Walt Disney Pictures is out with some interesting date changes and announcements: First of all, “Saving Mr. Banks” will now open in limited release on December 13th before going wide on a crowded December 20th. This is the “making of Mary Poppins” drama in which Tom Hanks plays Walt Disney and Emma Thompson is author […]

The Summer Movie Season will kick back into high gear next weekend with the highly-anticipated release of “Man of Steel” – the Superman film millions have been waiting for. While director Zach Snyder’s previous films (2010’s animated “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” and the 2011 flop “Sucker Punch”) underperformed, “Man of Steel” […]

Along with continuing to review films one of the things I want to do someday is host a game show. What could be more fun and exciting that that?! Last week I had the chance to meet and interview Todd Newton, who hosts the traveling show, “The Price is Right Live” (when he’s not hosting […]

UPDATE: “After Earth” opens to just $27 million in a stunning loss to “Now You See Me”, which raked-in $28.1 million in 500 fewer theaters. Practically from his first regular appearance on screen (as TV’s “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”) Will Smith has been guaranteed money. And that includes his music videos. Movies? Smith has […]

Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh wanted his “final” film (at least that’s what he’s saying now) to be a major theatrical release. And it was – at Cannes. However, since he couldn’t get a studio to pay for and release “Behind the Candelabra”, Soderbergh took the project to HBO – with spectacular results. Ratings for Sunday […]

UPDATE: “Fast & Furious 6” delivers stunning $98.5 million 3-Day weekend and is aiming for huge $120 million 4-Day weekend. “The Hangover: Part III” will manage an underwhelming $65 million after its first five-days. I predicted that Blue Sky’s “Epic” would reach $60M by Monday but will only get to $45 million and lose to […]

You might think you’re really good at Angry Birds, but clearly the king of the incredibly addictive game is Sony Pictures. That studio has defeated all comers to win the rights to produce the Angry Birds Movie, which has a release date set of July 1, 2016. Having “Despicable Me” producer John Cohen on board […]

The release of the teaser trailers for “Gravity” and “August: Osage County” got me thinking about the incredible second half of the year that’s in store for Mr. George Clooney. After spending last awards season in the background (both literally and figuratively) as “Argo”, a film he helped produce, won practically everything, Clooney should be […]

I wasn’t sure it was ever going to happen. But it’s official: “Top Cat: The Movie” will be coming to theaters in America on August 2nd. How many theaters and in what cities is still unknown. All we know now is that it will be a limited release. This feature-length version of the early 1960’s […]

It was 10 years ago this week that I went to an indoor movie theater for the first time. The film? “The Lizzie McGuire Movie”. I was a big fan of the popular Disney Channel TV show starring Hilary Duff and my parents thought this would be the right movie for my first experience sitting […]