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1917 named Best Film of 2019 by the Kansas City Film Critics Circle
As a voting member of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle, I am extremely pleased with our choice to name 1917 as the Best Picture of 2019. With several great movies in...
Weekend box office: Jumanji: The Next Level takes the top spot
The release date schedule is one of the subplots at the weekend box office that I’ve always enjoyed following. Watching studios move and decide where to release t...
Weekend box office: Frozen 2 continues to dominate
No surprises this week as the animated juggernaut FROZEN 2 maintained its position at the top of the weekend box office. There wasn’t much competition since the o...
Weekend box office: Knives Out does well, but Frozen 2 takes the top spot
To the surprise of no one, FROZEN 2 grabbed another $100+ million over the Thanksgiving break and easily took the weekend box office. What might be surprising is that t...
Weekend box office: Frozen 2 conquers all
If you’re the parent of a girl between 1 and 11, then you know it’s all Frozen, all the time. So it’s no surprise that Disney’s highly anticipat...
Weekend box office: Midway and Doctor Sleep battle for the top spot
I’ve never really thought of Veteran’s Day weekend as a weekend ripe for Hollywood to take advantage of and exploit, but if every other business can use it as...
Weekend box office: Terminator: Dark Fate’s poor opening should put an end to the franchise
Although I know plenty of people that love one or more of the Terminator films, I don’t know anyone that was even remotely excited about TERMINATOR: DARK FATE. As...
Weekend box office: Maleficent beats Zombieland
Even though MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL is on pace to take the top spot at the weekend box office, I’m not sure anyone at Disney is overly excited about a $38 mill...
Weekend box office: Gemini Man can’t beat Joker
Pundits are lambasting the barely $20 million weekend box office opening for GEMINI MAN, but when you step back and look at it, $20 million isn’t bad for a movie th...
Weekend box office: Joker is laughing all the way to the bank
When it was first announced, I don’t think anyone was excited about a standalone Joker movie without Batman and without a superhero universe to support it. And we...