In today’s filmgoing climate, audiences are usually forced to choose between challenging works and brain-dead ones, because few productions exist in between the two extremes. This dichotomy is a shame, for it all too frequently results in Joe Schmoe knowingly watching mediocre Hollywood efforts, simply because the searing independent alternatives have a tendency to seem […]
In yesterday’s box office report, I professed how tired I was of using Avengers images to head blog posts, but it’s impossible to avoid today. The team of Marvel superheroes earned another $100 million at the domestic box office this weekend, once again surpassing my personal prediction by a wide margin, and crossed the $1 billion
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Aside from the fact that Think Like a Man is now officially the year’s surprise hit, the box office for wide releases this weekend has been totally uninteresting, with openers The Five-Year Engagement, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Safe, and The Raven all performing worse than expected. Thus, if there’s a story to be told, it’s that the small
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