From the Movie Blog
Star Trek Into Profits
Box Office Preview Weekend of May 17, 2013 Stephen H Koontz It’s mid-May, schools are beginning to take their summer break, the weather is hot and the movies are getting hotter. “Star Trek Into Darkness” will no doubt keep the box office alive this weekend. It’s the only wide release; so it won’t have any major competition but … [Read More...]
Who is this Gatsby Anyhow?
Box Office Preview for the Weekend of May 10, 2013 One of the biggest questions of May is “How will ‘The Great Gatsby’ fare with summer audiences?” A good question after it was delayed from December 2012. The second weekend of May is typically slow because the first week is always host to a blockbuster; so with “Iron Man 3” bringing in … [Read More...]
2013 Summer Movies: Fantasy Previews
Summer of 2013 Fantasy Preview Let the summer movie games begin! As usual this summer promises to bring you big explosions, superheroes, laughs, and animated franchises, along with indie hits and crowd-pleasing sleepers. There is a smaller amount of guaranteed mega-blockbusters this summer (like 2012‘s The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises) … [Read More...]
Last Week of April: The Big Pain or Gain?
Box Office Preview for the Weekend of April 26, 2013 The weekend before the summer movie season is historically a dead zone and a spot for studios to drop a no-confidence picture that will disappear in a week. Who remembers #1 movies “Obsessed” or “RV”? Several movies released this weekend could fit that profile. But in recent … [Read More...]
Why The Next Great Movies Could Come From Games
Director JJ Abrams and Valve CEO Gabe Newell talked movies and video games at the DICE 2013 summit on February 8. During the keynote speech, the two hinted at the possibility of collaboration on movies based on Valve games like "Half-Life" and "Portal," according to Digital Spy. As if the announcement of Abrams as the next "Star Wars" director … [Read More...]
10 New Movies Coming Out In 2013 I Can’t Wait To See
So I have been thinking about the editorial style of Studio Wars for the last week and have been wondering, is it best to keep it professional or should I just start talking to everyone? I still don't know. But here I am, sharing with you my personal movie opinions and showing you that I am not some deep movie mind. I am a shoot em up, explosion … [Read More...]
My Disasterous Auction Results
Last week I had an online draft with 4 friends. We had a pretty good time as we drafted, trash talked and pretended to know everything about every movie that was coming out in the next three months (thank you IMDB & Rotten Tomatoes). In this particular league we are running from January 18th - March 18th, so it is a three month … [Read More...]
Fantasy Box Office Weekend Recap: Mama Torments The Competition
Movie goers were in the mood for some horror this weekend. With an absolute domination at the weekend box office Mama walked away with an amazing and (slightly) unexpected $28 million. With Mama selling in the $20 - $25 million range in most fantasy movie leagues, most owners of this movie should be very happy with their results. Mama also score … [Read More...]
The Original Batmobile is Up For Grabs The Weekend
So the original Batmobile is going to be up for auction this weekend and the wonderful people over at Chapman Automotive Group sent us this infograph with a little bit of history on the recent sales of iconic film cars. So what do you think the Batmobile will sell for? Share your guess below. This infographic was developed by . … [Read More...]
The Best End of The World Movies (Movie Battle)
Battle For The Best End of the World Movies of All Time It's The End Of The World As We Know It! It seems like 2013 is the year that film makers decided to go beyond simple disaster movies and take the destruction of the world a step further into evacuation or even extinction of Earth & humans. With movies like Oblivion, After Earth, … [Read More...]
Fantasy Box Office Preview
I would normally start a mid-January box office preview post off with a shot at the poor movies being released to theaters right now, but everyone knows what January is. It is a movie dumping ground. But this January feels different. Not due to the movies coming out, but because of what is available in theaters right now. The local theater is … [Read More...]
Top 10 Movies Based on Video Games
“Wreck-It Ralph” is a great movie based in the world of video games. Disney had reportedly been developing this script for the better part of twenty years before screenwriters Jennifer Lee and Phil Johnston finally got it just right. But “Wreck-It Ralph” is almost dated, almost proof that it really was first conceptualized sometime back in … [Read More...]
