One of the most highly-anticipated films of 2012 now won’t be seen until 2013. Warner Bros. announcing that they’re delaying the release of the sci-fi epic “Gravity”, which stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock (now you know why it was one of the most highly-anticipated films of 2012). The studio held rough-cut test screenings recently […]
Here’s the second of my three-part look at what this Summer has to offer. Several of these June and July releases will help determine whether or not Summer ’12 becomes the biggest of all-time: JUNE (pt. 2) 22 – “Brave” Starring the voices of Kelly MacDonald, Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly. Pixar’s 13th animated film is […]
Now that it’s officially the Summer Movie Season and that “The Avengers” has broken the “Highest Grossing Opening Weekend Record” with $200.3M in its first 3 days, here are my predictions for the 10 movies that will top the box office this summer (many of them likely for the year): 1. “Marvel’s The Avengers” – […]
The Academy Awards are staying in Hollywood! In fact they’re going to be held in the same building, with a new name. The Kodak Theatre is now The Dolby Theatre and the Academy has signed a 20-year deal to keep The Oscars right where they are. The Dolby company outbid 10 others for the naming […]
A few months ago Paramount and Nick announced that there will be a “SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2”, but it won’t be released until late 2014. Well, even though we have to wait two and a half years for SpongeBob’s return to the big screen, a teaser poster has already been released for the film. The […]
It’s considered a busy year when a movie studio is able to release two animated movies. So what are we going to call 2013 for the Weinstein Company now that it’s been announced that the studio will be releasing four, yes FOUR animated films next year. We already knew about “Escape From Planet Earth”, a […]
I looked forward to watching Dick Clark every New Year’s Eve. In fact I can’t remember a Dec. 31 (except for the year of his stroke when Regis Philbin filled-in) that I wasn’t in front of the TV, along with millions of others, watching him introduce the acts and countdown the minutes to the New […]
The Summer Movie Season seems to be starting earlier and earlier every year. The first weekend in May is the kickoff this year with the highly-anticipated superhero action film “The Avengers”. But Summer doesn’t truly begin until June 20. So for the first part of this “Summer Movie Preview”, I’m spotlighting the “Summer Blockbusters” that […]
The creator of “The Simpsons”, Matt Groening has finally revealed (to Smithsonian Magazine), after 25 years of keeping it a secret, that The Simpsons live in Springfield…Oregon. He says “Springfield was named after Springfield, Oregon. The only reason is that when I was a kid, the TV show “Father Knows Best” took place in the […]
So a compromise has been reached between The Weinstein Company and the MPAA. “Bully”‘s rating has officially been changed to PG-13, meaning teenagers will be able to see the movie in theaters without an adult and schools will be able to show it to students. Obviously I am happy that this very important documentary will […]