Reasons for the Cravings
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 03/11/12 at 11:27 PM CT
I’ve been with FilmCrave.com and have discovered the greatness and sometimes overrated films I have seen before or learned about. A myriad of ratings, lists and reviews were viewed and some were agreeable and others atrocious depending on taste.
One gets an urgency to revisit movies you weren’t quite entertained with. Meeting new people online and appreciating your reviews and …
New Movies to Crave: Can John Carter Conquer the Box Office?
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/09/12 at 10:01 AM CT
It seems a bit early for a huge blockbuster to be opening but mark March 9, 2012 as the first official big-budget film of the year.
1) Things are looking a bit grim for Disney's John Carter. Suffering from a very muddled marketing effort, going up against a hugely successful animated film, the $250 million film is tracking for only about a $20 - $40 million opening - far less than the $75 …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Week of March 6
Harley Lond - wrote on 03/07/12 at 03:50 PM CT
In addition to this week's major theatrical releases ("The Skin I Live In," "Footloose," "Immortals," "Like Crazy" and "Jack & Jill"), there's a cornucopia of Blu-ray and 'B' film releases. Here's a rundown:
Two high profile debuts highlight the Blu-ray releases this week. First is the wacky (to say the least; words desert us when it comes time to describe this incredibly nasty comedy) "Monty …
New DVD and Blu-Ray Releases to Crave: Immortals, Footloose or Jack and Jill - Pick Your Poison
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/06/12 at 09:48 AM CT
This Tuesday March 06, 2012 doesn't bring us any award-winning films, however, depending on the mood you happen to be in, it does bring in plenty of entertaining films.
1) There's no doubt if you read my review that I was never really impressed by Immortals - which to me felt like a bad mashup of 300 and the video game God of War - if you want a bit of action, this will fit the bill. There is …
Weekend Box Office: Lorax Finds the Green; Project X Throws a Decent Party
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/04/12 at 11:44 PM CT
It was once again a banner weekend for Hollywood as an animated film made history and was a big reason the box office was up 27% compared to last year.
The Lorax beat all expectations as it opened with a monster $70.7 million - the biggest opening for any film yet in 2011. It beat Despicable Me ($56.4 million) to become Illumination Entertainment's best opening and it was also the best …
New Movies to Crave: The Lorax Tempts Families, Project X Tempts Party Rockers
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/02/12 at 09:35 AM CT
Only two wide releases coming out on March 03, 2012 and each targets a very specific and very different crowd. Hopefully the appeal will be enough to keep Hollywood's hot streak continuing for the year.
1) The reason The Lorax will win the weekend isn't because it's based on one of the many great books that Dr. Suess wrote, or that the message the film gets across about environmentalism is …
New DVD and Blu-Ray Releases to Crave: Hugo Brings Back the Magic, Johnny English is Reborn
Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/28/12 at 09:28 AM CT
While there's not the largest variety to choose from this Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 - at least the quality more than makes up for the somewhat low numbers.
1) Fresh off some impressive Academy Awards - at least in the technical categories, Martin Scorsese's family friendly Hugo should enjoy a good post-Oscar bump in sales. I know it's one of the top movies on my list I haven't seen yet from last …
Weekend Box Office: SEAL Valor Beats Good Deeds; Wanderlust, Gone Tank
Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/26/12 at 11:54 PM CT
It was a bit of good news/bad news for the new releases over the weekend. While patriotism and Tyler Perry managed decent debuts, news wasn't so peachy for Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston and Amanda Seyfried.
Opening in the top spot, the "Featuring Active Navy SEALs" film Act of Valor took in $24.7 million on a budget of $12 million (though the insane marketing probably pushed up costs juuuuust …
Oscars - Best Picture
patjohnson76 - wrote on 02/26/12 at 12:39 PM CT
Just under the wire, I'm getting my final part of my take on the Oscar nominations up. Here I'll break down the 9 nominees for Best Picture...well, I'll break down some of them after eliminating some from contention.
In 2009 the Academy made the head-scratching decision to nominate 10 films for Best Picture in the hopes of drawing more viewers by having fan-favorite films get nominated. The …
New Movies to Crave: Act of Valor Does Its Duty, Tyler Perry Goes Non-Madea in Good Deeds
Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/24/12 at 10:41 AM CT
Even thought the box office was still up last week, none of the new movies made an impression with audiences. Hopefully the films opening Feb. 24, 2012 will be able to make a better impression. While the Oscars might take center stage this weekend, hopefully there are still plenty of people interested in this year's movies too.
1) The real Navy SEALS in Act of Valor are out to show us peons …
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