Ok, here's the last part of the forgotten big-budgeted misfires. Just to reiterate, these were the films that had a huge budget for its time and their failure went so far as to bankrupt the studio that marketed them, and some even ruined the filmmakers' career: 5. Cutthroat Island (1995): I think more people know …
Continue reading Guest Post – Forgotten Box Office Misfires Part II
[rtm's note: Who knew that the little blue people can actually take on Cowboys & Aliens? The Smurfs and the hybrid Western tied at the box office with $36.2 mil. It's perhaps too soon to call it a flop, but given the $163 production budget for the Harrison Ford/Daniel Craig starrer, it definitely underperformed.] ... …
Continue reading Guest Post – Forgotten Box Office Misfires Part I
Hello everyone! Welcome to another collaborative post with my lovely friend Paula G! This time we each came up with five movies we wish we could see on the big screen (either a repeat viewing or for the first time). Seems like almost every other week nowadays we hear news of previously-released films being shown …
Continue reading Random Question: What movies you wish would get a theatrical re-release?
Hi all, can I just say for the record that I LOVE Twitter!! I get most of my news from there and it keeps me informed even when I'm out and about on holiday... and in turn I can also inform folks of what's going on right at that very second something is happening (i.e. …
Continue reading First Look: Machine Gun Preacher, Shame & Margin Call
This review is courtesy of Ivan Maramis... a.k.a. ze blogger's hubby 😀 When it was first announced that Captain America would be made into the big screen, I thought it was such a preposterous proposition. I know of the comic and am familiar enough to sum it up in a :30 second elevator pitch, but …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review – Captain America: The First Avenger
It was really a great day to be at Hall H... I somehow felt that when I was waiting in line and talking to people whilst doing so. But little did I know it was going to be amazing. As you've read on Part I of the Friday coverage, by the time Fright Night panel …
Continue reading Comic-con Day 2: The amazing SONY panels at Hall H
Hello everybody! Pardon the late updates of my second (and last) day at Comic-con. I was hoping to be able to blog Friday night when I came back home but it was already late and our flight was super early on Saturday morning, so it just wasn't possible. I only had time to take a …
Continue reading Comic-con Day 2: A day in the life inside the coveted Hall H – Part I
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