Harvey Weinstein’s odious Oscar push
I was rooting for Silver Linings Playbook for Best Picture the other night as suspected I might when I reviewed it last year. It’s probably not quite typical Best Picture quality, but then I would argue neither is Argo. I have to tell you though, when I learned about producer Harvey Weinstein’s efforts to get [...]
‘Rise of the Guardians’ doesn’t stand out much in the crowd
Rise of the Guardians came out last week, but I decided to take my time seeing and reviewing it. I’ve kind of reached a small breaking point with animated kids’ movies. There’s a lot of good ones out there, but you can only see so many of them before they kind of wear on you. [...]
Weekend box office results, July 13-15
Ice Age: Continental Drift led the way for the last weekend P-B (pre-Batman). It only grossed 46 million domestically, somewhat of a disappointment and perhaps because Brave and to a lesser extent Madagascar 3 are still out there and doing okay, diluting the childrens’ market. FOX doesn’t really care, though, as Ice Age also made [...]