Tyler Perry’s latest eponymously titled film, Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween topped the box office weekend with $21.7 million during its first few days in theaters. This opening also marks the seventh “Madea” film to open over $20 million. Finishing in a distant second-place, was the new disaster movie, Geostorm, which finished with $13.3 million as audiences and critics seemed content to ...[Read More]
From Silence of the Lambs (1991), to Zodiac (2007), to Se7en (1995), detective thrillers can prove to be a great escape for the moviegoing audience. It puts us in the shoes of a profession we’ll probably never be in and most of the time it asks us to participate in actively solving the mystery at hand. You usually receive the clues at the same time the characters do and it can be endlessly engagin...[Read More]
Welcome to this week’s “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. Last week we told you to never count out Blumhouse even when their movies look subpar, and what do you know, Happy Death Day overachieved with $26 million. This weekend will see a slew of new releases, but will they be able to take down the Groundhog Day influenced horror flick? Let’s see if Geo...[Read More]