It’s considered a busy year when a movie studio is able to release two animated movies. So what are we going to call 2013 for the Weinstein Company now that it’s been announced that the studio will be releasing four, yes FOUR animated films next year. We already knew about “Escape From Planet Earth”, a […]

I looked forward to watching Dick Clark every New Year’s Eve. In fact I can’t remember a Dec. 31 (except for the year of his stroke when Regis Philbin filled-in) that I wasn’t in front of the TV, along with millions of others, watching him introduce the acts and countdown the minutes to the New […]

The Summer Movie Season seems to be starting earlier and earlier every year. The first weekend in May is the kickoff this year with the highly-anticipated superhero action film “The Avengers”. But Summer doesn’t truly begin until June 20. So for the first part of this “Summer Movie Preview”, I’m spotlighting the “Summer Blockbusters” that […]

The creator of “The Simpsons”, Matt Groening has finally revealed (to Smithsonian Magazine), after 25 years of keeping it a secret, that The Simpsons live in Springfield…Oregon. He says “Springfield was named after Springfield, Oregon. The only reason is that when I was a kid, the TV show “Father Knows Best” took place in the […]

So a compromise has been reached between The Weinstein Company and the MPAA. “Bully”‘s rating has officially been changed to PG-13, meaning teenagers will be able to see the movie in theaters without an adult and schools will be able to show it to students. Obviously I am happy that this very important documentary will […]

Awards season is supposed to be over, but you wouldn’t know it from this past weekend. The 25th Kids Choice Awards were “slime-tacular” on Saturday night, the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Razzie Awards were presented on Sunday and, personally, I attended (and presented) at the 55th annual NY Emmy Award Sunday night. […]

“The Hunger Games” huge $155 million opening weekend is the third-highest opening of all-time, right behind “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” ($169.2M) and “The Dark Knight” ($158.4M). The movie shattered expectations and predictions (including mine). Here are some other accomplishments and records it has broken: – Highest opening weekend for a […]

It’s “Let “The Games” begin” Weekend! “The Hunger Games” is set to open on Friday – but already the film is setting box office records: – 15th largest # of theaters (over 4,000) for an opening. – Largest pre-sale for a non-sequel in movie history With over 2000 screening already sold out (as of Wednesday […]

I’ve been writing this for years, (so accuse me for being repetitive) but the problem isn’t getting any better: Where is the originality among Hollywood movie studios? Just look at this past year’s Best Picture Oscar nominees: 6 of them were based on novels (including “War Horse”, which is also a play). Only three were […]

I’ve gotten to see the new documentary, “Bully” (opening March 30th). The film is getting a lot of attention for two reasons: 1) It focuses on the important topic of bullying in schools and communities around the country. 2) It’s been given an ‘R’ rating by the MPAA for “some language”, and the ‘R’ rating […]