You Want BIG?

The cover story for the January 27th 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly is all about the "big events" of the year. Highlighting the most eagerly anticipated releases in movies, TV, music, and books, are all found in an article compiled by various writers on the mag.

The timing of this "events calendar", if you will, seems like it's a bit late, if you ask me. Just how many previews of the year's major flicks can there be? The magazine has already done a few articles or blurbs on the likes of The Da Vinci Code, X3, Mission Impossible 3, Superman Returns, Miami Vice, James Bond #21-Casino Royale with a new actor taking the role, and Poseidon among others. I certainly have written about them for this Blog. That's sorta the point...the majors have been covered...Everywhere before this issue came out. A weekly mag having a preview of the year, nearly a month into it no less, seems like an idea whose time came and went. You know all of the biggies will be getting their own cover story on the eve of their release as well.

The article and chart with 2005's 100 top grossing films is more of a story...especially since turkeys like the remake of The Fog and Elektra made enough money to even make the list. I guess 2005 was a really bad year for the domestic box office. Perhaps much worse than everyone thought.