Martin Grove's Hollywood Report

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 02-20-12

Oscar Outlook: It’s more likely that you know who will win the best picture Oscar than that you’ve actually seen the movie. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 02-13-12

March Madness: Now that the Super Bowl’s history, it’s time to start thinking about March Madness — but not the basketball games! More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 02-06-12

3D Dimension: With the boxoffice nearly 14 percent ahead of last year, 2012’s off to a great start and Hollywood’s counting on 3D and its premium prices to drive ticket sales in the coming months. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 01-30-12

Golden guilds: Hollywood’s two most powerful guilds spoke last weekend, but came to different conclusions as to who deserved their golden awards. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 01-24-12

Academy applause: What looked like it would be a slam dunk Oscar best picture victory for “The Artist” took an unexpected turn when “Hugo” catapulted into the lead in Tuesday’s nominations. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 01-16-12

Glittering Globes: In a perfect world there would be two Golden Globes evenings and double the fun! More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 01-09-12

Awards action: This year’s Oscar race isn’t anything like last year’s. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 01-03-12

Film friends: My crystal ball says we’re going to run into some old friends at the megaplexes in 2012. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 12-26-11

Top Ten: Tis the season to be jolly and for movie critics that means compiling Top Ten lists honoring the movies they liked most. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 12-19-11

Golden Globes: There was no Oscar frontrunner before the Golden Globes nominations — and there still isn’t. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 12-12-11

“Sherlock” strength: You don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out who’s going to top this weekend’s boxoffice. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 12-05-11

Happy “Hugo;” These are happy days at Paramount with Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” emerging as a boxoffice success and a strong best picture Oscar contender. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 11-28-11

“Familiar” films: After a Thanksgiving weekend stuffed with family movies, it’s on to December where audiences will choose from a wide range of familiar films. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 11-14-11

“Twilight” time: It seems odd to be able to write that this weekend’s number one movie will be “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1” without using traditional qualifiers like “most likely” or “probably.” More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 11-07-11

“Immortals” impact: To investors, “Greek fantasy” probably means a European bailout, but for moviegoers we’re talking about “Immortals.” More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 10-31-11

“Tower” talk: It’s always good to be the movie people are talking about so Universal’s got to be feeling good about “Tower Heist.” More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 10-17-11

“Paranormal” power: Look for lots of activity at this weekend’s boxoffice — thanks to “Paranormal Activity 3.” More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 10-10-11

Finding frontrunners: By early October we’ve usually found a few Oscar frontrunners, but that’s not the case this year. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 09-27-11

“Twilight” tickets: The boxoffice weather report that movie marketers pay attention to gives them daily awareness and interest scores for upcoming releases. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 09-19-11

Weekend warriors: You’d think it’s still summer with four new films competing for moviegoers’ time and money this weekend. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 09-12-11

Toronto talk: Today’s talk in Toronto is likely to be tomorrow’s Oscar buzz. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 09-06-11

Film festivals: Hollywood’s awards season, which culminates in late February’s Oscars, kicks off in September with global film festivals that are now the launch pad for Academy Awards consideration. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 08-29-11

Fall films: It’s hard to believe, but the summer’s flown by and in just a few days we'll be celebrating Labor Day. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 08-22-11

Dog days: They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb — and you can say the same thing about the summer boxoffice. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 08-15-11

“Conan’s” coming! The biggest barbarian at this weekend’s movie gates looks like “Conan.“ More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 08-08-11

After “Apes:” Is there life after “Apes?” Well, don’t expect anything too lively at this weekend’s boxoffice, considering the soft tracking scores for all four new wide releases. None of them are likely to be aping the high climbing success of Fox and Chernin Entertainment’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 08-01-11

“Apes” arriving: Fox’s official website for “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” is ApesWillRise.com — and, indeed, that’s what they’ve been doing in the tracking. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 07-25-11

Feathered fish: Westerns and sci-fi have been popular genres since Hollywood”s silent movie days, but combined as they are in “Cowboys & Aliens” they make an odd hybrid. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 07-18-11

“Captain’s” competition: When we talk about a movie’s competition we usually have in mind what’s opening against it, but sometimes there’s even more to worry about. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 07-11-11

