February 15-18 Box Office Predictions: A Good Day to Die Hard, Beautiful Creatures, Escape from Planet Earth, Safe Haven

The new releases The four big releases this weekend are A Good Day to Die Hard, Beautiful Creatures, Escape from Planet Earth and Safe Haven. Films similar to A Good Day to Die Hard often open to an average gross of $27.1 million, and that's stellar for action films. The first Die Hard opened to the sound of $600, … Continue reading February 15-18 Box Office Predictions: A Good Day to Die Hard, Beautiful Creatures, Escape from Planet Earth, Safe Haven

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Identity Thief, Side Effects (Box Office Predictions: 2/8 – 2/10/13)

The new releases         The two new movies coming to theaters this weekend is Seth Gordon's Identity Thief, starring Melissa McCarthy as the woman who steals the identity of Sandy Patterson, played by Jason Bateman. He is playing the straight man, and it's a role he plays very well in the comedy … Continue reading Identity Thief, Side Effects (Box Office Predictions: 2/8 – 2/10/13)

My Top 25 Films of 2012

2012 saw some great films, and some real stinkers. I have seen 68 of them. These are my top 25 favourite films of 2012, and also the ten worst. Oh and, some of these films don't have the highest scores, but they're higher up on the list. This is because some films (like The Hobbit) … Continue reading My Top 25 Films of 2012

Killing Them Softly (2012)

Killing Them Softly Release Date: November 30, 2012 Director: Andrew Dominik Stars: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins Runtime: 97 min Tagline: In America, you're on your own Note: I love the idea of a good mob flick. I have a large list of ones I have to check out, including 'Goodfellas' (cue the gasp); and … Continue reading Killing Them Softly (2012)

November 23-25 Box Office Predictions

Plot: A love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho in 1959. Hitchcock is the much anticipated biopic of Alfred Hitchcock that depicts his relationship with his wife during the making of 1960's Psycho. Anthony Hopkins seems quite fitting and chilling in the role. It's hitting sixteen … Continue reading November 23-25 Box Office Predictions

November 9-11 Box Office Results

Skyfall raked in a majority of the dough this weekend, with $90 million (including Thursday's earnings)! It so deserved it, too, because it's just about one of the finest action films of the year, and it is generally one of the best of the year as well! And Lincoln took in an impressive $900, 000 at eleven theatres … Continue reading November 9-11 Box Office Results

Box Office Results: October 19 – 21

Paranormal Activity 4 took the top spot at the box office this weekend with a disappointing $30.2 million. But, the joke's on the audience, because they just paid to see the same film for a fourth time. The other new release, Alex Cross, took 11.75 million at the box office. These two films performed poorly for the … Continue reading Box Office Results: October 19 – 21

Argo (2012)

Argo Release Date: October 12, 2012 Director: Ben Affleck Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman Runtime: 120 min Tagline: The movie was fake. The mission was real. Argo is one of the best films of 2012. Argo tells the story of the Iranian revolution, and hostage situations that were involved with it. On November … Continue reading Argo (2012)

Box Office Predictions #1 – October 12

These are my box office predictions for the weekend of October 12-14, but only for the four brand new releases: Argo, Here Comes the Boom, Seven Psychopaths and Sinister. Argo Plot: As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA ‘exfiltration’ specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the … Continue reading Box Office Predictions #1 – October 12

House at the End of the Street (2012)

House at the End of the Street Release Date: September 21, 2012 Director: Mark Tonderai Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot Runtime: 101 min Tagline: Fear reaches out… for the girl next door. It saddens me that my favourite part of this was the Argo trailer before the movie... Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence) and her mother Sarah … Continue reading House at the End of the Street (2012)