Jake Scott Articles

James Gandolfini tries to rescue Kristen Stewart in Jake Scott’s Welcome to the Rileys Kristen Stewart as a “Hook”: Part II Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics in North America, Nicole Holofcener’s Please Give features no stars, unusual "hooks," or box-office gimmicks. Even so, this extremely well-received R-rated comedy-drama (82% approval rating among Rotten Tomatoes‘ top critics) took in $118k at only five theaters when it [...]

Kristen Stewart as a pole dancer/sex worker in Jake Scott’s Welcome to the Rileys Kristen Stewart’s WELCOME TO THE RILEYS: My Own Private Controversy: Part I @Puaena: I have an idea why it is underperforming. I think Kristen fans showed up as much as they could but the middling reviews probably didn’t bring in anything to build on that base. It didn’t really have a [...]

Kristen Stewart in Jake Scott’s Welcome to the Rileys Kristen Stewart fans have taken me to task for a — admittedly, poorly executed — joke that focused on Welcome to the Rileys and Stewart’s fans on Twitter. The point of the joke was that I couldn’t figure out how a movie that generated so much buzz on Twitter and other social media has failed to [...]

Kristen Stewart in Jake Scott’s Welcome to the Rileys Tom McGrath’s MEGAMIND, Todd Phillips’ DUE DATE, Tyler Perry’s FOR COLORED GIRLS Gross Less Than Studio Estimates: Weekend Box-Office Actuals At only 4 locations, Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, starring James Franco, collected $265k for an outstanding $66,213 per venue according to weekend actuals found at Box Office Mojo. As mentioned in a previous post, 127 Hours‘ [...]