Heading into the weekend “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” had already made $80M and could make close to $200M in it’s first 5 days. I saw the film on Wednesday night and was part of nine sold-out screenings that day. The line for our 7:30 show started forming around 6:00. It was the longest […]

I just got back from two days in The Big Apple. I went to a Broadway show starring a popular and loveable ogre. The plot of “Shrek The Musical” is, basically, the story of the first “Shrek” movie, but with over a dozen songs and some modern twists. The performances are great and most of […]

This Christmas it’ll be all about the Chipmunks, but in 2010 The Smurfs will own the holiday. “Smurfs”, the movie based on little, blue characters from the 80’s TV show, has a director. Raja Gosnell will do the honors. He’s best known for his work on the Scooby Doo movies. He began his career editing […]

Actor Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley in the “Harry Potter” films, recently came down with the Swine Flu. “I thought, am I going to die?”, he told reporters. Fortunately Grint just ended-up having a sore throat and he stayed in bed for a few days. The good news is he got to attend the […]

Every 6 Months I do The LCJ Family Film Awards. And, up until now, I’ve always picked the winners. But this time the decisions are yours! Each week for the next four weeks, the LCJ Poll (see below) will show a category and three nominations. The categories are Animation, Comedy, Action/Adventure and Family. Each poll […]

“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” did some huge numbers at the box office despite the harsh reviews. In fact it nearly beat “The Dark Knight” for the largest 5-day opening of all-time: “The Dark Knight” – $203.8M “Transformers-2” – $201.2M. Now that was close! The worldwide total for “Transfomers”: $387M, and the film had the […]

Shia LaBeouf has let the cat out of the bag. There will be an “Indiana Jones 5”. LaBeouf told the BBC News earlier this week that Steven Spielberg has cracked a story on “Indiana Jones 5” and that the production team is gearing-up for the film. Producer Frank Marshall backed that up by saying that […]

Here’s a look at Mickey Rourke from “Iron Man 2” (thanks to Paramount Pictures). The sequel to last year’s gigantic hit is set to be released May 7, 2010. If they were selling tickets today, theaters would be sold out.

The winners of the 10the Annual Golden Trailer Awards (one of my favorite movie awards) have been announced: Best Action: “Fast and Furious” – 4th highest-grossing film of 2008 Best Documentary: “Man on Wire” – My favorite documentary of ’08. Best Drama: “Frost/Nixon” – Nominated for 5 Academy Awards, should have won Best Picture. Best […]