Synopsis – A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and reconnects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watch-dog assigned to him. My Take – Its highly unfortunate that this film has been in news for all the wrong reasons. First the Sony email leak then the apparent racist casting of a white woman … Continue reading Aloha (2015) Review!!
It was a near record-setting summer for Hollywood. “Jurassic World,” “Inside Out” and “Avengers: Age of Ultron” led this summer’s box office to one of its highest grossing in history, according to Variety. Domestic ticket sales from May 1 to Labor Day weekend hit $4.48 billion, as reported by Rentrak. That represents a little more than a 10 percent increase over last year’s dismal numbers … Continue reading Check out some of the biggest Hits & Flops of the Summer 2015!!
The summer box office will go down as the second-biggest in history, but the wealth wasn’t evenly distributed. Instead, the results revealed a profound case of corporate income inequality. Two studios, Universal and Disney, gobbled up most of the profits after fielding massive hits like “Jurassic World” and “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” Together, their films made up seven of the 10 top-grossing domestic releases this … Continue reading Check out the Hits & Misses of Summer 2015!!
Writer/director Paul Feig, Melissa McCarthy, and a cache of great, supporting actors helped pull the extremely funny and well-reviewed Spy ahead of its early challenger, Insidious 3, for a $30M win. That wasn’t a sure thing as the third installment in the Insidious series, which ended up with $23M for the weekend, in 3,002 venues, took an early, if slight, Friday lead over Spy. That’s … Continue reading Melissa McCarthy comedy ‘Spy’ scares past ‘Insidious’ threequel & fan boys ‘Entourage’ at the BO!!
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson proved he can open a tent pole film all by his not-so-little lonesome with San Andreas‘s estimated, beefy $53M domestic take. That $14K per theater average, in 3,777 venues, was much better than the predicted $40M for the Warner Bros. disaster flick. 44% of that was attributed to 3D and, with an A- CinemaScore, it looks like the film will have … Continue reading ‘San Andreas’ stomps ‘Aloha’ at the BO with $53M domestic take!!
Synopsis – A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him. Director – Cameron Crowe Starring – Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams Continue reading Check out the trailer of Aloha (2015) *ing Bradley Cooper & Emma Stone! Releasing on September 3rd, 2015 in U.A.E!
