Friday, September 20, 2024

Movies

Box Office: “Spectre” $30 Mil Behind “Skyfall” But Still No Slouch, Brad-Angelina Ouch

James Bond "Spectre" hit $130 million this weekend, which is no slouch. Every studio would like that hit. Still, Bond 24 is running $30...

Box Office Bust: Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie “Indie” Film Takes in $38,000 on Opening Night

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt should be in a blockbuster film, right? But their little indie vanity film, "By the Sea," is a bust....

Brad Pitt’s Other Movie This Season Gets Oscar Buzz at Hollywood Screening

Could “The Big Short” come up huge this awards season? That’s what the seasoned crowd thought last night at the closing night of the...

Will Smith’s Oscar Buzzed “Concussion” Movie Used Logos, Footage Without Permission: “If They Want to Sue Us, They Can”

updated Will Smith is back. It's been a while. After a dearth of hits that included such bombs as "After Earth," "Focus" and "Seven...

Scoop Flashback: “Fifty Shades of Grey” Sequels Will Film Back to Back

What's old is new again. I told you on August 22nd that the two "Fifty Shades of Grey" sequels would shoot back to back....

Universal Pictures’s Reversal of Fortune: A Record First Half Followed by Real World Problems

Universal Pictures is human after all. Their second half of the year is abysmal after setting records during the first eight months of 2015....

Uh Oh: Real Numbers on “Spectre” Were $70.2 Mil, Three Mil Less Than Reported

James Bond "Spectre" came in at $70.2 million, not $73 million as reported yesterday. Sony's actual totals were considerably off base. Whoops! And that's not...

Box Office: “Spectre” Falls Short of “Skyfall” Opening by $15 Million But Beats “Quantum of Solace”

James Bond is still a financial boon to everyone involved, but it's going to be impossible to beat "Skyfall." The new 007 film "Spectre"...