The Lego Movie continued to wow audiences for a second weekend in a row, the family film earning an estimated $48.8 million at the box office and has now grossed more than double its $60 million costs domestically (even though worldwide it has made little impression). It held off romantic newcomer About Last Night to an estimated $27 million, though at $12.5 million to make, even that was enough t...[Read More]
Lego fans rejoice! The Lego Movie has arrived, and with it much to be thankful for. With high critical praise and an estimated $69.1 million in the domestic box office bank, it has already turned a profit against its $60 million production costs. It was enough to put more traditional Hollywood fare to shame, as George Clooney’s war film The Monuments Men fell apart financially and critically. Dire...[Read More]
Romantic comedies aren’t for everyone, but I’ll admit that they are for me. There, I’ve said it. Even your garden-variety now-only-five-bucks-on-the-end cap-at-Target flicks born from a script that’s been recycled dozens of times call to me. There’s just something comfortable about the genre. You know what’s coming. There’s a love story. There’s a wr...[Read More]