It’s the No. 1 cable show on Friday and Saturday nights. It even tops some network programming in total viewers and the coveted 18-49 demo. It’s a social media phenomenon, trending during every broadcast. It’s the “COPS” of this generation with couple of a big twists. This… is “Live PD”. A&E’s hit reality/crime series debuted […]
The 19th Annual Woodstock Film Festival in Woodstock, NY kicks-off this Wednesday October 10th and runs through Sunday the 14th. It is one of the premiere film festivals in Upstate New York and, according to their official press release, “will showcase 9 World Premieres, 4 North American Premieres, 1 US Premiere, 12 East Coast Premieres […]
Last weekend’s box office saw new releases “Night School”($27 million) and “Smallfoot” ($23 million) lead the way. However, their box office openings were underwhelming. Using Box Office Mojo as a guide, I ask this question about 14 other recent films: Why didn’t these movies make more money? “The A-Team” (2010) You could argue that this […]
One of the Fall TV Season’s big new shows is the comedy “Single Parents”, which debuted to nearly 5 million viewers Wednesday night on ABC. The single-camera sitcom stars Taran Killam (“Saturday Night Live”, “Night School”), Leighton Meester (“Gossip Girl”) and three-time Emmy-winning “Everybody Loves Raymond” actor Brad Garrett. They’re three of five single parents […]
Universal has moved-up the release date of DreamWorks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” one week. The third (and reportedly final) installment in this blockbuster and critically acclaimed franchise will now open on March 1. Yes, ‘Dragon 3’ will take wing two days before the Academy Awards. Typically, films released on Oscar […]
A number of movies released so far in 2018 have succeeded in winning a Box Office day, but not a weekend. Here’s how it’s happened: “INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY” These days, new movies tend to open on Thursday nights. Since this trend began about six years ago, all the studios decided that money a film […]
2018 is proving that a new category has emerged in the documentary genre: the high profile celebrity biography documentary. Celebrity documentaries are on the rise thanks to a few key films. With $22.6 million in the U.S. to date, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” is the 12th highest-grossing doc of all-time, and the biggest moneymaker […]
Over the previous 10 years, only ONE Best Picture Academy Award winner was distributed by a major movie studio. It was 2012’s “Argo” (Warner Bros.). Of the other winners, four came from Fox Searchlight (“Slumdog Millionaire”, “12 Years a Slave”, “Birdman” and “The Shape of Water”). The Weinstein Company was responsible for two (“The King’s Speech” […]
Each of the four major networks (ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC) airs the Primetime Emmy Awards every four years. For the second time in a row that NBC has had it this year. And the peacock has decided to air the show on a Monday. “SNL” Weekend Update anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost are […]
In another year of sequels, prequels, threequels, reboots, remakes, book adaptations, TV adaptations, true story adaptations, video game adaptations and more – you might ask: Where’s the Originality? According to Box Office Mojo, 10 completely original films are among the Top 42 highest grossing movies of 2018 so far, though only one is in the […]