Three new films open in wide release this weekend, and it’s more of the same awful-looking comedies and middling genre fare that we tend to see in January. The first of these, and probably the one that will be most successful, is the comedy Dirty Grandpa. Starring Robert De Niro ...

Of the weekend’s three new releases, one clearly stood out as a major hit, one found minor success, and a third was an outright flop. Meanwhile, the two big box office sensations of the past few weeks continued to rake in the dough. The Ice Cube/Kevin Hart comedy sequel Ride ...

This weekend at the movies will be pretty busy, with three new wide releases to lure audiences. Not one of them looks too appealing to me, though. I plan to focus on catching up with those prestige films from before Christmas that are released all at once, seemingly in an ...

In this second weekend of the new year, Star Wars: The Force Awakens continued to dominate the charts and break records. This week, it passed Avatar to become the highest-grossing film ever in North America — and it also becomes (in only its third weekend) the first film ever to ...

Happy New Year, friends! It has been quite a while since there’s been any activity on the site, and during the busiest time of the movie year at that. I’m sorry for the unexpected silence, but it should be smooth sailing from here on out. In any case, here we ...

After a couple of weeks where only one film at a time debuted in wide release, this third weekend of October has so many new releases that it all just becomes overwhelming trying to keep up. We all love movies, and we want to see all the good movies, so ...

The Martian emerged victorious for the second weekend in a row, holding the #1 spot and confirming its status as a major hit. Right behind it at #2 was Hotel Transylvania 2, the fall’s other big success. The week’s only new release, Pan, debuted as a huge disappointment at #3. ...

Surprisingly, this weekend offers only one major new release. There have been so many must-see films opening in the past month, however, that you might be grateful to have this week to catch up before the next wave of prestige films. That one new wide release is Pan from director ...

There was no contest at the box office this weekend as the week’s one new wide release easily conquered all other movies. Ridley Scott’s The Martian premiered right at the top this week, immediately establishing itself as the first big adult hit of the fall. Despite being a primarily commercial ...

The fall movie season is well underway this first weekend of October, as several major releases make their long-awaited public debuts. This is a time to be excited, my little flickophiles — from now to Christmas, there’ll be more good films being released than in the rest of the year ...