In the past week, our area has faced off with an earthquake and been skirted by a hurricane. It seems only appropriate to use a quote from Ghostbusters (which features Artist of the Month Bill Murray) when natural disasters are running amok. Despite mother nature’s rage, we did make it to the theater for Our Idiot Brother, despite how studios expected the hurricane to affect things. We talk about... 

Part of looking at movies does involve the business side of show business. We try to have a little fun with it, as each week Tim makes his predictions as to how movies will perform at the Box Office. Then, on Sundays, we look at how Tim’s predictions fared. Earlier this week, Tim made his predictions for the week, expecting summer to go out like a lamb. It was a fairly reasonable prediction to make... 

There’s a scene in Our Idiot Brother where the titular character Ned, played by Paul Rudd, is exposing his sheltered nephew to the comedy stylings of The Pink Panther movies. It’s an interesting inclusion as the film, as the star of those movies, Peter Sellers, would draw acclaim for playing an idiotic character who was confused for a wise man in Being There. Rudd’s Ned is not a character on... 

You’ve heard Tim make his weekly predictions on our podcast, guessing how the box office numbers are going to play out as we discuss each week’s estimates. Now we’re putting them down in text just to see how good Tim’s track record winds up. Tune in each week as we compare Tim’s predictions against the actual numbers from the box office weekend, as Tim takes on the Box... 

As I pointed out last week, we’re in the dreary end of summer. There are no blockbusters to be found here, but technically we’re still a week away from the end of the season. Still, this weekend doesn’t look like a total loss, although you might have to do some digging to find trailers and other promotions for these films. Columbiana is a movie that has gotten shockingly little marketing. Zoe...