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Summer Box Office Hits, Misses & Bombs

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These are the Highs & Lows, the Winners & Losers, the Successes & Failures of the Summer 2016 Box Office: Hits ANIMATION DOMINATION…AGAIN – “Finding Dory” topped the season (and is No. 1 for 2016 to date) with $480 million. “The Secret Life of Pets”, from “Despicable Me” studio Illumination Entertainment, earned more than $350M. […]
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Gone Too Soon

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This summer, I’ve been catching-up on TV shows that have been living, in purgatory, on my DVR, including the remaining batch of episodes of two FOX comedies that have since been cancelled, “Grandathered”, starring John Stamos, and “The Grinder”, with Rob Lowe and Fred Savage. These two smart comedies got me thinking about other recent […]
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Making Animation History

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With this week’s release of “Ice Age: Collision Course”, this 20th Century FOX/Blue Sky Studios animated franchise becomes the first in theatrical movie history to release five installments, with none of them being spinoffs. Spanning 14 years, with predecessors in ’02, ’06, ’09 and ’12, the “Ice Age” series is closing-in on $3 Billion worldwide, […]
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The “Twist” List

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I recently watched “The Sixth Sense” for the first time. Over the years I’d heard so much about the “crazy twist” near the end of the movie (but avoided the specifics), and I can honestly say that I didn’t see it coming. Then, like millions of moviegers have done since the film was released in […]
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Biggest Gamble of the Summer

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It’s finally here – the highly-anticipated female-led reboot of “Ghostbusters”. “Bridesmaids” and “Spy” director Paul Feig collaborates with star Melissa McCarthy for the fourth time, headlining the cast with “SNL” alum Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones. Chris Hemsworth leads the supporting cast – and original members Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd make cameo […]
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12 Awards Season Headlines – NOW!

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We’re still a few months away from the start of Awards Season, but to get you prepared I’ve put together a list of the 12 Major Headlines you’ll see be reading once the races get underway in the Fall: Boxing v Boxing – Last year’s theatrical bout featured “Southpaw” against “Creed”, with the latter earning […]
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10 Best Performances of 1st-Half of 2016

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We’re now into the second half of the year. 2016 is flying by. As always, January-June has produced its fair share of clunkers, but there have been some shining, powerful films as well. On the acting front, work from some Hollywood heavyweights and rising stars is well-worth recognizing. In alphabetical order (5 males and 5 […]
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The Battle of Awards Season

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Disney has won the Best Animated Feature Oscar for the past four years – twice under Disney Animation Studios (“Frozen”, “Big Hero 6”) and twice with Pixar (“Brave”, “Inside Out”). This year, The Mouse House is behind THREE potential nominees. Two of them, “Zootopia” and “Finding Dory”, have been box office and critical juggernauts and […]
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Diagnosis: Sequelitis

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This year has already proven, maybe more than any other in recent memory, that Hollywood has Sequelitis. And the results show that moviegoers simply have had no interest in them: “Ride Along 2” kicked things-off in January with $90M, not the $134M of the first film. “Zoolander 2” flat-out bombed in February, and “The Divergent […]
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Rickles & Regis: A Dynamic Duo

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At 90 and 84 years of age respectively, entertainment icons Don Rickles and Regis Philbin are as funny, insightful and sharp as ever. I recently had the honor of attending one of their stage shows at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Long Island, NY. Regis moderated a “This is Your Life”- style look at […]
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