It seems like the magic of Spielberg couldn’t save The BFG, as it has stumbled on its opening weekend. Opening on over 3,330 screens, The BFG only managed $19 million against competition in The Legend of Tarzan, The Purge: Election Year and box office giant Finding Dory. With a production budget of $140 million, this […]
DVD Review – The Wicked Lady (1983)
The Wicked Lady, 1983. Directed by Michael Winner. Starring Faye Dunaway, Denholm Elliott, Alan Bates, John Gielgud, Glynis Barber, Oliver Tobias, Joan Hickson and Prunella Scales. SYNOPSIS: A woman marries into high society after stealing her sister’s fiancé but becomes bored with country life so she turns to highway robbery to get her kicks. If […]
The Purge: Election Year triples its budget with an impressive opening weekend at the box office
It’s been a good year for horror movies doing well against bigger budgeted blockbusters, and The Purge: Election Year can add its name to that list. Opening against stiff competition in Steven Spielberg’s The BFG, The Legend of Tarzan and the money-printing machine Finding Dory, The Purge: Election Year managed an incredibly impressive $31 million […]
Blu-ray Review – The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974)
The Swinging Cheerleaders, 1974. Directed by Jack Hill. Starring Jo Johnston, Rainbeaux Smith, Colleen Camp, Ron Hajak, Ric Carrott, Bob Minor, Rosanne Katon and John Quade. SYNOPSIS: A college newspaper reporter goes undercover in a cheerleader squad in order to expose the supposed demeaning nature of cheerleading but ends up uncovering a lot more. On […]
Blu-ray Review – Suture (1993)
Suture, 1993. Directed by David Siegel and Scott McGehee. Starring Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris, Sab Shimono, David Graf and Michael Harris. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers meet up following the death of their father. The wealthier of the two plans to fake his own death by using his brother to escape suspicion. However, the brother survives and a […]
Zach Braff to direct Black List comedy Bump
Having recently wrapped production on Going in Style, Zach Braff has wasted little time in securing his next directing gig, with Deadline reporting that the former Scrubs star is teaming up with Working Title to helm Bump, which is based on the Black List script by Ori Guendelman and Rob McClelland. The black comedy “tells […]
Star Trek Beyond tracking up to $60 million domestic opening weekend
With less than three weeks to go until it beams into cinemas, Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures’ Star Trek Beyond is tracking a domestic opening weekend of between $48 million and $60 million. Should Beyond fail to surpass that figure, it would be the lowest opening for the series following its 2009 relaunch, with […]
Is Scarlett Johansson Really The Most Successful Actress Of All Time?
This week, Neil Calloway argues that the success of Scarlett Johansson’s films isn’t down to the actress herself… This week it was revealed that Scarlett Johansson was the highest grossing actress in the world. That’s not highest paid (that honour goes to Jennifer Lawrence), but the woman who has appeared in the films that have […]
Pixar has no plans for Ratatouille, WALL-E or Inside Out sequels
With Finding Dory out in U.S. cinemas and Cars 3, Toy Story 4 and The Incredibles II all on the horizon over the next few years, Pixar president Jim Morris has been discussing the studio’s approach to sequels, as well as revealing that there are no plans at present for follow-ups to Ratatouille, WALL-E and Inside Out. […]
Movie Review – The Purge: Election Year (2016)
The Purge: Election Year, 2016. Written and Directed by James DeMonaco. Starring Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, Joseph Julian Soria, Betty Gabriel, Terry Serpico, Edwin Hodge, and Kyle Secor. SYNOPSIS: Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Barnes has become head of security for Senator […]
