Mr. Holmes (2015) Review!!

Synopsis – An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes looks back on his life, and grapples with an unsolved case involving a beautiful woman. My Take – Let me clear this up first, this film is not the kind of Sherlock Holmes adaption you would expect to see! It has no witty banter of Benedict Cumberbatch‘s portrayal on the BBC One series, or the slow mo action … Continue reading Mr. Holmes (2015) Review!!

‘Pixels’ stumbles as ‘Ant-Man’ holds on to Number One!!

According to studio estimates, Pixels earned $24 million from 3,723 locations this weekend. That was not enough to knock Ant-Man out of first place, denying Sony their last chance to salvage something positive from Pixels’ debut. Not long ago, Pixels was expected to open in the $50 million range. As the film’s word of mouth became more and more toxic, however, Sony was quick to … Continue reading ‘Pixels’ stumbles as ‘Ant-Man’ holds on to Number One!!

Ant-Man opens slightly lower than expected while Trainwreck does well!!

Ant-Man opened to $58M at the domestic box office, slightly under its projected $60-$65M opening, becoming the 12th film in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe to open at #1. On 3,856 screens the film’s per screen take was $15,051. It’s a good thing that the Paul Rudd superhero film has an “A” CinemaScore as that’s the lowest per-screen average of any of the 12 films. Coming in … Continue reading Ant-Man opens slightly lower than expected while Trainwreck does well!!