The Big Short
Box Office Weekend: Star Wars Wins Again, Though Revenant Strong Competition
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has had a busy week, surpassing Avatar as the highest-grossing domestic film of all-time as well as having a $51 million opening in China, and it shows little sign of slowing down with an estimated $41.6 million weekend take. Leonardo DiCaprio had a strong wide release weekend as well, with an estimated $38 million for The Revenant. However, the well-regarded frontier ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: The Force Awakens to Boast Highest Domestic Gross of All Time
Happy New Year! And it looks to be a very happy new year for the box office as well. Star Wars: The Force Awakens remained in first place, to likely the surprise of no one, though its success is far and away going to put Avatar to shame…in its third week, it earned an estimated $88.3 million, and is only about $20 million shy of being the highest earning domestic grosser in history…and...[Read More]
Interview with Jeremy Strong and John Magaro, Stars of The Big Short
Director Adam McKay’s new film, The Big Short, tells the story of a group of outsiders who predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the 2000s and how betting on the collapse of the economy led them to some disturbing revelations on the nature of modern banking. The film, based on the best-selling book by Michael Lewis, stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Jeremy ...[Read More]