Brief-ish Recap of 2013’s Movies So Far

2013 has been a decent year for movies, and it's improving in both quality, and in regards of box office earnings. And I think it can only get better from here, at least in terms of quality. So far, I've seen 36 movies that have been released in 2013, and I've missed quite a few …

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World War Z (2013)

Release Date: June 21, 2013 Director: Marc Forster Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz Runtime: 116 min The zombie sub-genre is a successful one. (And The Walking Dead shows it's wildly successful on television, as well.) We saw that with Warm Bodies earlier this year, that brought about a unique film to the the …

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, …

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 …

Warm Bodies (2013)

Warm Bodies Release Date: February 1, 2013 Director: Jonathan Levine Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich Runtime: 97 min Tagline: Cold body. Warm heart. Finally, this gives both Zombieland and Twilight fans a chance to come together and watch a movie in peace! Warm Bodies is told from the fresh point of view of …

Warm Bodies Scares Away the Competition (February 1-3 Box Office Results)

Warm Bodies opened to a great $20.3 million on the Superbowl weekend, and it's also a really good film. Stand Up Guys opened to $1.5 million at 659 theaters, which is pretty decent. However, Sly proves that this is not a good year for solo outings for The Expendables co-stars. Arnie's vehicle, The Last Stand, only grossed $6.2 million in its …

Zombies Will (Probably) Devour Stallone, Elderly in a Crime Comedy, and the Rest of the Competition

The new releases         This weekend, there are three new releases coming along: the zombie-love story, Warm Bodies; Stallone's new vehicle, Bullet to the Head; and a limited release of Stand Up Guys, where Alan Arkin, Al Pacino and Christopher Walken team up for a crime comedy. Sylvester Stallone is breaking off …