Lionsgate has announced that, as part of a new agreement between themselves and STXfilms, a scripted television series based on their highly successful Bad Moms franchise has been greenlit. Bad Moms, and its sequel, A Bad Moms Christmas, were released in 2016 and 2017, and were a huge hit with audiences thanks to their splendidly game casts and dedication to outrageous humor. Nothing has been … Continue reading ‘Bad Moms’ TV Series in the Works!!
STX Entertainment, founded in 2014 as a star-driven movie operation, is merging with India’s Eros International to form a new, publicly traded media company with operations across film, TV, streaming and other areas. The all-stock deal will give the new entity, Eros STX Global Corporation, a “revamped” capital structure, according to the official announcement. Key elements of that funding include $125 million of incremental equity … Continue reading STX and Eros International Merging to Form a New Media Company!!
STX Films has announced a new installment in the Bad Moms comedy series, with Christine Baranski, Susan Sarandon and Cheryl Hines set to reprise their roles from A Bad Moms Christmas for Bad Moms’ Moms. The news was revealed during STX’s CinemaCon presentation, with STX Films chief Adam Fogelson describing the project as “a whole new adventure that is attracting all sorts of great talent.” … Continue reading STX Films Announces ‘Bad Moms’ Moms’!!!
Synopsis – As their own mothers drop in unexpectedly, our three under-appreciated and over-burdened moms rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas. My Take – I understand that a comedy film can divide an audience, mainly as the genre itself is subjective and of course still a major chunk of an audience (like myself) don’t really like it when … Continue reading A Bad Moms Christmas (2017) Review!!!
Synopsis – Amy, Carla and Kiki struggle to cope when their respective mothers visit for the holidays. Directed – Jon Lucas, Scott Moore Starring – Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘A Bad Moms Christmas’ Red-Band Trailer Teases the NSFW Joys of the Season!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Amy, Carla and Kiki struggle to cope when their respective mothers visit for the holidays. Directed – Jon Lucas, Scott Moore Starring – Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘A Bad Moms Christmas’ Red-Band Trailer Gets Raunchy with Santa!! Check It Out!!
You may not have realized it, but the comedy Bad Moms was one of the biggest hits of the summer movie season. The film starred Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn as a trio of moms who have had enough with “playing nice” and shouldering all the responsibility, and who decide to let loose. Against a budget of $20 million, the film has grossed a stellar $170.8 million worldwide, scoring … Continue reading STX Sets ‘Bad Moms’ Spin-Off ‘Bad Dads’ for 2017 Release!!
It has been seven years since Tom Hanks starred in a live action film that opened atop the weekend box office, but Sully changes all that as the true life feature delivered one of the five best September openings of all-time. Finishing in second was another one of the weekend’s new wide releases, Sony and Screen Gems‘ When the Bough Breaks, while Lionsgate‘s The Wild … Continue reading ‘Sully’ Opens Big With $35.5 Million At The BO!!
Labor Day weekend is sending the Summer 2016 movie season out with more of a whimper than a bang, but that isn’t to say there aren’t performances that stand out. While the weekend’s two new wide releases—The Light Between Oceans and Morgan—failed to have much of an impact on the overall weekend, Sony‘s horror/thriller Don’t Breathe became only the second horror film to top the weekend box office two … Continue reading ‘Don’t Breathe’ Stays At Top As ‘Light Between Oceans’ And ‘Morgan’ Open Low At The BO!!
What a summer. The first half was dominated by the talk of sequelitis doom. After some major sequels opened in May and early June to disappointing returns the industry and entertainment media was obsessed with the idea that audiences were looking for something new. Then The Conjuring 2 and Finding Dory opened and those naysayers quieted for a bit as clearly the quality of the sequels had something to do … Continue reading Who Won and Who Lost in the Summer Movie Box Office Wars? Check Out This Awesome Report!!
Led by a fantastic opening for Screen Gems‘ new thriller Don’t Breathe, this weekend over performed expectations with the top twelve delivering a 43.5% improvement over the same weekend last year, just barely coming up shy of a combined $100 million. Along with the stellar opening for Don’t Breathe, Mechanic: Resurrection had a solid opening for Lionsgate & Co., the moderate release of Southside with You performed well, the expansion of Hell or … Continue reading ‘Don’t Breathe’ Opens Big With $26M, While ‘Mechanic’, ‘Southside’ and ‘Hands’ Do Modestly At The BO!!
It’s a repeat at the top of the domestic box office as Suicide Squad and Sausage Party finished one and two respectively for a second weekend in a row and serving as the third straight weekend at number one for the DC Comics adaptation. The rest of the top five is made up of the weekend’s three new wide releases—War Dogs, Kubo and the Two Strings and Ben-Hur—as this weekend’s top twelve … Continue reading ‘Suicide Squad’ Repeats No 1 Spot, While ‘Ben-Hur’ Is A Big Flop At The BO!!!
Synopsis – When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence. My Take – The marketing for this film has tried to play it off as a female version of The Hangover series, with a theme of going against the social norms and honestly does fine at it. This … Continue reading Bad Moms (2016) Review!!!
Despite Suicide Squad‘s large, to-be-expected second weekend drop, the film pulled in more than enough to hold off all newcomers for a second weekend at number one at the box office as it now totals more than $465 million worldwide. Meanwhile, Sony‘s R-rated animated comedy Sausage Party scored a strong second place finish, ahead of fellow new releases including Disney‘s reboot of Pete’s Dragon and Paramount‘s release of Florence Foster Jenkins. … Continue reading ‘Suicide Squad’ Drops, While ‘Sausage Party’ Opens Big At the Box Office!!!
For the third time this year a superhero movie has broken an opening weekend record and with it a continuing trend that finds the previous week’s box office champion suffering a hefty second weekend drop. This time around it’s Warner Bros‘ Suicide Squad decimating the previous August opening weekend record by more than $40 million while Universal’s Jason Bourne experiences a 62% drop in its sophomore session. That said, … Continue reading ‘Suicide Squad’ Shoots Down August Record with $135 Million Opening at the BO!!
With the second largest opening for a film in the Bourne franchise, Jason Bourne topped the weekend box office as audiences came out in support of Matt Damon‘s return to the title role nine years after The Bourne Ultimatum. STX’s ensemble comedy Bad Moms delivered a third place finish and the fifth largest R-rated opening of the year while Lionsgate’s Nerve fell a bit below … Continue reading ‘Jason Bourne’ Opens Big with $60M, ‘Mom’ and ‘Nerve’ are Alright, while ‘Star Trek’ Dips at the BO!!
Topped by Star Trek Beyond, five films grossed over $20 million this weekend for the first time since May 24, 2015 and for only the sixth time ever*. In the five previous instances $45.6 million was the largest gross for the #1 film when Monsters University topped the weekend back on June 30, 2013, which separates this weekend from the rest thanks to the estimated … Continue reading ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Debuts at #1, ‘Lights Out’ Opens Strong and ‘Ice Age 5’ Bombs At The BO!!
Synopsis – When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence. Directed – Jon Lucas, Scott Moore Starring – Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Bad Moms’ Trailer: Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell Party Like a NSFW Mother!! Check it out!!
