Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These…
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: November 8, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When Jane Foster is targeted by the denizens of the dark world of Svartalfheim, Thor sets out on a quest to protect her at all costs.” Poster: B- / B+ / B- / B / C- (2) /…
It isn’t at all grown up and that’s why it’s supposedly funny. I’m glad I don’t understand the appeal. Grown Ups 2 Plot Summary: From IMDb: “After having the greatest time of his life three summers ago, Lenny (Adam Sandler), decides he wants to move his family back to his hometown and have them grow…
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It’s a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we’ll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar…
Armie Hammer is a positive. The rest of the film is a negative…tough decision. The Lone Ranger, trailer #3, poster #2 Plot Summary: As the wealthy begin exploiting the west and outlaws rob trains at their leisure, one man and his Native American sidekick don masks to protect the weak and innocent from all who…
Here are the results of last week’s poll. 7th Heaven The Last Command Underworld Chang The Jazz Singer In Old Arizona 1927’s most nominated and most honored film, 7th Heaven, wins and goes into my queue.
Born April 5, 1901 in Macon, Georgia to Lena Priscilla (née Shackelford) and Edouard Gregory Hasselberg, Melvyn Edouard Hasselberg took the stage name Melvyn Douglas from his maternal grandmother. His Russian Jewish born father was an internationally famous concert pianist and college professor. His mother, a native of Tennessee, was a Protestant descendant of the…
