Me Before You
Box Office Weekend: Audiences Find Dory Delightful
The box office is big again. In the best weekend since the beginning of May (when Captain America: Civil War was released), Finding Dory took the top spot, and it was by a wide margin: at an estimated $136.2 million, it was the biggest opening for a PG-rated film in history. At an estimated $34.5 million second-place finisher Central Intelligence fell much further behind in gross, but the buddy co...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Conjuring Sequel Slams Door on Competition
It may have opened slightly below the earnings of the original, but The Conjuring 2 is proving not every sequel is a miss, scoring an estimated $40.4 million in domestic box office. It kept the fantasy epic Warcraft at bay, which opened to a disappointing domestic estimate of $24.4 million on a $160 million budget…but with big overseas returns ($261.7 million in foreign box office), the film...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Mutants Lose Box Office to Mutants?
Last week, the Marvel mutants ruled the roost. But, in its second week, X-Men: Apocalypse slipped to second with an estimated $22.3 million, though worldwide the film has done decent, if not explosive, business. First place went to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, which pulled in an estimated $35.3 million. Unfortunately, at $135 million to make and only $69.3 million earned world...[Read More]
Movie Review: Me Before You
It should probably be noted that, before going to see this film, the trailer and the fact that it was based on a best-selling novel brought up images of seeing The Fault in Our Stars (2014). While that film was fine on its own merits (and certainly a tearjerker in its own right), it struck me that another film should be only two years on its heels, ready to steal the same general plot and rehash i...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Will Turtles Rule the Pond?
Welcome to the fifth week of CinemaNerdz’s “Preview Reel,” where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. As the calendar turns from May to June, we have three very different films aiming for different demographics. The younger/nostalgic crowd will get Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the romantics have Me Before You, and the comedy fans have Popstar: Never Stop Never S...[Read More]
Win Passes to the Advance Screening of ME BEFORE YOU
Enter here for your chance to win passes to an advance screening of the new film ME BEFORE YOU, starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin. For your chance to receive two (2) complimentary passes to see the new film ME BEFORE YOU at the MJR Troy Grand Digital Cinema 16 Theater in Troy, Michigan on Wednesday, June 1st at 7:00PM, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this...[Read More]