Hotel Transylvania Reviews, Interviews & More
A couple of the fall’s more interesting movies hit DVD and Blu-ray this week, which means it’s going to be easy to play catch up with some of the films that may have slipped by during their theatrical runs. There are also some good classic titles this week, and a box set of a franchise that just turned twenty five.
It was obvious that Cloud Atlas was not going to be an easy sell. But with the names attached it was thought to be something of a sell. It turns out that the answer to that was nope. Also big news: Argo, in it's third week of release, topped the box office. But it would be impressive if it had to fight off any competition This...
Paranormal Activity 4 had the lowest grossing opening weekend of any Paranormal sequel, which means that the franchise may yet get a fifth entry, but is either wearing out its welcome, or this entry wasn't marketed as well as its predecessors. Perhaps there's just nowhere left to go. Alex Cross didn't open, so who...
This weekend shows that Paramount still remembers how to do horror sequels as they've dashed off three quickie horror sequels in the last three years to capitalize on the success of Paranormal Activity. It reminds of their success with Friday the 13th films (though they were much more embarrassed of that franchise). And then there's Tyler...
There was an exciting moment there on Saturday, when Sinister managed to be the number one picture for Friday, but when the weekend numbers were added up, that wasn't enough to take the top spot or second place. Those were held by Taken 2 and by Argo. Regardless of the horse race aspects of who came out on top, it...
When Ben Affleck turned to directing his first feature film wasn't a box office sensation, but it did make critics stand up and take notice. Affleck was no dummy, and he proved gifted behind the camera. Then came The Town, and with it commercial and critical success. Now he's got Argo, which is hitting a busy season of the year, and looks to...
It's no surprise that Taken 2 opened big, but doing fifty million was well above expectations. People loved the first film, and this looked to deliver more of the same. And unless the film collapses after opening weekend, it should do over a hundred million domestic. Also: poor, poor Frankenweenie.
After a month of films that could take the top slot with little or no effort, this week saw two new wide releases come out and deliver more than was expected, and a film in limited release that exceeded expectations as well. Hotel Transylvania, Looper and Pitch Perfect were all big winners this weekend. Check out the...
This is the time of year when audiences are flooded with multiple animated films. 2012 in particular, has a large amount of Halloween-centric movies. Out of them emerges Genndy Tartakovsky's Hotel Transylvania, a witty family flick that gets the job done in the entertaining department.
There are three films opening this weekend: Hotel Transylvania, Looper and Won't Back Down. With the latter, I haven't heard much chatter about it, but that's partly because I'm in no way its target demographic, and neither are most people who read movie news websites. Selective and smart marketing could work for...
Though Genndy Tartakovsky may be a first time director, it’s not his first time behind the camera, as the man has spent nearly twenty years entertaining children with shows like The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Laboratory and Samurai Jack. His feature film debut is Hotel Transylvania, and...
The first full day of Comic-Con 2012 is now officially half-over, and one of the highlights of Day 1 thus far was, as always, the Trailer Park. Located in Hall H, the annual event is a showcase for the newest trailers in the world of film and TV (or, as was the case this year, a previously-released trailer snuck in, but presented for the first time in 3D). Curious as to...
It's funny how movie timing works out. Taylor Kitsch has three movies this year, and if the third one bombs, he will be seen as a curse. Now we're getting a new trailer for Hotel Transylvania one week after That's My Boy bombed. But hopefully by September 21, people will want to see Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg reunited.
Adam Sandler may have taken a beating last year after the double-terrible of Just Go With It and Jack and Jill, and though he is still making Grown Ups 2, he may possibly be involved with something good again. And since Hotel Transylvania has a cast of Sandler ringers like Andy...
