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The future's so bright, it deserves a letter grade.
Tue, Oct 13 2009 4:25 PM
It may be based in Vegas, but market research firm CinemaScore is one of the most feared organizations in Hollywood. Not feared in the style of a Harvey Weinstein or Nikki Finke -- feared because the company's proven frighteningly good at predicting accurate box-office grosses. Over at his "Big Picture" blog, Patrick Goldstein profiles Ed Mintz... Read More...
"Inglourious Basterds" promotes English language domination.
Tue, Aug 25 2009 9:20 AM
Over the weekend, "Inglourious Basterds" went from a film with a mixed Cannes reputation as Tarantino's least-productively talky to being a box office conqueror. If critics are still split, the general public seems surprisingly united in loving it. As Sharon Waxman reports, the Weinsteins marketed a kick-ass action movie, and somehow, remarkably... Read More...