New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of November 15 - November 21
Harley Lond - wrote on 11/14/22 at 11:32 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN
"Three Thousand Years of Longing" (2022) Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic - content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is a …
Emancipation and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 11/09/22 at 11:36 AM CT
It was another case of the box-office blahs as Black Adam once again took the top spot, with anime One Piece Film: Red coming in second. But with just $53.8 million total, it was still on the lowest-grossing weekends of the year - but things should look much better with the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which is shaping up to be one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, openings of …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of November 8 - November 13
Harley Lond - wrote on 11/07/22 at 11:09 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN
"The Power of the Dog" (2021) Jane Campion returns to the kind of mythic frontier landscape - pulsating with both freedom and menace - that she previously traversed in "The Piano" in order to plumb the masculine psyche in "The Power of the Dog," set against the desolate plains of 1920s Montana and adapted by the filmmaker from Thomas Savage’s novel. After a sensitive widow …
M3GAN and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 11/02/22 at 11:50 AM CT
After becoming the first blockbuster since we ended the summer season, Black Adam once again ruled the box office, though not without taking a significant hit. The only new film to open, Prey for the Devil, may have tried to take advantage of the spooky holiday but had minimal impact over the weekend. The MPAA continues to trickle out its own treats with yet another single title that once again …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of November 1 - November 6
Harley Lond - wrote on 10/31/22 at 11:36 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN
"Top Gun: Maverick" (2022) After more than 30 years of service as a top naval aviator, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot. Yet, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past when he returns to TOP GUN to train a group of elite graduates and comes face-to-face with Lt. Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the …
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 10/26/22 at 12:30 PM CT
While there have been some films keeping the box office afloat since the summer blockbuster season died down, it has been a rough couple of months. But thanks to Dwayne Johnson's DC passion project Black Adam, the box office is in the best shape since July. And a rom-com counter-programming release also scored big and horror continued to shine as well. As the MPAA bulletin goes, it's not the …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of October 25 - October 31
Harley Lond - wrote on 10/25/22 at 12:01 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN
"Nope" (2022) Following their father’s shocking death, Hollywood animal wrangler OJ Daniel Kaluuya) and his sister Emerald (Keke Palmer) begin observing unexplained phenomena on their vast Southern California ranch that leads them down an obsessive rabbit hole as they plot attempts to capture the mystery on camera. Along with a former child star turned family theme park …
Super Mario Bros. Movie and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 10/19/22 at 12:34 PM CT
October is all about the scares and, so far, the scares have been propping up the box office and this week it was Halloween Ends that came out on top - posting the best opening in 12 weeks, even if it was a bit disappointing compared to the previous two outings. As for the MPAA - just a single film but it looks to be super interesting.
The big screen has seen horror reach some good heights …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of October 18 - October 24
Harley Lond - wrote on 10/18/22 at 12:20 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN
"Bullet Train" (2022) Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug’s latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe - all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives - on the world’s fastest …
Pinocchio, The Whale, One Piece: Red and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 10/12/22 at 11:41 AM CT
Once again the box office was spared a complete meltdown thanks to Smile as the horror film had an exceptional second-week hold. New film Lyle, Lyle Crocodile took a dainty bite out of the box office while David O. Russell's star-studded Amsterdam was a complete disaster. On the ratings front we have a dark version of a classic fairytale from a master of horror, a big comeback for an …
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