One look at this four-poster movie collage and one might say that last weekend was the zombie apocalypse calm before the storm. Three of these four films have built substantial hype: “The Town” marks the second film from director (yes, director) Ben Affleck, “Devil” has a story credit belonging to M. Night Shyamalan and “Easy […]

The lazy days of September. We saw how weak the box office was Labor Day weekend as people were trying their best to do outdoor activities while it’s still warm. As such, “Resident Evil: Afterlife” is the lone contender in wide release this weekend. Expect Milla Jovovich to sexy her way to the top spot […]

So maybe you can’t hear the crunching of leaves under your feet (or don’t want to quite yet — don’t blame you there), but fall movie season is upon us and it starts with a bang. Well, it started Wednesday with a quiet, brooding thriller in “The American” with George Clooney, a good film, but not exactly a major high note. Today, however, is the bang.

Summer finally closes out on an unexciting note. There’s a low-budget-style horror film in “The Last Exorcism,” a heist-centered action film in “Takers” and the release of that little film from last winter called “Avatar.”

And so we’ve reached the summer dumping ground. With schools getting started either earlier this past week or next week, most of the films coming out these next couple weeks will not be particularly worthwhile — for most people.

The undisputed biggest weekend of August starts today. Three of the summer’s most anticipated films will all compete for the box office this weekend: Sylvester Stallone’s consummate action flick “The Expendables” featuring men whose average biceps circumference is bigger than my head, Julia Roberts in “Eat, Pray, Love” based on the bestseller and “Scott Pilgrim […]

That brings us to August. Anyone else feel as if there were a whole month of summer movies that were supposed to come out but never did? 2010 has been one of the bigger movie letdown years in awhile. Hopefully a few of these August films can make me change my mind.

The last weekend of July is always a dud at the box office. Last year, “Funny People” with Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen took in just $22 million to finish first. The year before, “The Dark Knight” did so in its third week. That’s what I think we’ll happen with “Inception.” We have a talking […]

After a film like “Inception” comes out, you know you can expect a letdown weekend at the box office. Even if Angelina Jolie were doing full-front for “Salt,” it still wouldn’t make headlines this weekend. (Mainly because it would be R-rated and limit the audience, but still …) Much like “Avatar” last year, this is […]

If you’re not a Twi-hard, then you marked this weekend as your biggest of the summer. Sure, there was the first weekend of the “summer” in “Iron Man 2,” but Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” has been the only buzz-worthy potential blockbuster of the summer. The box office is primed to give “Inception” a big weekend. Last […]

This might be the time of year when everyone wants to cool down, but the box office is hoping it can stay hot off the holiday weekend. With “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” still fresh and some new (but classic) horror and a family film coming down the pipeline this weekend, there’s a good shot it […]

The first live action blockbuster since “Iron Man 2” (which feels like ages ago) finally hit theaters today and made $30 million just at midnight showings. Another potential young adult hit also finds its way into theaters tomorrow in “The Last Airbender” directed by the ever-controversial M. Night Shyamalan.

We have an awkward early edition of Weekend Preview this week as “Knight and Day” jumps into theaters today. We’ll have the same thing next week with “Eclipse,” so I suppose I’ll have to suck it up. After family films have dominated the box office for the last six weeks , we finally get some […]

After more than ten years of pioneering new classics, Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney return to the franchise that made it all possible: Toy Story. “Toy Story 3” hits theaters today and already the reception is dazzling. Another Pixar mega-hit is on our hands.

School’s out for the summer. That’s the biggest factor heading into this weekend and it could pay dividends for both of this weekend’s new releases: team action blockbuster “The A-Team” and sports movie remake “The Karate Kid.”