Browsing Month July, 2007
Summer 2007 Box Office Update
By Norm Schrager at July 26, 2007 | 3:21 pm | 9 Comments
See our most recent update We've been getting requests for more summer box office news. It's probably just Transformers disciples praying (oh, please, great god Optimus Prime) that it'll be the year's #1 movie ...Consider this now a regular midweek report. And put on some sunscreen before you go outside. SUMMER MOVIE HITS 2007 1. Spider-Man 3: $335 million 2. more...
ESPN’s “The Bronx Is Burning”: Episode #3 Recap
By Norm Schrager at July 24, 2007 | 11:38 pm | 0 Comment
The Bronx Is Burning -- Episode #3 (aired 7/24) Like any good movie miniseries, this one's starting to ratchet up the soap opera scenarios... and the tension. This is easily the best episode: solid focus, fantastic use of file footage, and improved direction and editing. The special effects are still shockingly bad, but they're sort of adding to the '70s more...
Filmmaker Interview: Your Mommy Kills Animals
By Norm Schrager at July 24, 2007 | 8:05 am | 3 Comments
Curt Johnson knows what he's doing. If you're gonna direct a controversial documentary, you may as well shock 'em right from the title. Michael Moore would probably agree. Your Mommy Kills Animals (my review on filmcritic.com) tells the story of the current animal rights movement in America, and it's not an easy story to tell. The movie is sad, infuriating, complex... more...
Harry Potter Conundrum: New Movie or New Book?
By Norm Schrager at July 23, 2007 | 7:24 am | 1 Comments
Looks like Harry Potter has taken a chunk of interest away from... well, Harry Potter. After zooming its way to a few box office records upon its July 11 release, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix may have been affected by this weekend's unveiling of the new Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Order of the Phoenix box office business more...
