Tag Archives: box office

                    Star Trek Into Darkness took #1 at the weekend box office, as expected.  Unfortunately, its estimated $70 million opening was smaller than the previous film’s $79m opening in 2009.  As the film officially opened on Thursday, some of that number was offset and in total, Trek 2 took in $84m since its Thursday …

Reviews of The Great Gatsby and Mud; we’re talk about upcoming releases Fast and Furious 6, Hangover 3 and Epic; trailers for Riddick, Stalingrad and Captain Phillips; Our From the Outside In topic this week – Reboots: Which we like, which we didn’t and what needs to get a reboot now! Direct Play / Download – Click HERE

Here are the trailers we’re talking about on the next, all-new HO! First up – Vin is back in a sequel to Chronicles, but more akin to Pitch Black in RIDDICK. Next, Tom Hanks takes on pirates trying to take over his freighter and we look at our first foreign trailer – Stalingrad, a stunningly shot film focusing on the …

          Leonardo DiCaprio proved once again that he is unsinkable in a period piece as his latest, ‘The Great Gatsby’, surprised everyone by raking in $51.1 million over Mother’s Day weekend, according to studio estimates.  Despite very mixed reviews, Baz Luhrman’s lyrical adaptation came close to stealing away the #1 spot from Marvel.  Not bad for a …

            Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan Directed by: Baz Luhrman F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary novel “The Great Gatsby”, one of the most well-known American literary works, has had several iterations on the stage and on the screen. Baz Luhrman’s most-recent film adaptation (to its credit) may not have quite the level of flourish …

Our review of Iron Man 3 and our topic this week: What are our Best / Worst summer movie experiences?

            Who cares about the rest of the box office when 80% of this past weekend was dominated by one film – Iron Man 3.  Tony Stark and friends opened this weekend to $174.1 million, the 2nd biggest opening weekend EVER!  And since The Avengers held the largest opening with $207m last year, Robert Downey …

              Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, Don Cheadle Directed by Shane Black Iron Man 3 begins shortly after the events of The Avengers, with Stark holing himself up in his workshop all the while attempting to hold off his increasing insomnia.  This incessant insomnia is causing him to slip …

Review of Pain & Gain and our topic this week: What are the best / worst character deaths?

Here are the trailers we’re talking about for the upcoming all-new HO – The Way Way Back is a coming of age film starring Sam Rockwell as the coolest mentor every, and Steve Carell as the douchy boyfriend of a teen’s mom.  And the bigger look at Pacific Rim starring apparently the entire cast of Sons of Anarchy as they use giant …