***½ out of **** Rated PG-13 for language (including brief strong language ) Released: December 25, 2015 Runtime: 124 minutes Directed by: David O'Russell Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Isabella Rossellini, Édgar Ramírez, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Bradley Cooper Joy is ranked #19 in the Honorable Mention section of my Top Ten List for 2015 Just when it seems like we’re [...]
Another record for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has seen the end of the previous Tuesday high, but The Force will have to be monumentally strong with this one if it'll see the end of Wednesday and Twilight: Eclipse's $68.5 million. Still, another major record has already been obliterated. On Tuesday, The Force Awakens took in another [...]
*1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 for thematic material including disturbing images, and language Released: December 25, 2015 Runtime: 123 minutes Starring: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Morse, Arliss Howard Sony Pictures is to be applauded for tackling (forgive the pun) the issue of NFL concussions head on (with helmet-to-helmet intent, no less) [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R for pervasive strong language and some sexuality/nudity Released: December 11, 2015 limited; expands December 23 Runtime: 130 minutes Directed by: Adam McKay Starring: Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Jeremy Strong, John Magaro, Finn Wittrock, Hamish Linklater, Brad Pitt The Big Short is ranked #20 (tie) in the Honorable Mention section of my Top Ten List [...]
Now you can add another record to the growing list of them being set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And this time, it's one that's stood for over a decade. On Monday, Episode VII hauled in over $40 million to set a new Monday standard, crushing the benchmark that stood since 2004 when Spider-Man [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated R for some sexuality and full nudity Released: November 27, 2015 limited; expands December 25 Runtime: 120 minutes Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts, Amber Head, Ben Whishaw, Sebastian Koch Transgender sexuality has vaulted to the forefront of our cultural conversation. It’s as charged and divisive as any social issue today. [...]
(UPDATED Monday December 21st, 2015) With the start of a new trilogy, the 7th installment of the Star Wars saga also completes another trilogy - of box office records. According to final official Monday receipts, Star Wars: The Force Awakens overwhelmed the multiplex galaxy with $248 million over its first three days, hauling in the biggest opening weekend domestic gross of all [...]
Opening weekend for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is over, and fans everywhere are beginning to dissect the popular blockbuster as they try to make sense of it all. (You can read my formal, spoiler-free review here.) This article is my own attempt to breakdown the central structure of Episode VII, what it reveals, what that means for the next [...]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has set an all-new opening day box office record with $120.5 million generated on Friday, according to Saturday estimates. It becomes the first film to make over $100 million in a single day, annihilating the previous opening day record holder Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows: Part 2 which pulled in $91 million when it [...]
The Star Wars franchise has awoken to the first of what are likely to be several box office records to come. Final estimates show that Star Wars: The Force Awakens has opened to $57 million on Thursday evening, setting a U.S. record for Thursday night. It easily tops the previous Thursday night record of $43.5 million set over four years ago by Harry Potter and the [...]
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