There’s a lack of “big” movies this Christmas, I guess mainstream audiences can go see “Wonka,” ‘Aquaman 2,’ or “The Boys in the Boat.” Best case scenario, you can be more adventurous and check out “The Iron Claw,” and/or “Ferrari.”
However, the big winner seems to be Warner Bros’ “The Color Purple,” a $100 million budgeted musical that made a whopping $18 million on Christmas Day. It’s a hit. Whether it recoups its budget remains to be seen, but it’s a hell of a good start.
Despite my reservations on the film, critics have been fairly generous to ‘The Color Purple,’ it has a 70 on Metacritic and 89% on Rotten Tomatoes. Have any of our readers seen it? What did you think? I’m an admirer of the novel, and semi-liked Spielberg’s 1985 adaptation, but found this latest one a tad too stagey and glossy for my tastes.
Still no distributor for "Bucking Fastard," "Alpha Gang," "The Last Photograph," "Closing Night," and "The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd." The issue seems to be quality more than a lack of willingness to buy.