“Hallows” happiness: Warner Bros.’ “Harry Potter” franchise has already generated $2 billion domestically, but that’s about to get cranked up thanks to this weekend’s eighth and final episode, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.” More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 07-05-11

“Horrible” horizon: It’s good news and bad news when next weekend’s number one movie is a safe bet to be the same as this week’s big winner. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 06-27-11

“Transformers” tracking: When a picture’s tracking through the roof like “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” it's time to start chilling the champagne. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 06-20-11

High hopes: Hollywood’s hoping that bad behavior and fast cars will drive next weekend’s boxoffice and put a better spin on how this summer looks. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 06-13-11

Summer superhero: Summer is the ideal season for superhero movies so it’s great news that a new one’s flying into multiplexes. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 06-06-11

Sleeper success: With four franchise episodes topping the boxoffice right now, it’s time for a sleeper hit. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 05-31-11

X-pectations: With the boxoffice back on track after a five month slump, Hollywood expects to maintain that momentum with “X-Men: First Class.” More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 05-23-11

Summer sizzle: It’s going to be a sizzling weekend — and I don’t mean from steaks grilling at Memorial Day barbeques. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 05-16-11

“Pirates” power: It may not be competing for the Palme d’Or, but “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” is clearly one of this year’s big winners at Cannes. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 05-02-11

Fantastic “Five:” It was definitely a fantastic weekend for Universal, but was it good for Hollywood? More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 04-25-11

Easter excitement: Things are rarely as they seem in Hollywood and that certainly was true at the Easter boxoffice. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 04-18-11

Premium problems: Like most wars, the one shaping up now between distributors and exhibitors over Premium Video on Demand is senseless, ill advised and bound to cause collateral damage. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 04-11-11

With the passing of Sidney Lumet Hollywood has lost another of its iconic filmmakers. These links to what many of us regard as “better days” in the movie business are increasingly few and it’s sad to see them taken by death. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 04-04-11

Weekend worries: The boxoffice continued to sag last weekend, despite Universal and Relativity Media's animated “Hop” scoring the year's best opening with over $38 million. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 03-28-11

Franchise front: It was another soft weekend at the boxoffice and we’ve seen too many of them this year. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 03-21-11

Adult audience: Looking at boxoffice numbers it’s easy to forget that ticket sales reflect purchases by people who care about how they spend their time and money. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 03-14-11

Boxoffice blues: When the good boxoffice news is that ticket sales are down only about 12 percent from last year, the good news ain’t so good. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 02-28-11

Oscar outcome: With Oscar’s prime honors having gone exactly as anticipated here last week, I really don’t have anything to complain about. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 02-21-11

Oscar outlook: Hollywood prognOSCARcators are having a tough time reading the tea leaves as the race blessedly winds down. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 02-14-11

BAFTA’s best: It’s a good thing the BAFTA’s are an elegant, amusing, civilized and entertaining show to watch — since there really wasn’t any need to watch it to find out who won. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 02-07-11

Oscar outlook: The Oscar race is supposed to be about choosing the year’s best film, but it’s really more about voting for the movie Academy members liked most. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 01-31-11

Guild gold: Well, to paraphrase Mel Brooks, It's good to be “The King’s Speech.” More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 01-25-11

Oscar overview: Well, it's a new horse race, isn't it? As I've been saying, despite the early critics groups support for “The Social Network,” the Oscar race is a whole different matter. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 01-24-11

Producer Power: Although at first glance the Producers Guild of America’s best picture award last weekend to “The King’s Speech” seemed like an amazing surprise, the shock’s worn off and it now seems totally logical. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 01-18-11

Golden Globes: I’ve been saying it for the past 20 years and I'm still saying it — the Golden Globes is Hollywood’s best celebration of the year! More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 01-19-11

Word from Calibra Pictures that it's putting writer-director Joshua Newton's "The Bank Robbers" and "The Turning" into production in 2011 is good news for anyone who enjoys thrillers with a unique twist. More >>

Martin Grove’s Hollywood Report 01-10-11

Oscar outlook: What started out as an Oscar race dominated by Sony’s "The Social Network," and then became a two–way race between “Social” and The Weinstein Company’s "The King's Speech" is now a four–way battle thanks to Paramount and Relativity Media’s "The Fighter" and Paramount’s "True Grit." More >>

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