Original US release date: March 20, 2009 Production budget: Unknown Worldwide gross: $900,689 The Great Buck Howard is a bit of a mystery. Not the film, itself, but the circumstances surrounding the film. The low-budget production, distributed by Magnolia Pictures, never really reached an audience. Despite its charming narrative and characters and its brand-name cast,... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: July 1, 2011 Production budget: $30,000,000 Worldwide gross: $72,008,245 Back in 2011, Tom Hanks released Larry Crowne, a film that he directed and co-wrote, along with Nia Vardalos. The marketing mostly centered around the fact that the film co-starred Hanks and Julia Roberts. It wasn't their first film together, but it was... Continue Reading →
This is what I love about the movies. I get absolutely ecstatic when some little film comes out of left field with virtually no warning and shows the whole world how movie-making is supposed to be done. It happens every year. Usually a few times. Kubo and the Two Strings is one of those instances... Continue Reading →
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