It was a photo-finish and in the end. The initial showings had to be reveversed. It looked like Rainforest’s Takers had narrowly lost the weekend box office battle to The Last Exorcism by a hair (well, if you count 300 Gs as a hair). However, upon further review: http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2903&p=.htm Takers actually took it in [Read More]
When it comes to the current state of comedies, outside of Adam Sandler and his go to group of director friends like Dennis Dugan and Frank Coraci, filmmaking collaborations are a rarity. Even more of a rarity are pairings that work more often than not—yes that was a backhanded Sandler-Dugan dig. The Other Guys, another [Read More]
When The Expendables was first announced, there were portions of the net that went nuts. Just the idea that Sylvester Stallone was writing and directing a film that would feature some of the biggest, most influential action stars of the last 30 years was enough to guarantee that audiences would get the most balls to [Read More]
Mark Lipsky has pontificated again–if you’ve never read his previous posts on The Wrap, he’s made the claim a few times before–that theaters are destined to be virtually extinct in less than two decades. Technology he argues, along with multiplexes’ lack of personality–i.e. they’re not the opulent movie [Read More]