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Highlights of the Cinetopia Film Festival 2019 Lineup
The Cinetopia Film Festival has released their comprehensive annual film schedule for 2019. This year’s festival will run from May 10 thru May 19, and will feature twenty Michigan premieres, four Midwest premieres, and three U.S. Premieres. Cinetopia continues across southeast Michigan this year with screenings at the State Theatre, University of Michigan-on campus, Arab American National Museum, ...[Read More]
2019 Movie Release Date Schedule
As we once again come upon the end of another year in film, we find ourselves looking forward to the films scheduled for release in the coming year. There’s definitely something for everyone in 2019. There are the expected sequels and big blockbusters—Avengers: Endgame and Jumanji 3—as well as a multitude of other titles and genres to choose from. We hope you this list useful and that it hel...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Incredibles 2 and Tag
Welcome to this week’s “Preview Reel” column, wherein we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. Ocean’s 8 enjoyed a solid opening as it walked away with a franchise best $41.5 million first weekend haul, but its reign atop the box office is likely to be a short-lived one. Disney and Pixar’s long-awaited sequel to their tale of a family of super heroes, Incredibles 2, hits theaters almost...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Action Point & Adrift
Welcome to the “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. Solo: A Star Wars Story dramatically under performed over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, bringing in just $103 million over four days. That’s well below the anticipated $140-150 million, and could be seen as the first misstep from Disney since acquiring Lucasfilm back in 2012. The good news is that t...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Solo: A Star Wars Story
Welcome to this week’s “Preview Reel” column, in which we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. Deadpool 2 killed it at the box office last weekend, dethroning the mighty Avengers: Infinity War with an impressive $125 million debut. The merc-with-a-mouth will have his work cut out for him this weekend though as a new Star Wars film debuts in the form of Solo: A Star Wars Story. The inte...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Deadpool 2, Book Club, and Show Dogs
Welcome to this week’s “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. Avengers: Infinity War was number one at the box office for the third weekend in a row this past week, but that streak is likely to end this weekend with another superhero strolling into cineplexes. Deadpool 2 looks to build off the incredible success of the first installment from two years ago,...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Life of the Party and Breaking In
Welcome to this week’s “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. Avengers: Infinity War continues to break records as it has become the fastest film in history to reach $1 billion worldwide, and is already the 15th highest-grossing movie of all-time in just two weeks of release. The film is an undeniably huge hit for Marvel, and one that many studios saw comi...[Read More]
The 10 Best Films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Ever since Samuel L. Jackson first popped up at the end of Iron Man (2008) ten years ago and revealed to Tony Stark that he was a part of a bigger universe, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has sat on top of the film landscape that every movie studio envies. There are currently 18 MCU films, with this week’s Avengers: Infinity War (2018) marking the nineteenth entry in the series, and the most ...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Avengers: Infinity War
Welcome to this week’s “Preview Reel” column, wherein we look at the week’s new wide-release movies. A Quiet Place regained the top spot at the box office this weekend, but the horror film’s box-office dominance will undoubtedly come to an end this weekend as what may arguably be the most anticipated movie of the year hits theaters when Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War (2018) finally arrives at mul...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: I Feel Pretty and Super Troopers 2
Welcome to this week’s “Preview Reel” column, wherein we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. Rampage and A Quiet Place were neck and neck at the box office last weekend, but it was the Dwayne Johnson blockbuster that got the best of John Krasinski’s horror sensation. Those two will likely continue doing great business until Avengers: Infinity War debuts next week as this week’s slate ...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: A Quiet Place and Blockers
Welcome to the “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. Steven Spielberg returned to blockbuster filmmaking with moderate success in the form of Ready Player One’s $53 million opening weekend. This week, it will battle with two well-received movies, A Quiet Place and Blockers, for first place at the box office. Let’s see if either the horror thriller or raun...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Ready Player One and Acrimony
Welcome to the “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. Last weekend Pacific Rim: Uprising took down the long-time box office king, Black Panther, with an impressive $28 million haul. It won’t likely repeat the feat this weekend as one of the more intriguing releases of the year arrives in the form of Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One. Tyler Perry’s latest...[Read More]