been crazy busy during the last month and change. But Trailer Trashin’ is finally back, and what a time to return! The wait is over, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens has arrived. And to celebrate the occasion, I’m going to give you my quick thoughts on the recent trailers for three of ne...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Hunger Games Tops Box Office for Fourth Week
With the box office slowing this weekend (quite possibly in part due to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens next weekend), not much was able to make a splash…an ironic statement, maybe, as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 held off the Ron Howard epic In the Heart of the Sea for a fourth week stay in first. The account of the true story behind Moby Dick could barely mount an estimated ...[Read More]
The 2015 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards Nominations
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2015 nominees in ten categories. The winners will be announced on December 14, 2015. The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of seventeen film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, La...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Mockingjay a Three-Time Winner
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 has certainly dropped in value, an estimated $18.6 million was all it had to show for this weekend, but it was enough to hold off all comers for a third week in a row. At $227.1 million in total gross, it is still likely a box office smash, but still the least-performing entry in the series. Compare that to Krampus, the horror/comedy about a cynical family ter...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Mockingjay Still Ahead, But Contenders Loom
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 had what would be an excellent weekend for any other film – an estimated weekend take of $51.6 million – but with an unreported budget and nearly $198.3 million in the can domestically, one wonders if Lionsgate had hoped the movie would do better, especially as it has made much less than the previous films in the series. Unfortunately, rough beginnings appear ...[Read More]