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The grownup movies are not doing well at the box office at the moment. Duplicity, State of Play, The Soloist: none have caught fire with audiences. A recent article in The Hollywood Reporter worries: Pricey, star-driven thrillers and dramas will struggle for profitability as the recession intensifies a trend toward youth-dominated openings. That’s the consensus … more…
opening wide The Soloist: It’s the feel-kinda-queasy-about-how-rotten-we-humans-are movie of the spring! But it’s also the feel-kinda-good-cuz-some-of-us-are-trying-fix-that-too movie of the season! Yea! Fighting: I mean this in all honesty, and not to be mean, but is there something wrong with Channing Tatum? Like, is he kinda, you know, slow? Or is there something wrong with audiences … more…
We all know how it is. You’d like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but you can’t find a babysitter or you are the babysitter or you know that the gorgeous weather most of the U.S. is promised for this weekend means you won’t want to do anything but sit on … more…
Not a magical-negro flick, I promise…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Yeah, not November, like it says at the end of this trailer. This was supposed to be released last fall, and there’s a lot of wondering about why it wasn’t. And lemme tell ya, I saw the film last night, and… wow. The year-end awards stuff for … more…
BUMPED UP: To note that I’ve added another screening this week: The Soloist (opens in the U.S. on April 24, and in the U.K. on September 11), the Jamie Foxx-Robert Downey Jr. movie about crazy musical genius. It’s from director Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice) and screenwriter Susannah Grant (Catch and Release, Charlotte’s Web, … more…
Cars go vroom: 1. Fast & Furious: $71 million (NEW) 2. Monsters vs. Aliens: $32.6 million (2nd week; drops 45%) 3. The Haunting in Connecticut: $9.5 million (2nd week; drops 59%) 4. Knowing: $8.1 million (3rd week; drops 45%) 5. I Love You, Man: $7.7 million (3rd week; drops 39%) actual numbers, not estimates I’ve … more…
As of this writing, 11 movies will open wide in North America in the month of April. Which means that even if you’re an active moviegoing and see a movie each week, you’ve still gotta pick and choose (and it’s even worse if you’re in a city on the arthouse circuit, but let’s not make … more…
Aliens rule, superheroes drool: 1. Race to Witch Mountain: $24.4 million 2. Watchmen: $17.8 million (2nd week; drops 68%) 3. The Last House on the Left: $14 million (NEW) 4. Taken: $6.6 million 5. Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail: $5.1 million (4th week; drops 40%) actual numbers, not estimates Ouch, but that drop for … more…
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