Movie Box Office Top 10 - Mon Apr 14, 2008

Of the three wide-release movies that opened this past weekend, all of them made the top 10 in box office receipts. Not too suprisingly, Prom Night and Street Kings were in the top 5. But I would have thought Smart People would have fared much better than #7 spot.

[-] Prom Night. Brittany Snow.
[-] Street Kings. […]

Movies Opening This Weekend - Fri Apr 11, 2008

These movies are opening this weekend, Fri Apr 11, 2008. Bolded movie titles are clickable, and you’ll see a related preview page with a large poster and a video clip.
My pick for this week is Smart People. It looks like a thoughtful, entertaining film, and we’ll have a review to follow. Another possible box office […]

Street Kings - Filmzee Friday Film Preview

Film: Street Kings.
Release: Wide.
Category: Crime, Drama, Thriller.
Opening: Fri Apr 11, 2008
Director: David Ayer.
Writer: James Ellroy, Kurt Wimmer, and Jamie Moss, based on a story by James Ellroy.
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Jay Mohr, Cedric the Entertainer, Common, The Game.
Rating: R
Runtime: 109 min.
Notes: It’s really hard to tell whether this one is worth […]

Smart People - Filmzee Friday Film Preview

Film: Smart People.
Release: Wide.
Category: Comedy, Drama, Romance.
Opening: Fri Apr 11, 2008
Director: Noam Murro.
Writer: Mark Poirer.
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page.
Rating: R
Runtime: 95 min.
Notes: Dennis Quaid plays a professor who ends up in the hospital after accident due to a seizure. Ellen […]

Prom Night - Filmzee Friday Film Preview

Film: Prom Night.
Release: Wide.
Category: Horror, Mystery, Thriller.
Opening: Fri Apr 11, 2008
Director: Nelson McCormick.
Writer: J.S. Cardone.
Cast: Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Johnathon Schaech.
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 88 min.
Notes: Prom Night might be tagged a remake of the 1980 original, but the original writers aren’t credited (at least not in IMDB). […]

The Visitor - Filmzee Friday Film Preview

Film: The Visitor.
Release: Limited.
Category: Comedy, Drama.
Opening: Fri Apr 11, 2008 (opens in wider release on Apr 18th).
Director: Thomas McCarthy.
Writer: Thomas McCarthy.
Cast: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Jekesai Gurira, Maggie Moore, Richard Kind.
Rating: PG/ PG-13
Runtime: 108 min.
Notes: A professor takes off for a conference, only to find […]

Young@Heart - Filmzee Friday Film Preview

Film: Young@Heart.
Release: Limited.
Category: Documentary, Drama, Music.
Opening: Fri Apr 11, 2008
Director: Stephen Walker.
Writer: n/a
Cast: Stan Goldman, Jeanne Hatch.
Rating: PG
Runtime: 107 min.
Notes: This looks like an immensely entertaining documentary about the Young at Heart Chorus, a group of citizens from New England who cover rock’n’roll and punk classics.
Review: […]

Chaos Theory - Filmzee Friday Film Preview

Film: Chaos Theory.
Release: Limited.
Category: Comedy, Drama, Romance.
Opening: Fri Apr 11, 2008
Director: Marcos Siega.
Writer: Daniel Taplitz.
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Emily Mortimer.
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 85 min.
Notes: I never been a Ryan Reynolds fan, at least not consciously, but he has an understated quality that might grow on you. In this […]

Bra Boys - Filmzee Friday Film Preview

Film: Bra Boys.
Release: Limited.
Category: Documentary
Opening: Fri Apr 11, 2008
Director: Sunny Abberton, Macario De Souza.
Writer: Sunny Abberton, Stuart Beattie.
Cast: Russell Crowe (narration), Kelly Slater
Rating: R
Runtime: 90 min.
Notes: The title of this film might invoke memories of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer and Frank Costanza create “the bro”, a […]

Movie Box Office Top 10 - Mon Apr 07, 2008

Of the four wide-release movies that opened this past weekend, three made it into the top 5 of box office receipts, as I expected. Only the Rolling Stones documentary, Shine a Light, did not make the top 10. None of the limited-release movies made it into the top 10 either. None of the new releases […]