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Box Office: Weekend Review
February 19-21
I found it a little surprising that it only took $41 million to break the career box office opening for Leonardo DiCaprio. Most people think of DiCaprio and high box office numbers (primarily because of Titanic), but “Shutter Island” did in fact provide the highest opening weekend for DiCaprio and Director Martin Scrosese. Solid [...]
Box Office: Weekend Review
February 12-14
Last week I said it would be hard to bring down cupid on Valentine’s weekend, and I was right. Valentine’s Day opened to what would become the biggest President’s Day weekend ever, according to Box Office Mojo. The Friday through Sunday total for Valentine’s Day was just over $56 million. Even with horrible reviews [...]
The Oscars: Who are this year’s Best Director nominees?
This is part two in a series leading up to the Oscar telecast on March 7th.
Part I: Best Picture | Part II: Best Director | Part III: Coming soon
The idea of “Auteur theory” was first mentioned by the great French film director (and critic) François Truffaut in the 1950s. Truffaut said that a film is [...]
Demanding more from Christian movie makers
Can the coming “The Resurrection of Christ” in 2011 also resurrect the Christian movie industry?
Variety reported that indie producer Bill McKay will be bringing The Resurrection of Christ to theaters with an Easter 2011 release. The powers that be behind this film are hoping to repeat the success of previous Christian-themed movies as The Passion [...]
The Oscars: Who will be nominated for Best Picture?
This is part one in a series leading up to the Oscar telecast on March 7th.
Part I: Best Picture | Part II: Best Director | Part III: Coming soon
There’s always a little letdown after Super Bowl Sunday, if you are a football fan. There isn’t much in the way of sports besides college basketball. The [...]
Box Office: Weekend Review
January 15-17
This weekend ended the same way as the previous 4 – Avatar on top of the Box Office, according to Box Office Mojo. Avatar has now passed Star Wars as the 3rd highest grossing film ($ amount) on the all time list, Avatar now only trails The Dark Knight and Titanic in it’s [...]
Play it again, Sam. I’ve only heard it 5000 times.
Have an original idea for a movie? Well, you better find your own financing, buddy.
Hollywood seemingly has no room for great ideas anymore. In fact, it apparently has no room for ANY ideas, good or bad. Nobody wants to make a movie that isn’t a guaranteed hit before the script has even been written. Studio [...]
The Best Films of the Decade, 2000-2009
The “Aughts”. The “Zeros”. The “2000s”. Whatever you want to call the decade that has just come to a close, I’m sure you have your own opinion on what films were the best of the past ten years. At the very least, you have your favorites, even if it’s not necessarily a “best of” list.
1999 [...]
