Hard to believe entertainment industry pundits now refer to the end of March as the last calm weekend before the summer blockbuster onslaught. Yet, Furious 7 lands next Friday with Avengers: Age of Ultron on its coattails.
That’s what classic horror movies like It Follows do. Basically, they rip you from safe places and everyday spaces.
Personally, I’m looking forward to the fast-approaching time where every studio movie outside the tent-pole category receives an omni-channel release and becomes the new mainstream. Then, I’m ready for the Next Disruption and conversations about The Interview as the way things used to be.
After watching 300: Rise of an Empire, it’s clear that blockbusters are made better by Green’s powerful presence. In a sea of macho male fighters, each one more muscular than the next, it’s Green who proves to be the bloodiest soldier of them all.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, who passed Sunday February 2nd from a drug overdose, was a true hybrid artist; seamlessly shifting from stage work at New York’s LAByrinth theater to larger Broadway productions as well as blockbuster spectacles like the recent The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Critics compare Divergent to the Hunger Games books and the similarities are evident throughout the first trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation by director Neil Burger (The Lucky Ones).
Maleficent is a marquee role for Angelina Jolie whose alabaster skin and high cheekbones looks stunning on the poster.
Filmmaker Matthew Miele describes creative sparks behind his documentary Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s, an engaging look at Fifth Avenue retailer.
Tweet First, let me share a quick disclosure. I’m a box office fanatic convinced that there are deep stories, big-picture trends and small release success lessons that come out of theatrical earnings stats day after day. It’s a passion that…
I’m a proud member of the Roger Ebert army of fans; one of many who was lucky to add a firm handshake to what had been a long-distance relationship.