While it would be lovely if Joy Ride could top Insidious: The Red Door at the box office, it doesn’t seem a likely process. The former is an unknown player to most audiences and unless word of mouth builds business into Saturday/Sunday, the existing fandom of Insidious will likely mean a higher final tally. OTHER…
Page Revisions: (July 2, 2023) Original Release Date: July 28, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his idea into the biggest toy craze in history.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Static background, unexcited body language. The uninterested nature of the…
Seven major new Blu-ray releases from three separate companies are further proof that home video releases are still a potent choice for home viewing. From Warner Archive come three 1950s films noir, Caged, The Damned Don’t Cry, and Angel Face, as well as the same decade’s open sea adventure The Old Man and the Sea.…
While I may not be able to present these new features weekly, I will certainly try. One of our first new features is a full slate of predictions. On Cinema Sight, I post my Oscar Hopefuls, a list of films that are in contention for the Oscars. Some of them are pure flights of fancy,…
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of May and see what films pulled ahead and which faltered. Then we’ll look forward to July and see what has some potential. Normally, this will post earlier…
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…
Page Revisions: (June 25, 2023) Original Release Date: August 4, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A sheriff tries to keep the peace when a desperate family man violently robs a pill mill with his brother-in-law, alerting an enforcer for the New Orleans mafia.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Dull setting, bland affectations, and…
Page Revisions: (June 25, 2023) Original Release Date: August 4, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia and Ukraine during the start of the war. Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces. Shortly after they find themselves at…
Below are six previews for films opening next weekend. Insidious: The Red Door (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Joy Ride (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Amanda (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Biosphere (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Earth Mama (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview The Lesson (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview