Film Review: ‘The Book of Life’
The visuals outshine the story in "The Book of Life," a lively animated tale mixing age-old myths with today's toon tropes.
View ArticleIt Didn’t Help Much, But ‘The Judge’ Again Tops TV Advertising Spend
In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by iSpot.tv, “The Judge” leads in spending with an estimated outlay of $10.1 million for spots that have aired 1,284 times across...
View ArticleBox Office: ‘Fury’ to Fend Off ‘Gone Girl’ for Top Spot
It will take Brad Pitt and a Sherman tank to hold off the “Gone Girl” phenomenon. For now, it looks like Angelina Jolie’s better half and a squadron that includes Shia “I’m not famous anymore” LaBeouf...
View ArticleDigital Tracking: ‘Fury’ to Blast Away Box Office Competition with $32 Million
Does digital data offer indicators that can be used to monitor marketing effectiveness and predict box office success even before awareness turns into intent? Moviepilot – which studies social data and...
View Article‘Book of Life’ Score Represents a Series of Firsts for Composer Gustavo...
The score for “The Book of Life” represents several precedents for two-time Oscar-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla: It’s his first animated feature; the first time he worked with a large orchestra...
View ArticleDigital Audience Ratings: ‘The Avengers’ Turns Trailer Leak into...
Each week Variety publishes ListenFirst Digital Audience Ratings (DAR) – Film, a measurement of fan engagement across all the major digital platforms as it relates to film (see the TV version here)....
View ArticleContenders: Animated Feature
The year’s best animated films shortlisted for Oscar glory.
View ArticleNew Releases ‘Fury,’‘Book of Life’ Top Home Video Sales Charts
Once again, new releases dominate the upper rungs of the national home video sales charts. For the week ending Feb. 1, four of the five top-selling discs are new theatrical releases – just as in the...
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