Jack Reacher
Box Office Weekend: Violence Brings in the New Year as Texas Chainsaw and Django Unchained Lead
Be it chopping off limbs or…threatening to chop off certain limbs, there is no shortage of moviegoers starting 2013 by seeing plenty of blood and gore, whether it was that this week’s big winner (but critical loser) Texas Chainsaw 3D with an estimated $23 million or critical winner Django Unchained with an estimated $20.1 million. Django Unchained is still not director Quentin Tarantino’s most suc...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Django May Get Bloody Revenge, But He Can’t Conquer Middle Earth
As 2012 draws to a close and a new year of movies dawns ahead, we still have one more weekend worth of movies to talk about, and with business up from last week, the old year is going out on a high note. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey did not lose much steam from last weekend to this one, earning an estimated $32.9 million. It had strong competition from newcomer Django Unchained, Quentin Taran...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Hobbits Win Again
Well, it’s that time of year again. For those of you diehards who must get your box office info, know that the studios will not be releasing the official numbers for this weekend until the New Year, just the estimates. Until then, here’s the short, short version of the box office news: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey held off the four new big releases by a substantial amount (though it dropped q...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Tom Cruise versus Werner Herzog in Jack Reacher
This week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ examines the second trailer for Christopher McQuarrie’s upcoming book-adapted thriller Jack Reacher. Premise: In an innocent heartland city, five people are shot dead by an expert sniper. The police quickly identify and arrest the culprit, and build a slam-dunk case. But the accused man claims he’s innocent and says “Get Jack Reac...[Read More]