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I think Alita: Battle Angel (based on a manga) will be big. It's James Cameron teaming with Robert Rodriguez on a project people (especially Cameron's fanbase) have waited years for. Of course, I thought Valerian would do well too. Meg should also do well. The book was popular and people like shark ...

Is Do It Like a Hombre (opening in 370 theatres) in the game? That could surprise next week, based on its strong results in Mexico and Pantelion having had much success on Labor Day weekend.

The industry has no one to blame but themselves. They were too busy trying to make trends that few wanted to happen (movies based on apps, film sequels to completely different mediums, feel good movies with unsympathetic protagonists) or held onto things that went stale long ago (party-themed comedi...

I had to watch Modern Family in a class once. I don't understand the appeal (everyone's a cartoonish cliche and it has confession cam, the worst part of reality television, featured) but it always wins Emmys (of course, they only ever nominate the same few shows). Edit: of course, the AMC here isn't...

Logan Lucky flopped for one simple reason: it's not very good. Critics might have liked it but the Cinemascore was a B and there was no reason to open in 3,000 theatres (and Soderbergh using the international sales for marketing purposes was hardly experimental, indies did this all the time back in ...

This is more of a 2018 thing but does anyone else getting the feeling that Sundance has become out of touch with audiences? Between the large number of box office flops (it seems like The Big Sick and Beatriz at Dinner are the only ones that have broken out) and the narrow-minded selection (it feels...

New dates: The Current War 11/24/2017 (from 12/22/2017) The War with Grandpa 2/23/2018 (from 10/20/2017) Mary Magdalene 3/30/2018 (from 11/24/2017, either Weinstein didn't like its awards chances or the film wasn't going to be ready in time) Midnight Sun 3/30/2018 (from 1/26/2018, I'm beginning to b...

Brigsby Bear 1/10 The Lonely Island and company try to make an Americanized Bad Boy Bubby...and fail horribly. When it's not creeping you out with its uncanny valley Teddy Ruxpin-esque thing or its Chris-chan-like main character, the film lives in Crazy Town (err, I mean Utah) with its characters li...

Trailers before Brigsby Bear

Ingrid Goes West
Patti Cake$
Good Time
Suburbicon

I think Good Time will play better wide though. Every time I've seen the Ingrid Goes West trailer in a theatre, the audience reaction's been dead. Also, I think Robert Pattinson has more drawing ability than Aubrey Plaza.

Logan Lucky 2/10 Steven Soderbergh should have stayed retired. This nearly two-hour dud is really nothing more than an excuse to shove as many one-dimensional characters and lame jokes into an awful script (written under a pseudonym, much like all of Soderbergh's non-director credits) that wears out...

Marshall's going to be DOA. Open Road has no idea how to market the film and Reginald Hudlin's nowadays remembered for his run as head of BET as well as Black Panther (neither of which was well-received) than doing House Party (yes, he produced Django Unchained but that's always going to be viewed a...

And Ryan Reynolds may be the hardest to predict actor ever in terms of box office. Just when you think he's box office poison in non-superhero vehicles, he surprises us.

How long before another non-Deadpool hit?

Trailers before Logan Lucky American Assassin The Disaster Artist Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Suburbicon The Drafthouse pre-show also showed retro trailers for Dixie Dynamite and Gymkata (along with clips of fight scenes from films such as Born to Fight and City Hunter, which makes me ...

Lady Macbeth 8/10 Shakespearian tragedy enters the 19th century as this cold but beautifully made drama is elevated by a great performance by Florence Pugh (I know it's only August but where are the awards talks for her?) and some very striking cinematography and period design (can you believe this ...