As I wrote last week, Cantor Fitzgerald is awaiting CFTC confirmation about it film futures exchange called “The Cantor Exchange.” It will be a way for people to make investments based on box office performance through futures issued on film performance.  Click here for complete details behind the exchange. According to the Dow Jones, “The [...]

Every classic movie has its string of lines or scenes that you tend to recite over and over with friends.  This past summer, we got many more quotes to recite with all the lines from The Hangover.  These lines and scenes make the movie, and we seem to adapt them into our everyday vernacular and [...]

If you didn’t already pay enough to see a movie, well you’re about to pay a little bit more.  Moviegoers can prepare to dig a little deeper into their pockets when they want to see another picture. Woldcnews.com says “Starting Friday, ticket prices at a number of theaters across the country will rise as theater [...]

“How to Train Your Dragon” topped “Alice in Wonderland” this weekend for the top spot in my box office report.

My review of the latest from DreamWorks Animation, “How to Train Your Dragon”.

Hot Tub Time Machine (“HTTM”) will successfully have you laughing your butt off for about 75% of the time.   John Cusack, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry and Clark Duke are 4 guys who get thrown back to 1986 after spending a crazy night in their hot tub. The film does have some weak parts but overall [...]

Bailouts are taking over the country as a way to help out the big boys stay in business and rework themselves with the competition.  We saw the US government bail out the banks, now we are seeing the same thing happen with the movie industry.  I have spoken a lot recently about Blockbuster’s bankruptcy problems [...]

My review of the Sundance music flick “The Runaways”.

3D is the glitzy and newest hot trend in the movie industry.  Ever since the success of Avatar, a lot of movies seem to be getting the 3D treatment as the next big thing to come.  Alice and Wonderland did huge in the box office, despite the fact that many people complained about the 3D [...]

The marketing campaign of geniuses finally gets put to the test this Friday March 26th, when Hot Tub Time Machine debuts.  The film stars John Cusack, Rob Corddry (from the Daily Show), Craig Robinson (Daryl from the Office), and Clark Duke (from the ABC Family show Greek).   The film is about four friends who live [...]

“Alice in Wonderland” stays on top in its third weekend in my box office report.

My review of Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer”.

Blockbuster has been a hot button issue lately with their newly reinstated policy of late fees, something that many loyal Blockbuster fans are upset over.  This is one reason why many customers left in the first place.  Blockbuster brought the fees back in a last effort attempt to sneak extra money out of those loyal [...]

Kick-Ass, the much anticipated graphic novel to be adapted into a full length movie, will be coming to theaters this April.  To say the comic book is “graphic” is an understatement.  Like most people who probably did not initially know of the comic book, when I heard the title “Kick-Ass” I just laughed at how [...]

Credit Default Swaps destroyed the economy in 2008 and put the world in a global recession. Derivative trading came under a huge microscope and new standards were adopted by both financial and accounting regulators for companies to more conservatively value these risky investments.  As I am in this  industry for my day job, I am [...]

“Alice in Wonderland” remained at #1 with “Green Zone” on its tail in my box office report.

My review of Jim Field Smith’s comedy “She’s Out of My League”.

The next ‘Harold and Kumar’ movie makes a threequel, according to co-star John Cho.

Source: Flickr I lived at home for a year after graduating college and commuted to the city everyday by train.  I enjoyed growing up and had such a great college experience, culminating it to backpacking the middle east for almost a month right after.  Then I entered the working world, began living in the same [...]

We were saddened this morning to hear that 80′s Teen mega star, Corey Haim, suddenly passed away.  It was originally reported that the death could be drug related, but we are not here to confirm anything. Haim, to me, is best remembered for his role in the 80′s teen hit Lucas.  Lucas is one of [...]

The new Iron Man 2 trailer debuted on Sunday March 7th, the night of the Oscars. The trailer looks great. We see in this trailer Don Cheadle actually being a second Iron Man along side Tony Stark. The 2 of them take on a robot army built by the bad guys, which appear to be [...]

Would a studio rather have an Oscar winning movie or a big blockbuster?  That seems to be a big question out of Hollywood studio execs and although it may seem that studios would want the best quality movie possible, the answer is they don’t care.  Cause like anything else, it’s all about money, and big [...]

The Oscars have come and gone and I can’t believe I spent about 4 hours (including the red carpet preview) watching the Oscars last night.  Wow…do I really need to find something to do on Sunday nights.  I was very happy with the winners announced and was glad to see The Hurt Locker come out [...]

Tim Burton’s take on Alice in Wonderland broke records in my box office report.

Earlier today the 2009 Razzie Award Winners were announced. Sandra Bullock took home the top, or should I say worst, acting prize of the night by winning Worst Actress of the year for “All About Steve.” Never has the same actress won the Razzie and Oscar in the same year. Bullock will be at the [...]

My review of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland.

The Jersey Shore 15 minutes of fame is still going strong and most likely will continue with parodies like this.  The Jersey Shore gang has somehow become the king of the Parody and has been mocking the movies of the past year for months now.  Their latest is an installment of the Oscar Nominated The [...]

My review of Jacques Aduiard’s Oscar-nominated prison crime biography “A Prophet”.

We are finally here. This Sunday night, March 7th, is the big night: Oscar Night. I for one am extremely excited for the Oscars.  I think it’s the best of the entertainment award shows probably due to the magnitude of what is on the line.  The past couple years might have been a little dull [...]

Netflix, the leading movie rental service that has been expanding its online streaming video service even further, is trying to take things mobile now.  There have been rumors in the past about Netflix looking into creating an iphone app.  Well now those rumors just got a little bit juicier.  Netflix has been asking customers about [...]