What executive at Universal won’t get the axe? Why, whoever greenlit Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. Despite many a mixed review, audiences gave it an estimated $70.7 million debut. The winner, it’s clear, it wasn’t even close; number two, the Todd Phillips’ produced Project X, made an estimated $20.7 million in gross. Not to say it was a loser, not at all; along with Act of Valor (estimated $13.7 million),...[Read More]
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2011 winners and nominees in ten categories. The society was founded in spring 2007 and consists of a group of twenty-two film critics (our very own Mike Tyrkus is a proud member of the society) 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 ...[Read More]
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2011 nominees in ten categories. The society was founded in spring 2007 and consists of a group of twenty-two 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, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan. Each critic submitted t...[Read More]