Another box office disaster weekend with the top twelve movies bringing in a combined $60 M, $18 M down from last year.  At #1, Jigsaw brought in $16.5 M resurrecting the Saw franchise after 7 years, a little less than hoped for.  Summer had a flux of horror films and IT pretty much tired people from the genre.  #2 was Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween with $10 M – the sequel is performing less than its original, even though the fact it is still in the top is frightening.  Geostorm with Gerard Butler came in at #2 and brought in $5.6 M, surprising due to the disastrous reviews.  #4 was Happy Death Day with $5 M and Blade Runner 2049 slipped to #5 with $3.9 M – bringing in the film’s domestic total to a dismal $81.3 M.

Oh Kevin Spacey… what to do with Kevin Spacey?  Lez be honest, we all knew he was a fellow Mo.  His turn as host this year on the Tony Awards was deplorable with his “in the closet” jokes and gay references…it’s not a joke, Cunty – it’s our lives.  Now he finally makes a public statement coming out, good for him.  Slow clap.  BUT WHY, YOU ASK?  He’s pulling the Trump card and trying to divert our attention from the fact that HE MADE SEXUAL ADVANCES ON A 14 YEAR-OLD.  Anthony Rapp, from RENT fame and now Star Trek Discovery, made his public statement in the wake of the Weinstein scandal recounting how Kevin laid on top of him at a party and tried having his way with him – AT 14 YEARS OLD.  Let’s be honest, Anthony Rapp still looks 14 so the ‘Him Looking Older Than 14’ excuse won’t hold up.  Spacey said he was drunk and apologizes but – oh look!  I’M GAY!  Other Hollywood personalities are already coming forward admonishing Spacey for his behavior and for using this as his motive to come out.  Too late, Spacey… you suck.  Spacey says that he doesn’t remember – how many other times has he acted this way because he was drunk?  Wanda Sykes blasted him for putting sexual molestation on a minor in the same sentence as coming out.  Way to go, Spacey – enforce the stereotype that we are all pedophiles.  Jesus Christ.  Our community doesn’t need this or you, Spacey.

Anthony Rapp at Star Trek Discovery premier in LA (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Adding to the dismal lineup is the A Lister Suburbicon.   Newsday reviews: “A misguided mix of nasty comedy and civil rights drama” The Wrap: “A garish and overblown crime melodrama that combines clumsy noir with lame jabs at 1950s suburban conformity and racism…”  Entertainment Weekly: “mostly it feels like broad farce madly in search of a cohesive center and a soul”.  Vice: “George Clooney’s worst film yet…so bafflingly bad, so fundamentally ill-conceived, so wanting in basic tenets of tone and narrative, it almost feels like the work of a first-time director”.  The general consensus is that the film is unbalanced and not even Matt Damon or Julianne Moore can salvage it.  It currently has a 26% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Is there anything to look forward to?  A Bad Moms Christmas – guilty pleasure? Perhaps but with Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn and their obvious chemistry it’s worth a few laughs, not to mention the hunky Justin Hartley as a stripper.  Also up ahead is Lady Bird with Saoirse Ronan (Oscar nominee for Brooklyn), telling the story of the volatile relationship of high school student and parent with her co-star Laurie Metcalf.  Last Flag Flying with Steve Carrell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, is an emotionally charged film about Vietnam vets who reunite to escort the body of their buddy’s son who was killed in Iraq.  Rounding out the list is LBJ (another one!?!) – this one stars Woody Harrelson and Jennifer Jason Leigh, directed by Rob Reiner focusing on the groundbreaking Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Gird your loins, Thor is here.  Thor: Ragnarok is going crazy overseas with a running total of $107.6 M, making Disney the only studio to gross $4 billion globally each of the past 5 years. It is expected to blast the box office in the US next week. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Hopkins and has a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.  Let’s face it, we are there to see Chris’ muscles, but reviews are already saying Cate Blanchett is the best villain of all time. 

Gwyneth Paltrow won Halloween with her costume – her head own head in a box from her role in Seven.  Not a bad sense of humor for someone who always looks constipated.

If you happened to be driving one of the many LA freeways you may have seen someone in full space gear dangling from a parachute just hanging around.  This is LA so strange sightings are common but this one was none other than Brad Pitt doing his own stunt for his upcoming space thriller Ad Astra. He plays an astronaut in search of extraterrestrial life; the film also stars Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga and Donald Sutherland and hits theaters in 2019.

Lethal Weapon 5 – really?? It is actually in the works.  Not sure what will be more painful – watching these oldies trying to reclaim their youth or these oldies doing the stunts.  FYI – Danny Glover is doing a Hallmark Christmas film this season.  Yikes.

The Crow reboot is back on and starts production in 2018.  No confirmation yet as to the rumored involvement by Aquaman hottie Jason Momoa – interesting choice.

The Conjuring is giving birth to yet another spin-off in the franchise.  The scary nun from The Conjuring 2 is getting her own origin film.  Let’s hope it’s better than Annabelle: Constipation.

See you at the movies!