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As of this writing, 12 movies will open wide in North America in the month of April. Which means that even if you’re an active moviegoer 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…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Okay, here’s the thing: If women are miserable nags and men are lying cheats and marriage is so horrible that you’re constantly asking yourself “Why did I get married”… then why are you still married? Get a divorce. Don’t get married in the first place. It’s not … more…
Oh, I can’t decide which one I hate more! Could it be God Send Me a Man, from Tyler Perry’s brother Emmbre Perry? Stacy is a promiscuous 20-something woman who is quick to judge those around her and has nothing but bad luck in love. One day Stacy decides to re-evaluate her life in the … more…
Dan Kois at New York magazine’s Vulture blog wonders about Tucker Max’s destiny: Max, when asked after a screening what mainstream studios think of him and his movie, answered, “No one in Hollywood gives a shit about us until we make money.” And in that respect, if his movie succeeds and becomes even a modest … more…
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but it’s all this settling back down into pre-autumnal routine has got you exhausted. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you check … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh god, Tyler Perry is at it again. I mean, at exactly the same thing again. This looks like precisely the same crap he’s come up with before, multiple times: a Frankenstein’s monster of a movie that’s all slapstick comedy and crossdressing caricatures welded via some unholy … more…
Shocking news! Comic book movie dominates at the box office: 1. Watchmen: $55.2 million (NEW) 2. Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail: $8.5 million (3rd week; drops 47%) 3. Taken: $7.3 million 4. Slumdog Millionaire: $6.8 million 5. Paul Blart: Mall Cop: $4.1 million actual numbers, not estimates Watchmen is down a bit from the … more…
The final weekend numbers are in, and Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail is now confirmed to have sold an astonishing $41 million worth of tickets, down just a tad from Sunday’s estimated number of $41.1 million but still remarkable. (I’ll have my weekend box office roundup late this afternoon — I’m off to screenings … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Remember when our hero Joel Robinson riffed off an old SNL “commercial,” cracking about how the really bad movie he and the bots were watching was “a dessert topping and a floor wax”? I wish Joel were still around to crack wise at Tyler Perry movies… … more…
The secret life of bees? More like the secret life of women. The bee thing, it’s a metaphor, see, for how half the human race lives shrouded in mystery and darkness and, I guess, sweetness and honey.
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