MPAA Takes a Break for New Year, Spider-Man Swings to Over $1 Billion
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/29/21 at 10:43 AM CT
Here we are at the precipice of another year. Many are getting a much-needed break, including those hard-working folks over at the MPAA, so we don't get any updates this week. That's fine, as the box office still has plenty to offer, including the opening of five new films - all of which were overshadowed by the dominating and continued eye-popping success of Spider-Man: No Way Home. As we ring …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of December 28 - January 3
Harley Lond - wrote on 12/28/21 at 06:51 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"The French Dispatch" (2021) All-star cast brings to life a collection of stories from the final issue of an American magazine published in the fictional 20th-century French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé. An homage to literary journalism, French culture and classic cinema.
Vitals: Director: Wes Anderson. Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, …
The Bad Guys and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin as Spider-Man Nabs Record Opening
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/22/21 at 11:06 AM CT
While the ratings bulletin is once again on the light side, the major fireworks this weekend were provided by Spider-Man: No Way Home, which opened to some super-heroic number, both at home and abroad. Even as the Omicron variant threatens the carefully laid plans for Covid, for at least one moment we can celebrate some good news.
All the big news this weekend involved Spider-Man: No Way …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of December 21 - December 27
Harley Lond - wrote on 12/20/21 at 11:00 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"No Time to Die" (2021) Daniel Craig returns as Ian Fleming’s James Bond for the fifth and last time. Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, …
MPAA Bulletin Is High on Volume, Low on Content as West Side Story Has Quiet Opening
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/15/21 at 12:07 PM CT
It's time for the double dose of ratings an box office and this week is once again weighed heavily on the box office end as, despite a decent list of films, no wide releases are to be seen on the ratings side of things. That being said, there's a fair bit to digest on the box office side, led by the disappointing opening of Steven Spielberg's well-received West Side Story.
Like so many other …
Thirteen Lives and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/08/21 at 11:38 AM CT
Here's the laid back part of the show - both the box office and MPAA Ratings Board are apparently ready for a nap, because it was a quiet weekend as well as a quiet update.
Yes, December is upon us and the month is saving all the good movies for later on, because with no new major wide release, it felt like a ghost town out there. Leading the charge in first place, once again, Disney's …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of December 7 - December 13
Harley Lond - wrote on 12/06/21 at 09:25 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"Cry Macho" (2021) Based on the book, "Cry Macho" stars Clint Eastwood as a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1978, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. Crossing rural Mexico on their way back to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary …
Spider-Man: No Way Home, Jurassic World: Dominion, Scream in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/01/21 at 04:13 PM CT
Thanksgiving is over and it turns out the MPAA Ratings Board isn't in a post-holiday food coma because we have some big, big films getting those ratings. Spider-Man, dinosaurs and a distinctively-masked killer all return - sure, it's all sequels, but my what sequels they are and should provide plenty to talk about.
On the box office front, both Encanto and House of Gucci proved to be hits for …
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