Archive for June, 2009

The Wrong Guess – Box Office Predictions for June 26-28, 2009

The Wrong Guess – Box Office Predictions for June 26-28, 2009

This is one of those weeks where what happened last week doesn’t matter, what the Top 5 will do doesn’t matter, and Michael Bay gets to count all his money. Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen is going to storm in, kill everything, and destroy all competition. If this topples what The Dark Knight did last [...]

Bigelow Talks Hurt Locker

Bigelow Talks Hurt Locker

A beautiful thing happened at The Arclight today. As I stood drooling over the bomb suit from The Hurt Locker, I looked over at the showtimes from the films playing tonight. Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen had not sold out a single showing today to which some surprise came over me. Even more jumped in [...]

My Sister’s Keeper – Michael’s Take

My Sister’s Keeper – Michael’s Take

I confess myself disappointed.  Alright, I never had high hopes for “My Sister’s Keeper” in the first place, but nonetheless I sucked it up and went into the movie expecting a decent movie regardless.  You could say I’m disappointed because there were moments during the movie that actually showed potential and served as windows that [...]

My Sister’s Keeper Movie Review

My Sister’s Keeper Movie Review

How do you go head to head with one of the summer’s most anticipated blockbuster movies? You do it by crafting a masterpiece on family dynamics that should draw everyone but teenage boys and young adult males. Based on Jodi Picoult’s novel by the same name, My Sister’s Keeper takes you into the family life [...]

Cheri – Review

Cheri – Review

Cheri is under the impression it’s a play with cameras watching it. Missing are the set changes in favor of editing to the next scene but the exchanges between the characters feel like they’re on stage rather than trying to emulate life on film. Director Stephen Frears brings it in terms of set design and [...]

Transformers, Money Makers In Disguise

Transformers, Money Makers In Disguise

Did everyone decide to all go to the movie theaters yesterday or what? Out of personal experience with the movie-going crowd yesterday, it felt like it was the 4th of July and everyone was flocking to the theaters to see the latest and greatest. What took place was another box office record, this time set [...]

Under the Radar: Black Dynamite

Under the Radar: Black Dynamite

“Get on up and check the scene, of the smoothest, baddest mother to ever hit the big screen!”
What am I referring to this time around? I’m talking about the upcoming spoof blackspolitation film called Black Dynamite, directed by Scott Sanders (Thick Thieves). Set in the early 1970s, Black Dynamite (Michael Jai White), a former CIA agent, [...]

Rest In Peace Farrah Fawcett

Rest In Peace Farrah Fawcett

Unfortunately this has turned into a very depressing week with people who have passed on, the newest on the list is actress Farrah Fawcett. Struggling for awhile with a battle with cancer, she passed on this morning at the Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California at the age of 62. Best known for [...]

Checking Out Avatar

Checking Out Avatar

The scoop came in from the lovely people at Coming Soon! from someone who took part in viewing 24 minutes of James Cameron’s upcoming (supposedly phenomenal) piece, Avatar. Presented in what people who have witnessed it claim it to be the best 3D movie that’s ever been in theaters, here is an in depth description [...]

And Then There Were Ten

And Then There Were Ten

For those of you who still keep in touch with the annual Academy Awards, or more so still watch them, one of the most coveted parts of the awards is the one for Best Picture. During the last couple of years, there has been quite a few complains in regards of who makes it to [...]

7 Clips for Public Enemies

7 Clips for Public Enemies

Showing off seven brand new clips from the upcoming Michael Mann film Public Enemies, we get a bigger sneak peek of sorts on the world during the ‘golden age of crime’. Starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard, the 1930s crime drama comes out in theaters on July 1rst everywhere. In order to satisfy [...]

20th Anniversary of Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing”

20th Anniversary of Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing”

With the upcoming release of the 20th Anniversary edition of Spike Lee’s amazing Do The Right Thing, we have some special tidbits for you from the Blu-Ray release.
Below is a quick list of what we can find on the June 30th released Blu-Ray:
Over 4 hours of Bonus Features including a NEW documentary by Spike Lee

20th [...]

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