Month: January 2012
What a Five-Year-Old Thought of Beauty and the Beast 3D
Re-releasing a Disney movie to theatres, in theory, should be a fairly safe bet for attracting the attention of a princess-obsessed five year old, but I was still a little apprehensive about taking my daughter Charley to see the recent 3D re-release of Beauty and the Beast. Why? There are two reasons – first, even though my daughter has seen Beauty and the Beast on DVD and even met Belle at Disney...[Read More]
CinemaLinks: George Lucas Says He’s Quitting and Some Steven Soderbergh Goodness
Well, it’s another week gone by and we here at CinemaNerdz thought we’d take a look at some of the big movie stories we came across from last week and share them with you all. First off, an article from the New York Times about George Lucas and then, from CinemaBlend.com, a listing of “The 8 Best Performances In Steven Soderbergh Movies.” __________________________ The New York Times r...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Underworld Awakens to a #1 Finish
Vampires and werewolves won the weekend, but this time, Stephenie Meyer had nothing to do with them; the bloody Underworld: Awakening led the box office this time around, and though critics aren’t saying much good about it, moviegoers gave the $70 million budgeted film an estimated $25.4 million opening. While profits overall still continue to tumble since the beginning of the year, it was still a...[Read More]