Happy Independence Day to everyone! Over the last decade, there have been some interesting Fourth of July weekends at the box office. Here are some highlights: 2009 – “Transformers 2” and “Ice Age 3” tie in early estimates. “T2” wins in actuals. 2008 – Will Smith (the King of 4th of July movies) wins with […]

I go to a lot of movies. If you do too you have to be getting sick of all the bad commercials that play before every movie. And the worst part is we have to watch them over and over again. However, there’s one playing now that I look forward to seeing before every film. […]

It looks like Tim Burton could direct an animated “Addams Family” movie. Word is the film will be made in black white, using stop-motion animation (that sounds like Burton) and it will be based on the original comics, and not the TV series (which led to the movie which led to the Broadway show). Sounds […]

Talk began mid-week that the Academy is thinking about moving the Oscars to January beginning in 2012. The reason? People think the awards season is too long. But this move would cause a lot of problems. Would the Golden Globes also move, maybe to the first Sunday in January instead of airing the night before […]

Getting up at 6am Monday morning was tough, until I quickly remembered that I was going to be on The Early Show in a few hours. The driver who took my parents and me to CBS was very funny. He told us he had driven many big celebrities, including George Clooney, who he said was […]

An incredible weekend for an incredible movie. The $109M opening for “Toy Story 3” puts it into the records books in several different categories. And fans should continue to flock to the film all this week as well, since there’s nothing coming out to steal away the attention or the $$$. Here are a few […]

Have a Despicable Father’s Day everyone!

“Toy Story 3” is the 11th Pixar film. How does it compare to the others? Well, before I get to that, here’s my ranking, in order, from least favorite to favorite, of the other 10: 10- “Wall-E” 9- “A Bug’s Life” 8- “Monsters, Inc.” 7- “Finding Nemo” 6- “Toy Story” 5- “The Incredibles” 4- “Up” […]

With all the movies out there that could be made, do we really need a “Clash of the Titans 2”? Well, like it or not, it looks like we’re going to get one. HITFIX is reporting that the sequel in a go, and that Sam Worthington could be back. No word on a story or […]

It’s often surprising how and when studios decide to release films. The newest head-scratcher involves the new Muppets movie, “The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time.” Disney’s decision to release the film on Christmas Day, 2011 is a bit of a shocker, for a couple of reasons. First, Christmas is on a Sunday next year. […]