Dear Junkies, This week children burnt to death in a cinema where they had gone to watch “Sherlock Gnomes”. 11-year old Viktoria Pochankina called her aunt to tell her that her school-class was trapped in the cinema auditorium and everything…
WEEKEND RECAP First, a little background. Super Bowl weekend used to be a box office wasteland, a cinematic version of Chernobyl West. Studios believed that moviegoers were too busy either planning or attending Super Bowl parties and stayed away from…
WEEKEND RECAP All good things must come to an end, and few things have been as good to Sony Pictures as the re-boot of “Jumanji,” which has exceed even the wildest expectations of the guys and gals in Culver City….
WEEKEND RECAP Although a pair of new openers put up a decent fight, alas it was Sony’s juggernaut, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle that proved to be King of the Jungle yet again this week, tallying USD $20.0 million and…
WEEKEND RECAP It’s a long Martin Luther King weekend here in the United States and despite snow, freezing temperatures, NFL playoff games and a oops-my-bad Hawaiian missile warnings, moviegoers still found time to trudge to their local multiplexes, led by…
WEEKEND RECAP Don’t look now but despite a USD $52 million three day take here in North America, “The Last Jedi” is about to be lapped by Sony’s “Jumanji” reboot. Many four day projections (including New Years Day) have Dwayne…
Weekend Recap OK, want the good “Star Wars” news or the bad? Let’s start with the bad. “The Last Jedi” suffered a 69% drop on this Christmas weekend but the good news is that it’s still good enough for a…
WEEKEND RECAP In a galaxy far, far away (as in around the corner at your local multiplex), “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” was everything that moviegoers and the movie industry for that matter, could have expected, racking up a sensational…
Dear Junkies, Cineworld’s purchase of Regal is a bit like a python swallowing a goat – it can be done, but the initial result will be more goat than snake-shaped. Once investors and analysts had time to digest the proposed…
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