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Cinephile goodness in the form of insightful editorials and entertaining, analytical features from the CinemaNerdz writers.
The Preview Reel: The Fate of the Furious
Welcome to this week’s “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. Last weekend saw a couple of holdovers in The Boss Baby and Beauty and the Beast take the top two spots, but this week is a completely different story. One of the biggest movies of the year comes out this Easter weekend with The Fate of the Furious. It will no doubt dominate the box office (ever...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Smurfs: The Lost Village and Going in Style
Welcome to this week’s “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. Families have been dominating the box office with The Boss Baby doing much better than expected business and Beauty and the Beast breaking all sorts of records. This week sees another family-friendly affair enter the ring with Smurfs: The Lost Village, while Going in Style looks to please the ol...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Ghost in the Shell and The Boss Baby
Welcome to the “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. Two iconic 1990s properties dominated the box office last weekend as Beauty and the Beast and Power Rangers held the top two spots. This week features a film trying to capitalize on a popular anime property, Ghost in the Shell, and DreamWorks tries something original with The Boss Baby. Let’s break them...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Power Rangers, Life, and CHiPs
Welcome to this week’s “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. After a record breaking debut from Beauty and the Beast last weekend, three new releases look to make a splash at the box office. There’s two reboots hitting the theaters this week, Power Rangers and CHiPs, and the horror-sci-fi flick, Life. None are likely to dethrone Beauty and the Beast, but ...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: The Beauty and the Belko Experiment
Welcome back to the “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. We’ve been away for a few months, but we’re excited to be back and continue to help you make decisions on what to check out at the cineplexes this weekend. It’s a great weekend to come back as one of the biggest movies of the new year opens in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. That will no doubt domin...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Horizon Promising for Burton
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. After a somewhat disappointing start for The Magnificent Seven and Storks last weekend, this week looks to pick things up with three very different wide-release offerings. We have the true-story environmental disaster flick Deepwater Horizon, the return of Tim Burton with Miss Peregrine’s Home for P...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Are These Seven Magnificent?
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. The fall movie season is in full swing, and as Sully continues to dominate the box office, it looks like we might have our first blockbuster of the fall season in The Magnificent Seven. Warner Bros. looks to cash in on the lack of family options in theaters with their latest animated offering, Stork...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Can the Blair Witch Conjure Up a Win?
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. Last weekend finally saw some good box office results as Sully grossed over $35 million in its opening weekend, and this weekend looks to continue that trend. The surprise horror sequel Blair Witch hits the screen, along with another legacy sequel in Bridget Jones’s Baby, and the Oliver Stone thrill...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Hanks and Eastwood to Triumph
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. The summer movie season is officially behind us, and even though there seemed to be more disappointments than pleasant surprises, we have a lot to look forward to this fall. This weekend features a potential early award contender in Sully, a romantic thriller in When the Bough Breaks, and another ha...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Slim Holiday Pickings
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. Labor Day weekend is notoriously slow for the movie industry, and this holiday weekend is no exception. With two hardly talked about movies being released this weekend, the romantic drama The Light Between Oceans and the supernatural thriller Morgan, it should be a quiet weekend at the cinema. They ...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Don’t Breathe to Win Weekend
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. The dog days of August are officially upon us and things really slow down at the cineplexes. Suicide Squad continues to dominate the box office, but three newcomers (all with an R-rating) look to take its crown. There’s the new horror flick, Don’t Breathe, from the director of 2013’s The Evil Dead, ...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Will Dogs Bury Kubo and Ben-Hur?
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. This week sees the release of three vastly different movies, with the true story war comedy War Dogs, the animated Kubo and the Two Strings, and the remake of the classic film Ben-Hur. None of them are expected to set the box office ablaze, but let’s see if any of them are worthy of your time. [divi...[Read More]