Despite a number of highly-anticipated holiday movies being released in recent weeks, domestic movie attendance has dipped to the lowest in 16 years. Audiences, it seems, are not interested in Hollywood’s big end-of-year releases. The weekend of Dec. 17 and 18 was, in fact, the worst weekend for box offices in three years; domestic revenues [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Hollywood Revenues Slump as Year Draws to Close
Posted: 27th December 2011 by admin in Film NewsTags: Holiday Movie Releases, Hollywood Ticket Sales
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Golden Globes Nominations Announced, Clooney on Top
Posted: 19th December 2011 by admin in Film NewsTags: 2012 Golden Globe Nominations, Awards Season
Last week we regaled our FilmFanatic readers with news of the Broadcast Film Critics Association nominations for Critics Choice Award. Like we mentioned, the award season has begun and nominations will continue to roll in over the next several weeks. Following the BFCA nominations were the nominations for the more well-known Golden Globe awards. These [...]
The Awards Season Begins with BFCA Nominations
Posted: 13th December 2011 by admin in AwardsTags: Broadcast Film Critics Association, Critics Choice Award
It may not come as a huge surprise to those readers who are serious film fanatics that two movies who pay homage to filmmaking currently lead the nominations in the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s 17th annual Critics Choice Award. Martin Scorsese’s 3-D “Hugo” and Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” each earned 11 nominations. The winners will [...]
The Countdown Begins for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Posted: 5th December 2011 by admin in New FilmsTags: December Movie Releases, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Though much of the news for the upcoming release of David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has been overshadowed by the record-shattering release of Twilight, the excitement is beginning to build for the premier of the first film in the series written by Stieg Larsson on December 21. Last week, Sony Pictures followed [...]