Notes about this weekend’s numbers: Maze Runner: The Death Cure was the lone new wide release this week, and it knocked Jumanji out of the #1 spot it had held for the past three weeks. These are the lowest debut numbers of the trilogy, but not by that much. As ...

Three very diverse new films open on this third weekend of March, though I don’t expect any of them to be able to take down Zootopia. The “biggest” film opening this weekend is The Divergent Series: Allegiant, the third film in the YA franchise based on Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy. ...

When it comes to film franchises based on young-adult fiction, we have seen the supernatural trend (Harry Potter, Twilight) of the aughts gradually give way to the dystopian craze sweeping theatres today. The Hunger Games is obviously the genre standard-bearer with its enormous box office returns and great reviews (and ...

The fall movie season finally swung into action this weekend with three new releases reaching the Top 10. Two limited releases stunned with huge results, while one little-marketed wide release predictably flopped. Dystopian YA sequel Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials took the #1 spot this weekend, opening only $2 million ...

It’s here! It’s here! After a long summer where good movies were awfully hard to come by most of the time, the fall movie season finally begins this weekend, as audiences get their first look at some of this year’s prestige films. First up is the long-awaited Black Mass, from ...

American Sniper I'm torn on this one. My first instinct was to grade this slightly higher for what is a gripping, well-acted war movie that explores the toll relentless killing takes on a soldier. However, the politics of this thing make me uneasy. That the film offers an overly simplified, ...

Bad Words Not funny enough to redeem its detestable lead character nor to justify its preposterous premise, coming across instead as just plain offensive. But I did love the adorable little boy. Grade: D+ Divergent Does a fairly interesting job of world-building... but script is so predictable and supporting characters ...