Movie Column
Weekend Box Office: Nice Start for ‘Angry,’ Angry Start for ‘Nice’
By Brian Verderosa Three new releases joined the ranks this week, but only one can claim to have truly been a success. The Angry Birds Movie, which has been in development for over four years, opened to an estimated…
Weekend Box Office: Cap Closes in on $300M
by Brian Verderosa The path to $400M seems clearer than ever for Captain America: Civil War, as it racked up $72M more this weekend to give it a $295M domestic total. As I had previously stated, it seems likely that Civil War…
Weekend Box Office: America Runs on ‘Captain’
by Brian Verderosa Logic and your calendar may tell you that summer doesn’t begin for another six weeks or so, but don’t tell that to Hollywood. The Summer Movie Season is officially here, and 2016’s first release is…
Weekend Box Office: The Calm Before the War
by Brian Verderosa This weekend marks the last of the Spring season, as next week’s Captain America: Civil War opens and will assuredly crush both franchise records and its limited competition. But before that can happen, we…
Catching Up With Criterion: The Game (1997)
Since 1984, The Criterion Collection has been offering us some of the greatest and most unappreciated films from a variety of cultures and decades, targeting their beautiful releases at the most ardent of film aficionados. As…
