Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” stayed on top in its second weekend in my box office report.

My review of the new blacksploitation horror “Black Devil Doll”.

Hollywood studios are always looking for the next place to reach out to in order to gain awareness for their movies.  Movies not only rely on reviews, but word of mouth buzz to gain traction which could lead to ticket sales for their movies.  With social media, the doors are more open than ever for [...]

In our exclusive clip of Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) meets the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) face-to-face for the first time.

Shutter Island is a spectacle and a mysterious film by the works of Martin Scorsese.  This is a unique movie choice for the living legend but you can’t argue with a director trying to take a new creative project.  His leading actor Leonardo DiCaprio joins him for their 4th movie together and the movie will [...]

The Oscars of the UK, aka The BAFTA’s, happened a couple days ago.  The Hurt Locker took home the top prize.  Unlike the Golden Globes which gave the Best Picture award to Avatar, the BAFTA’s gave the award to the true best film of  2009. However, one thing I wanted to quickly discuss is actually [...]

Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” debuted at #1 this past weekend, the only new wide release, in my box office report.

So it kind of looks, well, good.  The movie has an all-star cast: Shia, Douglas, Frank Langella, Brolin and Carey Mulligan. Wall Street 2 looks really good folks. Check out the 2+ minute trailer here.

Last year I reviewed a movie for our Indie Spotlight segment called One Hour Fantasy Girl.  The movie about a lost girl out in LA trying to make money to put away for her future by becoming a fantasy girl to her clients was one of the top indie movies I saw of 2009.  I [...]

Is Kevin Smith’s latest directorial “Cop Out” a bomb in the making?

Red Box is the latest victim to the pressures of Hollywood studio giant Warner Brothers.  The shark just ate the little fish of Red Box and is making them delay the rental of new movie releases to 28 days later in order for the studio to try to sell more DVD’s in that time period.  [...]

Garry Marshall’s ‘Valentine’s Day’ broke weekend records in my box office report.

Crazy Heart is a tale about a broken man at the end of his career trying to live- it-out and roll-with-the-punches.  Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) keeps his music career alive by playing  in dumpy venues, but just barely getting by as he feeds off his former glory from his country star days.  He is older, [...]

On the most romantic day of the year, well at least according to Hallmark, it is only fitting to go through some of the most romantic movies of our time.  Listing off some of these genre specific movies is something I constantly find myself doing especially since its fairly appropriate on themed days. This being [...]

My interview with the writer-director of the new flick “Saint John of Las Vegas”, Hue Rhodes.

Buckle that seat belt, we’re going to Wallyworld.  The Griswolds are back for round two, they didn’t get enough of their adventure to Walley World the first time around.  Well….not exactly.  It was just confirmed that there will be another sequel to the National Lampoons Vacation movies after the original came out in 1983.  This [...]

I spoke with Rob Perez, director of the independent film “Nobody,” last weekend and wanted to share our conversation with you.   Rob is a great film guy who’s passion and love of film making clearly comes through his words. Rob’s Background Rob wrote 40 Days and 40 Nights, which essentially put him on the map. [...]

The movie rentalwar has always been seen as a 2 way battle between heavyweights Blockbuster and Netflix.  But there is another up and comer who has made strides in the niche and has won over the hearts of many.  Red Box releases movies from kiosks for $1 and can usually be found in many local [...]

The month of February is commonly considered a dark period for movies. Nick mentioned that it is the graveyard for film. New releases are basically overshadowed by the award season.  In fact, Oscar nominated films get a distribution boost in February in order to milk the buzz they get from the nomination. So, we know [...]

The latest Nicholas Sparks book-turned-movie “Dear John” finally knocks “Avatar” off of its seven weekend #1 spot in my box office report.

Patrick Ewing entered the 1985 draft as the best player in the country.  this also happened to be the first year that the NBA turned to their new ping pong ball style way to determine the order for the draft.  Sure enough out of nowhere, the New York Knicks, a struggling team, ended up with [...]

In a year that the Academy expanded the Best Picture pool to 10 films, they had an opportunity to really change the framework to which so-called popcorn movies are judged. The films up for Best Picture are The Hurt Locker, Avatar, Up in the Year, Precious, Inglorious Basterds, Up, The Blind Side, An Education, A [...]

The 2010 Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday morning, and resulted in surprise, praise and disappointment.

Edge of Darkness is a thriller that attempts to take you off of you seats, but fails doing so.  When Thomas Craven’s (Mel Gibson) daughter is accidentally shot as the two leave their house on the way to the hospital, Craven vows his revenge for the horrific killing.  When his initial thoughts that he was [...]

Rob Perez, the writer of 40 Days and 40 Nights,  makes his directorial debut in this creative, well-made character film about art school grad students.  Josh Harnett, the star of 40 Days and 40 Nights, was also a producer on this film.  “Nobody” is a clever piece that tells the story of these grad students [...]

Last week as I was eating my daily enormous breakfast while getting ready for work, I decided to stray from the normal programming of watching the same Saved by the Bell episodes.  You would think networks would realize people like to watch TV while eating breakfast, and frankly ESPN has become one giant soap opera [...]