Thursday, September 19, 2024

Movies

Hollywood: Stars Falling as Sean Penn, Reese, Will, Depp, Vaughn Lose Footing with Box Office Busts

The stars you knew may not be the stars you know. The big names we've been used to simply are not drawing in paid...

RIP Albert Maysles, The Great Documentary Filmmaker Dies at 88, Director of “Grey Gardens”

I am sad to say that Al Maysles has died at the age of 88. With his brother David he directed "Grey Gardens," one...

Harrison Ford Plane Crash Irony: Spielberg Announces New Movie Simultaneously, Written by Star’s Ex Wife

The timing could not be stranger. At the same moment that Harrison Ford crashed his plane near Santa Monica Airport, a press release of...

Dame Judi Dench, 79, Saves A Second Best Marigold Hotel in More Ways than One

It was Dame Judi Dench to the rescue last night for the premiere of what is aptly called "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel."...

UPDATE II: Will Smith “Focus” Did Less Well Than Previously Thought: $18.6 Mil

"Focus," the Will Smith movie that already was thought to have underperformed, did worse than we thought. Paramount gave an estimate of $19.1 million...

John Travolta Raising Money for Films Brings in Strange Financial Bedfellows

How hard is it to get film financing? Just ask John Travolta. For a few years he hoped to play John Gotti, but the...

UPDATE Will Smith “Focus” Lowest Opening ($19 Mil) Since 2008 For Former Box Office Star

UPDATE SUNDAY 11:40am: Total was $19 million. It was at least $1 million less than any predictions other than mine below. Everyone said $20...

President Obama Issues Leonard Nimoy Remarks: “I loved Spock”

  Doesn't this explain everything now that you think about it? Obama IS Vulcan. I get it all now.