Weekend Final Numbers - Wall-E frontloaded?

The List Again, I waited till the final numbers were released because the estimates seemed somewhat off. But, yes, it seems that Wall-E was ...

Quantum Of Solace trailer goes online...

Here's a Movie Box link for downloads... At a glance... This is a very confident teaser. I have always enjoyed the teasers for the seco...

Review: Hancock (2008)

Hancock 2008 95 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson Hancock is not a perfect film and the third act seems a little rushed (it's no s...

Batman In The Movies - The narrative arc of Bruce Wayne in the first film series...

The first four Batman pictures are many things to many people. In this essay we will be dealing with the connective tissue of all four film...

Friday numbers roll in...

The List Wall E - Pulls in a terrific $23.3 million on opening day. If this plays like a general audience pleaser (ala Kung Fu Panda), it...

"I prefer to watch shitty movies so I can feel good about myself. There is nothing better than sitting in bed and enjoying a shitty com...

Weekend Box Office Bingo...

Not much to report here... Wall-E - with universally fantastic reviews, and manufactured controversy about the film's content (it's ...

Hancock is terrible... because it's not a family film and thus shouldn't open on July 4th weekend?

Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com calls Hancock 'Will Smith's $150 million Disaster'. But it is not a critique, but rather a judg...

Um... Meet Dave... opens July 11th. Don't Panic!

$20 says that's funnier than anything in the movie Meet Dave . So, if you're on the road and you see that, you're not drunk, yo...

X-Files: I Want To Believe - shoulda been an 'R'.

Of all the movies coming out this summer, there is one movie that probably would have benefited most from getting an R-rating instead of PG-...

Hancock: The Comprised Cut?

David Poland of Movie City News is up with a surprisingly positive and refreshingly spoiler-free look at Hancock . It's the kind of re...

Review: Wanted (2008)

Wanted 2008 110 minutes Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality. by Scott Mendelson During Tim ...

George Carlin - 1937-2008

“Scratch any cynic, and you’ll find a disappointed idealist.” The New York Times obituary does a far better job of summing up his life and ...

Review: Mamma Mia! (2008)

Mamma Mia! 2008 105 minutes rated PG-13 (for some sex-related comments) by Scott Mendelson Mamma Mia! is an unapologetically goofy musical,...

Friday Numbers - blood flows at the US box office

The List First off, Get Smart pulls in $13.5 million, setting it up to make about $39 million, which is where everyone more or less pegged i...