“This Is Getting Out of Hand! Now There Are Two of Them!”: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Avoids Sophomore Slump And Has Massive Box Office Bow
Star Wars: The Last Jedi was a movie whose box office performance I was most…
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The Force Is Strong With Writer/Director Rian Johnson’s Work On The Excellent Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Waking up this morning after seeing Star Wars: The Last Jedi last night, I was…
Song to Song Is Out of Tune And Devoid of Substance
Here we go again…here we go again. Yes, Terrence Malick returned to the silver screen…
James Franco Finds The Humanity of Tommy Wiseau In The Thoroughly Entertaining The Disaster Artist
In June 2003, a small independent movie called The Room premiered and soon caught on…
Coco Tops Pre-Star Wars Weekend As Disaster Artist Flourishes And Morgan Freeman/Tommy Lee Jones Just Getting Started Stops Cold At The Box Office
For only the third time in 2017, a single title has managed to be number…
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties: Deck The Halls With Anything But A Bulldog For Christmas
Bulldogs, like any dog in existence, are adorable. Just look at this little guy on…
Coco Is Alive On Arrival
In terms of comparing it to past PIXAR productions, Coco is most evocative to me…
Coco Livens Up The Top Of The Box Office Once Again As Various Arthouse Releases Make Tons Of Money
So the post-Thanksgiving 2017 weekend was a departure from past post-Thanksgiving frames in that all…
Thanksgiving 2017 Chows Down On Big Box Office From Coco, Justice League And Wonder, Plus Strong Wide Release Grosses From Lady Bird And Three Billboards
Disney’s long used the Thanksgiving holiday to launch a family movie box office hit and…
Pardon The Obvious Pun, But Lady Bird Absolutely Soars
I love it when an opening scene of a movie just perfectly encapsulates what kind…