The Emmy Awards were held just a few days ago. Of course, being an awards show, it has its share of second-guessing. A lot of people are questioning the snubs, as well as some of the choices. There were the usual surprises and the expected big winners. While it was an affair for television superstars, [...]
Jodie Foster had some sort of a good news-bad news situation this weekend. The good news was, her latest film The Brave One proved to be the number one choice of many audiences for the weekend. It vaulted to the top of the box office charts quite handily. It was another number one film for [...]
Just as we here at Movie Fan Zone had expected, Jodie Foster once again hit number one at the U.S. Box Office charts with her new film entitled The Brave One. The revenge flick scored decently with a lot of women as well as men who thirst for extreme action these days. The film sold [...]
The slow weekend trend in the fall season should continue up to this weekend even if a famous Oscar winning actress is on hand with her new film. Jodie Foster is set to grab the top spot in the box office chart with her new film that is already being talked about in many places. [...]
Jon Stewart, the controversial late-night talk show host, would reprise the role that earned him mixed reviews just last year: host of the Academy Awards night. Yes, the one-time Oscar host is going for laughter for a second time. The 80th edition of the Oscars will be next year but the people fond of it [...]
What was supposed to be a fun way to the tills ended up being another victim of the fall season’s trend. Shoot ‘Em Up was not exactly a blockbuster hopeful but it was one of the more high profile new releases the previous weekend. The action film was marketed in such a way that people [...]
Russell Crowe and Christian Bale proved to be hard to resist for moviegoers as their Western flick 3:10 To Yuma earned the top spot in the weekend box office to signal the start of the much more serious trend of the fall season in Hollywood filmmaking. It could also be the beginning of a downward [...]
Action packed films, comedy flicks and another horror film try to take on Rob Zombie and his version of Halloween, as the fall season gets underway in Hollywood. With the focus shifting more on quality scripts ratehr than big budgeted franchises, moviegoers are expected to pack the theaters looking for Oscar winners and serious fare.
However, [...]
Of course, the summer season in Hollywood had its share of downers. While the film industry had a record take in the box office, some films still had dismal performances in ticket sales. There were no flicks reminiscent of such bombs as last year’s Poseidon. Still, three films did not meet expectations. All three also [...]
With the summer season officially ending, it is high time we look at the films which surprised a lot of people, critics, fans and box office analysts, with their stellar performance at the box office. These three films more than made up for what the summer blockbusters were expected to do. Thing is, these three [...]