Steve Jobs
DVD Review: Steve Jobs
The mythology of Steve Jobs knows no bounds. A Zen Buddhist who berated his employees, an absentee father who supported his daughter, and an underdog who spearheaded the biggest company in the world, all through the guise of glasses and a black turtleneck. Was he a good guy? Was he even a genius? Such questions have been asked time and time again, often with an ambiguous response behind them. Judg...[Read More]
Steve Jobs Blu-ray Giveaway
CinemaNerdz is proud to offer our readers a chance to win a copy of the Steve Jobs Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD Combo disc, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels. For your chance to win one of our discs, just look for the “giveaway” box further down on this page. There you’ll be directed to a variety of methods by which you ...[Read More]
Ten Reactions to the 2016 Academy Award Nominations
The 88th annual Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning and just about everyone has an opinion. Although most of the nominations are what we expected, there were still some surprises and a few snubs that got the internet chatting. Here is a list of our ten biggest reactions to the 2016 Academy Award nominations. [divider] 10. Inside Out Is both Snubbed and Surprised Disney/Pixar’...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Martian Tops Worst Box Office Weekend of 2015
While Halloween weekend tends to be a slower weekend than usual, it proved to be the slowest weekend of the year at the box office (at least so far). So slow, in fact, that the top three films include two winners and two potential box-office flops. The Martian is a worldwide hit, earning an estimated $11.4 million on the weekend, but Goosebumps, with an estimated $10.2 million, has a long ways to ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: The Martian Rides High Again
How does a film that dropped out of first place regain that spot? Put it up against a handful of duds. While some of them failed to make the list (Bill Murray in Rock the Kasbah did not even finish close to the list, and neither did the 1980s cartoon adaptation Jem and the Holograms), even the horror-themed films failed to stop The Martian from riding high at the box office once more with an estim...[Read More]
Movie Review: Jobs
The film Jobs is best described as the rise, fall and rise again of the Apple Corporation. I found the lengthy, biography of Steve Jobs (founder of Apple) played by Ashton Kutcher to be reasonably interesting and undeniably inspirational. As a biography, it falls somewhat short. There was much more I would have liked to have known about Mr. Jobs. It is no secret that Jobs was known to be a bit rut...[Read More]