Anniversaries missed

When we talk about missed anniversaries, we tend to think of clueless husbands who can't remember the day they got married, and therefor...

The year that filled up

Now that we're past Thanksgiving, it's time to get in that reflective mood as the year starts to close down. Too early for year-end ...

You're so Money, baby

I have two little rules of doing business on The Audient, and I adhere to them even if I'm the only one who cares about them. 1) I never...

Unlucky for summer movies?

You know how most Fridays during the summer, you've got a couple different new releases to choose from? Maybe not all in genres that spe...

Will Smith yields the Fourth

  Men in Black 3 is poised to do pretty well. A bankable star (Will Smith). A reliable veteran (Tommy Lee Jones). A new addition who has hi...

Four days late, many dollars short

I thought it was a strange enough decision to release This Means War on Valentine's Day, a Tuesday, even before this past weekend at ...

It's Friday the 13th ...

... so where's my crappy horror movie? The Devil Inside couldn't have waited one more week to come out?

Seeing the future

We all know that wikipedia is good for almost everything. Well, you can take the "almost" off of "almost everything." On...

That post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas lull

Who would have thought that the quietest release date of the year would be the first one in December? Conventional wisdom has it that there ...

Head-start Thursdays

If you're like me, you know your calendar by release dates. If someone asks me what day of the week, say, March 23rd is, I'll be abl...

Busiest release date ... ever?

If there's one governing principle we should all know about release dates, it's that they amount to one big game of chicken. If two...