Lost's Harold Perrineau - accurately annoyed about Michael...

As compelling as Thursday night's Lost finale was, Harold Perrineau is dead on, in regards to his character and his annoyance about bein...

Sex And The City does $27 million on Friday. "I don't think anybody could have predicted that ... they would try to use an airplane as a missile..."

Again, pardon the crude analogy, but the Condoleezza Rice quote above fits the bill. Apparently, even my high-end estimates of as much as $...

"No one could have predicted the levees would break..."

Pardon the use of the Katrina disaster to make a box office related point, but here we go again. Sex And The City will open to $40-$50 mill...

"The worst idea in the history of bad ideas..."

In the 'this can't possibly be true' file, here's this little alleged nugget. This will likely end up on Snopes.com as ...

Indiana Jones beats Iron Man's three day weekend gross. "Suck it, Paramount!" says Paramount. Or 'Suck it Marvel', exclaims Lucasfilm.

Indiana Jones And The Crystal Skull has topped the $101 million mark in the Fri-Sun portion of its opening weekend. As predicted, this on...

Indiana Jones 4 - $31 million Friday (plus updates on Prince Caspian, Iron Man)

As expected, Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull built on its opening day, with a solid 25% uptick. The official estimate fo...

Indiana Jones - $25 million Thursday...

As I inexplicably predicted, Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull pulled in an estimated $25 million on its first day, accordi...

Review: Kung Fu Panda: The IMAX Experience (2008)

Kung Ku Panda: The IMAX Experience 2008 85 minutes rated PG (for sequences of martial arts action) by Scott Mendelson Kung Fu Panda is fl...

Final Indiana Jones box office guesses...

It's a mere ten hours before the official Thursday estimates come trickling in, so let's do this before it's too late. For what...

Something's 'happening' here (and what it is ain't exactly clear).

Also benefiting The Incredible Hulk is that it will be opening against the third most pressured movie of the summer, M Night Shyamalan's...

Incredible Hulk: the benefit of no/low expectations?

In May of 2005, like most fans, I went to see Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith at the first general midnight show, slightly nervo...

Indiana Jones And The Relief That It Will Probably Be Fun... (plus Caspian 'underperforms')

Well, if Roger Ebert likes it, I probably will too. Alas, other responsibilities will likely prevent me from seeing it until opening night ...

Prince Caspian weekend preview and a note on summer running times...

Prince Caspian screened on Monday night and the reviews are surprisingly positive . I may be able to check this one out over the weekend, ot...

My thoughts exactly...

This article from Darth Mojo, 'The Asssassination Of Speed Racer' , explicitly lays out what I've mentioned for the last week, n...

Quick Notes...

Quick Notes... Apparently, the Joker action figures from The Dark Knight are vying for the status of collector's item. They all sold out...

Iron Man soars, Speed Racer (alas) crashes and burns...

Alas, Speed Racer did perform like a normal film (as opposed to a successful family film, that shoots up on Saturday and Sunday), ending the...

Parental Discretion advised? How the Dark Knight ad campaign will likely prevent a record opening.

As much as I would love to see The Dark Knight shatter every box office record in the book and allow Batman to reclaim his title as box offi...

The Friday numbers... curse you Mario Kart Wii!

Alas, the avalanche of mediocre to lousy reviews, along with the continuing strength of Iron Man, dealt a nasty blow to Speed Racer on its o...

Wrong about Beowulf, Wrong about Speed Racer...

I can't remember a time that I so enjoyed a movie that the majority of the critics so loathed. Yet on the morning of its release, Spee...

Review: Speed Racer (2008)

Speed Racer 2008 135 minutes rated PG by Scott Mendelson I have never cared for Japanese anime. I have never read Manga. I have never se...

A new Mission: Impossible?

According to this Yahoo article , Sumner Redstone is attempting to get back in the Tom Cruise business. After famously 'firing' the...

Terminator 4 to be PG-13?

According to this Variety report , the new Terminator film (Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins) is actively gunning for a PG-13 rating....

A stupid viral video and reclaiming the political narrative in 08

Seriously, people. This just makes Obama supporters (myself included) look stupid and childish. This makes Obama supporters look less like w...