Thanks to one of my favorite websites: BoxOffice.com, I stumbled upon a new South Korea/China sports comedy called “Mr. Go”. It’s out in theaters in both of those countries right now and is quickly becoming a huge hit. In fact it’s grossed close to $10 million in its first four days in China. Why is […]

I was afraid of this. When four BIG movies open on the same weekend, you know only one or two will be successful at the box office and the others will flat out bomb. And the current glut of quality carryover films only make things more difficult for the newcomers. DreamWorks Animation is probably regretting […]

Here are five more of the Top 10 films you should be watching out for this Awards Season: 12 YEARS A SLAVE – Director Steve McQueen re-teams with “Shame” star Michael Fassbender for this historical drama set in the pre-Civil War. Brad Pitt, Paul Giamatti and Chiwetel Ejiofor (“Salt”)are also part of the ensemble. October […]

“Despicable Me 2” set some positive box office records over the 4th of July holiday weekend. But the animated hit also set a new all-time record for the lowest percentage of 3D tickets sold. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that only 27% of ticket sales for “DM2” over the 5-Day Fourth of July weekend were for […]

Johnny Depp currently stars as Tonto in Disney’s “The Lone Ranger”, which made just under $50 million over the 5-Day 4th of July weekend – flat-out AWFUL compared to “Despicable Me 2″‘s $142.1 million. “Ranger” is this year’s “John Carter” for Disney. And while it should do better than that film’s $73M total when it […]

Two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks could receive a double Oscar nomination this year for his upcoming roles as Captain Phillips in “Captain Phillips” and Walt Disney in the making-of “Mary Poppins” movie “Saving Mr. Banks”. He also just ended his Tony-nominated run on Broadway in the play “Lucky Guy”. This past weekend I was […]

We’ve reached the halfway point of 2013. That means it’s time for my annual Mid-Year Movie Awards: Best Picture “42” “Fast & Furious 6” “Monsters University” “Star Trek Into Darkness” “World War Z” Best Director J.J. Abrams – “Star Trek Into Darkness” Marc Forster – “World War Z” Justin Lin – “Fast & Furious 6” […]

With “Monsters University” now in theaters, everyone seems to be updating their lists of favorite Pixar movies. So here’s mine: 14. “WALL-E” (2008) The world seemed to fall in love with a robot who…falls in love with a female robot. I didn’t. The opening section with no dialogue was…different. But it lost me soon after. […]

Even though the calendar says summer just started, the second half of the Summer Movie Season is right around the corner. And with it come five sequels that share one common element in their titles: the number “2”. In July, there’s the highly-anticipated animated “Despicable Me 2” that’s expected to dominate the box office over […]

For a while now, studios have been setting release dates for their upcoming films YEARS in advance. However a new trend in Hollywood is taking this practice to a ridiculous level. Studios are “grabbing the date” by announcing untitled projects (often ones that haven’t even been discussed) with openings way in the future. For animation […]