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Wednesday, Nov 12
DANCES WITH THE ARTHOUSE: Feeling Betrayed While Sipping from a Tall, Cold Glass of Sean Penn
In the eighties, Ellen Kuras met a man named Thavisouk Prasavath, a refugee from Laos living in Brooklyn. His family had moved from Southeast Asia after the fall of an American-friendly regime to Communists. Prasavath's father was working with the CIA, and his family quickly became perso...
Wednesday, May 21
BARD'S EYE VIEW: 'Panda' Power and Reasons to Not 'Mess' with Adam Sandler
Putting aside the fact that the kids who make up the target demographic for this movie don't usually care who provides the characters' voices as long as the end product is enjoyable, DreamWorks has assembled a fairly impressive cast of A-listers for this one: Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Ang...
Monday, May 19
SHOWBIZ STOCK WATCH: Future of Anime remains bright despite 'Speed Racer' failure!
Dragonball Z is easily the most popular anime series in the United States. It was created by Akira Toriyama in the mid-1980s, and, after several failed attempts, a dubbed version of the show landed on the Cartoon Network in 1998. It has been running ever since, and Fox's live action film vers...
Friday, May 9
EARLY FRIDAY & 3-DAY ESTIMATES: 'Iron Man' w/$14.75M Fri & $49M 3-day; 'Speed Racer' struggles to $6.5M Fri & headed for a possible $23M; 'Vegas' w/$6.25M Fri & estimated $17.3M OW; 'Redbelt' short of $1M for the weekend!
It may be popular to pile on the Wachowskis and Speed Racer, but I am a fan of the movie, and I know I am not alone. It is a completely original work, as we have come to expect from these true film auteurs, and, although I agree that it is on the long side, it is consistently entertaining. I am not a fil...
2nd Weekend of the Summer Season proves tough; Uphill for SPEED RACER.
Although I am by no means a movie critic, I like Speed Racer. The Wachowskis are certainly equal parts genius and self-indulgence, but this movie is an absolute original. In many ways reminiscent of Disney’s 1982 film Tron, it is too long, but it is consistently engaging, and this candy-col...
Thursday, May 8
FINAL WEEKEND TRACKING: 'Iron Man' targets $43M-$46M; 'Speed Racer' may ride family crowd to $30M, edging 'What Happens in Vegas'!
Iron Man (Paramount) will almost certainly comfortably win a 2nd consecutive weekend at the box office as Speed Racer (Warner Bros) struggles to reach $30M. I have not been able to find a studio exec who believes that the Wachowski Brothers’ adaptation of the late 60’s anime cartoon class...
Tuesday, May 6
EARLY TRACKING: Anatomy of a Car Crash: 'Speed Racer' Still Struggling in Audience Tracking with $35 million-plus Unlikely!; Paramount Sees "Blood in the Water" and Ramps Up 'Iron Man' Spending!
What is wrong with Speed Racer (Warner Bros.)? A studio exec just filled me in on the latest industry tracking for the Wachowski Brothers's update of the late 1960s anime cartoon classic, and this picture has real problems in the marketplace.
Wednesday, Apr 23
EARLY MAY TRACKING: 'Iron Man' Likely to Score $60M-plus on Opening Weekend; 'Made of Honor' Looks Like $16M-$19M; 'Speed Racer' on a Slow Track!
There is every reason for Warner Bros. to be concerned about the Wachowski Brothers’s treatment of the classic cartoon Speed Racer. I am hearing that Un-Aided Awareness is at only 5 percent, though it has a Total Aware of 77 percent. Definite Interest, however, is at a mere 29 percent, and tha...
