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Lincoln Review: The “Long Rough” History With Fairness
One would be hard pressed to find a more educational, entertaining, and sensual two and a half hours of film than Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. That this movie comes to us at a time when an African-American sits in the white house seems prophetic. It is this information that provides the dramatic irony that streams throughout [...]
Hotel Transylvania Delivers September Record $43 Million at Box Office
The usually quiet September box office got a surprisingly big boost from the release of the family film Hotel Transylvania, which made a record $43 million in its first weekend. The action film Looper finished second at the box office, while fellow new releases Pitch Perfect, and Won’t Back Down all finished in the top [...]
“The Master” Blows, Despite A Suberb Performance From Hoffman
Can a movie that is, in parts, visually pleasing, with great performances, and reference an intriguing, powerful and controversial religious movement, be a failed movie on the whole? Yes. “The Master” via master film director, Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will be Blood, Magnolia, and Boogie Nights), fails to assemble all its beautiful parts into a [...]
The Words and Cold Light Bust in Year’s Worst Box Office
With audiences occupied by opening weekend in the NFL and a completely lack of palatable films, the film industry had its worst weekend in five years as the top twelve films grossed just $52 million. With new releases, The Words and The Cold Light of Day bombing, the box office had its worst weekend since [...]
The Possession’s $21.3 million takes over Labor Day Weekend Box Office
A slow four day weekend saw the debut of three wide releases, two which performed fine while one was a failure of historic proportions. The Possession led the way with $21.3 million followed by Lawless which debuted with $13 million. The poorly promoted family film Oogieloves in the BIG Balloon Adventure set a record for [...]
