Box Office Weekly #103 (MP3 - 13.5 MB - 19 min)
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In today’s show, weekend box office figures, TV ratings and these stories: $715 thousand dollars per buttock… The second week numbers for CLOVERFIELD suggest that for JJ Abrahms, all is LOST… and in this week’s commentary I tell you why the new movies sucked [...]

January - it’s the no man’s land of moviegoing, a vortex, a Scylla and Charybdis. I know that last one probably doesn’t apply, but I like the sound of it. See, the thing about January is that it’s bad for movies. Theatre attendance is down as school gets back in and adults tighten their belts [...]

The IMDb’s studio briefing featured a chilling little article, buried second-to-bottom:

TV PRODUCTION HALTS IN L.A.
As of this week, there are no scripted television series remaining in production in Los Angeles, Daily Variety reported today (Monday), citing figures from Film L.A., an intermediary between film producers and permitting agencies. At the time of the writers’ walkout [...]

I was talking last week on the podcast about, among other things, the extras on the DVD of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. One of those sparked a connection that I’m ashamed about not getting sooner.First, look at this YouTube clip from Lolita. I’d embed it for you here, but the Podcast Network just doesn’t do [...]

Gonna have to stop writing titles with exclamation points!
Anyway, acceding to popular demand, here is a portrait of the Boxoffice Weekly staff:

(Left: Skot C. Middle: Daniel K. Right: Vivien)
You may find it peculiar how much we resemble the cast of a Ventura County Theatre Production from a few years ago, but life is full of [...]

Hey, the Academy Award™ Nominations came out. This exciting fact received no written notice on Box Office Weekly– Until now, that is. (It was noted on the Podcast.)
Gee. Why is that?
Feels like 2005 all over again, if you ask me, especially at the top of the heap. A mound of umpity-ump indies and critical faves [...]

Box Office Weekly #102 (MP3 - 15 MB - 22 min)
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In today’s show, weekend box office figures, TV ratings and these stories: good news from Sundance, if you’re an Alan Partridge fan… viewers can’t get enough of them debates… and in this week’s commentary I review three movies with nothing, and I mean nothing, [...]

When you hear episode 102 of the podcast, up later today, you’ll hear the voice of Vivien Latham, depicted here as the brunette on the right. Vivien will be reading the bumpers on the show. I expect you all to treat her just like you do me, and [...]

I love movies. I love Hollywood, and Hollywood cinema. Fresh-popped popcorn gets me a little high, and I think the little changeover cues in the corners of the frame are cute. And God help me, I’m just as hooked on television as everybody. But there are quite a few things about Hollywood I hate.
Most [...]

It was a pleasant Sunday afternoon - I cruised on by the barnes and noble to surf the web. It was there I noticed that they were having a DVD sale - buy two, get one free! For a change, I decided to buy my DVDs instead of rent them (or illegally download them, for [...]