Everyone’s favorite talking hedgehog burns up a $57 million opening weekend at the box office, while Birds of Prey experiences the typical second-weekend slump.
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Despite solid reviews, DC’s latest putting Harley Quinn front & center struggles to find an audience.
Bad Boys for Life finds itself atop the charts yet again while Oz Perkins’ horror fairytale fails to crack the top three over the Super Bowl weekend.
Will Smith & Martin Lawrence beat Guy Ritchie’s latest handily in a robust-for-January weekend.
A re-release of an architecture doc and a thrilling box set of Karel Zeman’s imaginative special effects work number among Criterion’s offerings this month.
The critically blasted “Dolittle” follows “Cats” as another flop for Universal while audiences turn out for Will Smith & Martin Lawrence.
Sam Mendes’ critically acclaimed war drama unexpectedly usurps “Rise of Skywalker”‘s throne.
Who should win, who will win, and who was left out.
Falling stars, grudges & impressive women abound over the first box office weekend of 2020.
The closing chapter of the Star Wars sequel trilogy maintains a steady second-weekend box office haul.
The scandalous pre-Code melodrama The Story of Temple Drake and Wim Wenders’ sci-fi road movie Until the End of the World get the Criterion treatment.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker rises to a forceful $175.5 million opening weekend at the box office, but it falters compared to previous episodes.
We revisit the underappreciated humanism of James Cameron’s effects-driven blockbuster a decade after its release.
Despite a weak year for sequels, audiences are willing to play another round with the Rock and friends.
Playmobil’s misguided animated feature follows in the footsteps of Delgo, The Oogieloves and other ill-fated kid’s flicks.
Disney’s sequel enjoys another robust weekend, while the Rian Johnson whodunit clues moviegoers to the joys of original crowdpleasers.
Bette Davis’ 1942 melodrama masterpiece Now, Voyager, directed by Irving Rapper, gets a pristine rerelease courtesy of The Criterion Collection.
Frozen 2 breaks the ice of November’s box-office chill — and the year’s downward trend of family movie sequels.