Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
Bomb, bomb bomb bomb, Boooooomb! Things just kept getting worse and worse at the box office as this past weekend saw more new releases not meeting up to their potential. The horribly-reviewed horror movie Rings (Paramount) ended up around where I predicted with $13 million, taking second place to M. Night Shyamalan’s Split. The sci-fi romance The Space Between Us (Stx Entertainment) didn’t make much of a mark, opening in ninth place with just $3.8 million with about $1,300 per theater. Robert De Niro’s The Comedian (Sony Classics) tanked worse than many recent movies, making less than a million in 848 theaters or about $1,000 per theater. By comparison, the doc I Am Not Your Negro made about 78% of that amount in 800 less theaters.
This Past Weekend:
Bomb, bomb bomb bomb, Boooooomb! Things just kept getting worse and worse at the box office as this past weekend saw more new releases not meeting up to their potential. The horribly-reviewed horror movie Rings (Paramount) ended up around where I predicted with $13 million, taking second place to M. Night Shyamalan’s Split. The sci-fi romance The Space Between Us (Stx Entertainment) didn’t make much of a mark, opening in ninth place with just $3.8 million with about $1,300 per theater. Robert De Niro’s The Comedian (Sony Classics) tanked worse than many recent movies, making less than a million in 848 theaters or about $1,000 per theater. By comparison, the doc I Am Not Your Negro made about 78% of that amount in 800 less theaters.
- 2/8/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
“Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
They say the stars shine bright during a clear Texas night sky. But aside from the occasional neon glow in Jim Mickle’s new film Cold In July, there’s not much light in this southern-fried revenge-thriller about fathers, sons, and the violence that awaits them in the night.
When a Texas family man (Michael C. Hall) accidentally shoots an intruder breaking into his home one night, a series of sinister events are triggered involving the dead boy’s father (Sam Shepard), a local sheriff (Nick Damici), and a flashy private investigator (Don Johnson). One boy’s death takes everyone on a twisted path of murder, regret, and heartache.
Cold In July, adapted by Jim Mickle and Nick Damici from a novel by Joe R. Lansdale, is one of...
They say the stars shine bright during a clear Texas night sky. But aside from the occasional neon glow in Jim Mickle’s new film Cold In July, there’s not much light in this southern-fried revenge-thriller about fathers, sons, and the violence that awaits them in the night.
When a Texas family man (Michael C. Hall) accidentally shoots an intruder breaking into his home one night, a series of sinister events are triggered involving the dead boy’s father (Sam Shepard), a local sheriff (Nick Damici), and a flashy private investigator (Don Johnson). One boy’s death takes everyone on a twisted path of murder, regret, and heartache.
Cold In July, adapted by Jim Mickle and Nick Damici from a novel by Joe R. Lansdale, is one of...
- 5/30/2014
- by Michael Haffner
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Factory
Opens: 2011
Cast: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Ksenia Solo, Mae Whitman, Sonya Walger
Director: Morgan O'Neill
Summary: An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, New York. When his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any pretension and professional restraint he might have to get the killer.
Analysis: Shot almost three years ago now, Dark Castle had originally planned to release this thriller back in late 2009. However for reasons unspecified, it has been sitting on a shelf for some time and keeps getting delayed. In cases like these, the most obvious reason is usually the correct one - it stinks (eg. "Case 39"). The company certainly has had its fair share of box-office duds lately including "Whiteout," "Ninja Assassin," "The Losers," "Orphan" and "Splice".
Yet Cusack generally has good taste in projects, his last venture into horror was the surprisingly effective Stephen King...
Opens: 2011
Cast: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Ksenia Solo, Mae Whitman, Sonya Walger
Director: Morgan O'Neill
Summary: An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, New York. When his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any pretension and professional restraint he might have to get the killer.
Analysis: Shot almost three years ago now, Dark Castle had originally planned to release this thriller back in late 2009. However for reasons unspecified, it has been sitting on a shelf for some time and keeps getting delayed. In cases like these, the most obvious reason is usually the correct one - it stinks (eg. "Case 39"). The company certainly has had its fair share of box-office duds lately including "Whiteout," "Ninja Assassin," "The Losers," "Orphan" and "Splice".
Yet Cusack generally has good taste in projects, his last venture into horror was the surprisingly effective Stephen King...
- 12/31/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
- Like the Sundacne lab experience and what the Rotterdam film festival does for burgeoning filmmakers with CineMart, the Berlinale Co-production Market (a 3-day event that takes place between the 10th-12th of Feb) is (as this year proves) an important manner in which to find production dollars for international film projects by high-caliber directors and new filmmakers. Take a look at this year's list (you'll find some familiar names) below - 35 were chosen out of almost 400 projects. Projects for the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2008 (listed alphabetically by production company) The Hecatomb (Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev), A-One Films, Russia/MacT, France Carpet Boy (Director: Deepa Mehta), Arsam & Lucid Pictures, France/UK The Last Mission (Director: Agnieszka Holland), Bow and Axe Entertainment, Poland Blanco (Director: Christophe Van Rompaey), Cccp, Belgium The Visitor (Director: Aaron Woodley), Creative Engine Pictures, Canada The Famous and the Dead (Director: Esmir Filho), Dezenove Som e Imagens, Brazil Lake
- 1/15/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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