This weekend the box office will really be “heating” things up and taking the “white house down” while vampires live their secret lives. Let’s take a look, shall we?

New This Weekend

The Heat - R

I’m kind of looking forward to this film but I have this nagging feeling that I’m going to be disappointed. Still, seems like there should be some good laughs in it, right? (surely there will be).

Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence—and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins (Melissa…

Pixar has become a bit of a household name these days. When we think of cute, family friendly films that are well made, have a great message, and are fun for all ages, Pixar is what we think of. I would contend even that the likes of the films we have seen from Pixar until very recently have been far better than anything Disney ever put out.

There are really 3 things Pixar is known for, two of those are the bulk of the ingredients that make a good Pixar animated film in my opinion.

1. A Really, REALLY good and compelling story.
2. A really good message behind the story, well executed…

There is a clear winner for this weeks Box Office “scare off” (yeah, I’m not proud of myself for that one but it had to be done). But the other big film release this weekend wasn’t too far behind, but is it enough to propel World War Z to success? We’ll have to wait a couple more weekends to see about that.

#1 - Monsters University

Budget: N/A
Totals: $82 Million Domestic Opening Weekend / $54.5 Foreign Total / $136.5 Million Worldwide Total
Week Number: 1

As expected Monsters University has already brought in quite a haul, and I expect it will still have a pretty good weekend…

What are you waiting for! Go watch it! I’ve owned it via iTunes since the first day it was available, but if you’ve been waiting for something like this, then now is your lucky chance! I named the film my favorite from 2012 and I wrote a review of it, and of course Joe and I talked about it on episode 11 of The MovieByte Podcast. For a trip back into the far reaching depths of 2012, check out those resources before (or after) you watch The Avengers on Netflix.

But surely you aren’t still reading this as you’ve already queued up The Avengers on Netflix and sat down to watch with your big…

I have a sad. I still don’t get to see Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing. It’s infuriating, but it’s not playing anywhere around the Nashville area. I even opened up Fandango’s search parameters to within 100 miles. Nothing. I want to see it! This sort of thing makes it hard for me to know whether I should include it on my what to see list. I’ll just say that if it’s playing in your area you may want to see it.

Of course, with Monsters University and World War Z opening this weekend, it’s not like we lack anything to watch anyway, so carry on.

New in Theaters

Monsters University -…