12 Years a Slave
Movie Review: 12 Years a Slave
On first encountering the 1853 memoir of Solomon Northup, a free black man drugged and kidnapped from an educated, domestic life by opportunistic slave-traders in Washington D.C., director Steve McQueen felt he had read the “[American version of the Anne Frank story]” – two historical people fated to represent institutionalized evils through very personal words and experiences. Northup, as embodie...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Bad Grandpa Defies Gravity
Leave it to Johnny Knoxville to achieve the impossible…namely, to take a mega-hit, blockbuster film and send it to slot number two on the top ten. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa took first place for the weekend with an estimated $32 million, making twice its production costs in a single weekend. It sent Gravity, which has scored well domestically and abroad, to second place with an estimated $20.3 ...[Read More]
Enter to Win Tickets to an Advance Screening of 12 Years a Slave
CinemaNerdz readers have a chance to be one of the first to see the new film 12 Years a Slave from director Steve McQueen starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Giamatti, and Brad Pitt. For your chance to receive complimentary passes to see the film at the Maple Art Theater in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan on Tuesday, October 22nd at 7:0...[Read More]