This weekend's box office actual's are in and they tell a sad story of unmet expectations. Coming off the worst January in years, it does not look like February is going to be any better. Here are the weekend results: Everything was not awesome for The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Partopened with $34.1 million. That … Continue reading Weekly Box Office Work-Up
Weekly Box Office Work-Up
It was a dismal Super Bowl weekend at the box office, which is typically one of the slowest times for movies during the year. The top 12 films combined grossed only $55 million. You have to go back to the first weekend of September 2017 for the last time that happened. For the third straight … Continue reading Weekly Box Office Work-Up
Weekly Box Office Work-Up
The first extended holiday weekend in 2019 is upon us, which means inflated four-day box office totals. For the sake of consistency, let's focus on the regular three-day count. Here are your top five box office performers from this weekend: 1.) Glass– $40.5 million (Three-day) The glass was half-empty and half-full this weekend for Universal … Continue reading Weekly Box Office Work-Up
Film Review– ‘Glass’ Is Fractured But Fascinating
M. Night Shyamalan has a divisive filmography to say the least. His efforts range from Academy Award-nominated to the laughing stock of Hollywood. His latest film, Glass, perfectly embodies the extreme duality of what we have come to expect from the filmmaker's work: fascinating ideas burdened by questionable decision-making. Let's backup a moment. Glass is … Continue reading Film Review– ‘Glass’ Is Fractured But Fascinating
The Roller Coaster Career Of M. Night Shyamalan
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." The classic line from Charles Dickens' classic A Tale of Two Cities seems apt to describe the turbulent career of filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan. It may seem silly now after everything that he has been through, but there was a time when M. … Continue reading The Roller Coaster Career Of M. Night Shyamalan
Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2019
I was disappointed in a lot of the movies I was most looking forward to heading into 2018, which stinks because there were not a whole bunch of them to begin with. Looking ahead into the new year, my personal slate of anticipated films is fuller, but my expectations a bit more tempered. Even so, … Continue reading Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2019
First Images of ‘Glass,’ M. Night Shyamalan’s Superhero Sequel
By Jordan Peterson | @thefilmmajor Marvel Studios for ten years now has been setting and raising the bar for quality superhero films. But did you know that for the better part of twenty years, filmmaker M. Night Shymalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs) has quietly but assuredly been building his own superhero cinematic universe? It all … Continue reading First Images of ‘Glass,’ M. Night Shyamalan’s Superhero Sequel