E. Max Frye is the Emmy-nominated screenwriter of the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers”. He and Dan Futterman (Oscar nominated for 2005’s “Capote”) co-wrote the Steve Carell/Channing Tatum sports drama “Foxcatcher”, out November 14th. But as Frye explains to me in this LCJ INTERVIEW (link here), the two never worked together on the film. He […]

Tyler Perry has spent much of his acting career in ladies clothing, playing his on-screen alter-ego Madea. There have been six movies centered around the feisty, opinionated old woman, and the character has also made guest appearances in other Perry movies over the years. However, “A Madea Christmas”, which was released last holiday season, made […]

I used to love movie trailers. But that was before the studios decided to turn each preview into a mini-movie, giving too much of the film away. And now we’re getting multiple trailers of the same movie, making things even worse. I’ve been complaining about this problem for years now, and the situation is not […]

Practically everyone has dreamed about seeing their name on the big screen during the closing credits of a movie. How cool would that be! Well, now you have your chance. But it’s going to cost you. Exactly one dollar!!!! Academy Award-winning Producer Barrie Osborne (“The Great Gatsby”, “The Lord Of The Rings” trilogy, “The Matrix”) […]

Box Office Mojo is one of the most reliable movie news websites in the industry, giving accurate daily box office results, as well as weekend estimates before Noon ET every Sunday. It also features year-by-year charts, special articles, predictions, news, and most importantly, MPAA rating announcements, release date and title changes. I go to boxofficemojo.com […]

As a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, I’m pretty excited with the news that the 2015 and 2016 Critics’ Choice Movie and TV Awards have a new home. In fact – TWO new homes! The Movie Awards show – The 20th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards – will air live on Thursday, […]

For the second year in a row, the first weekend of October has proved to be a Box Office bounce-back. Last year, 7-Oscar recipient “Gravity” opened on Oct. 4-6 to a huge $56 million, and Sony previewed the Tom Hanks drama “Captain Phillips” in more than 800 theaters nationwide. Now, following a disappointing September, Oct. […]

ABC felt confident enough to release the pilot episodes of two of their new Fall shows online and On Demand weeks before their premiere nights. I’ve already reviewed the inaugural installment of the drama “Forever”. Now it’s time for my thoughts on Episode 1 of the romantic comedy “Selfie”, which airs this Tuesday, September 30th […]

“The Boxtrolls”, the latest animated creation from Focus Features and Laika Animation, opens this weekend. Believe it or not, it will be only the 12th major stop-motion animated film ever released. While I didn’t see 2001’s “Monkeybone”, directed by Henry Selick, I have seen the other 11 – some of them multiple times. Here’s my […]

The Fall TV Season is here, and that means a new crop of shows set to vie for big ratings. ABC felt confident enough to release pilot episodes of two new programs, the comedy “Selfie” and the drama “Forever”, online and On Demand weeks before their respective premiere nights. My thoughts on the inaugural episode […]