Welcome to Strange Hits, a new column about songs you may forgot or simply not know hit the Top 40, acts whose very appearance in the charts is odd or intriguing, or just tracks that are too damn weird to fit…
Weekend B.O.: ‘Cinderella’ Dazzles in Debut!
Box-office estimates are in for the weekend of March 13th-15th, 2015. #1- Cinderella: There is no surprise here. The live-action Cinderella remake opened to an astounding $70M this weekend. This movie had a lot of things going for it- factors…
Weekend B.O.: ‘Chappie’ is Worst Blomkamp Debut to Date
Box-office estimates are in for the weekend of March 6th-8th, 2015. #1- Chappie: Let’s just say things haven’t been going great for Neill Blomkamp since District 9. Not only did his third and most recent film open to $13.3M, that…
Weekend B.O.: ‘Focus’ is an Unimpressive #1
Box-office estimates are in for the weekend of February 27th-March 1st 2015. #1- Focus: Wow, times have changed. The most recent Will Smith movie- a man who used to open his films to an average of $40-50M- opened to only…
Jon’s Movie Review: “Focus” is More of a Distraction
In Chicago, there are grifters and thieves aplenty. I am reminded of one man who I see semi-regularly on the train conning people with his shell game. The shell game is where he has three identical cups and he hides…
Adrián Martínez comes into ‘Focus’
Adrián Martínez plays Farhad, the computer guy and sidekick in Focus. His character is the symmetry between Will Smith’s character, Nicky, and Margot Robbie’s character Jess. We had the chance to catch up with Martínez this week and have a…
Trailer Round-Up: Focus, In the Heart of the Sea, The Longest Ride & Inside Out
The end of the year always brings a deluge of new trailers. Here’s a quick round-up of four trailers that have caught our attention this past week.