Warner Bros. was probably expecting a warmer reaction to the big screen reboot of the classic TV show The Man From U.N.C.L.E., but sadly the film has under-performed at the box office. Opening on 3,700 screens, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. made just $13.5 million, opening third behind Universal’s Straight Outta Compton and Mission: Impossible – […]
Jurassic World passes $1.6 billion worldwide
It’s been a great year for Universal, with two of their movies passing the $1 billion mark (Jurassic World and Furious 7) and their animated outing Minions set to pass the billion dollar mark in the next couple of weeks. And one of those billion dollar movies is still making a lot of bank. Now in its […]
Movie Review – The DUFF (2015)
The DUFF, 2015. Directed by Ari Sandel. Starring Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Bianca A. Santos, Skyler Samuels, Romany Malco, Ken Jeong and Allison Janney. SYNOPSIS: A high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF – Designated Ugly Fat Friend – by her […]
Blu-ray Review – La Grande Bouffe (1973)
La Grande Bouffe, 1973. Directed by Marco Ferreri. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Phillipe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Andrea Ferreol. SYNOPSIS: Four professional men retreat to a villa with the express aim of eating themselves to death… The elegiac chaos of La Grande Bouffe – literally the big eat – created something of a storm […]
BoJack Horseman Season 2 Episode 9 Review – ‘The Shot’
Jackson Ball reviews the ninth episode of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman season 2… After the high-paced nature of the previous episode, ‘The Shot’ takes the opportunity to slow things down again so everyone can recuperate themselves. The episode also acts as yet another reminder that BoJack Horseman is not only fantastic comedy show, but also a […]
Sony announces Darth Vader PlayStation 4 bundle, features four remastered classic Star Wars games
Sony has announced that it is launching a special Star Wars PlayStation 4 bundle this November, which includes a Darth Vader-themed console and Dualshock 4 and either Star Wars: Battlefront Deluxe Edition or Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition. Furthermore, both bundles will come with a digital voucher to download four remasters titles in Super Star Wars, […]
Why does every superhero movie feature the Military-Industrial Complex?
Anghus Houvouras on superhero movies and the military-industrial complex… To say that comic book movies have become formulaic is like saying that Michael Bay enjoys explosions and hot women. It’s painfully obvious and hardly a revelation. I sat through Fantastic Four last week, and like many of you checked out around the halfway point, and […]
Second Opinion – The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E., 2015. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Luca Calvani, Sylvester Groth, Jared Harris, and Hugh Grant. SYNOPSIS: In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to […]
Jeph Loeb talks Marvel’s Jessica Jones and David Tennant’s Purple Man
While Phase Three won’t kick off until the release of Captain America: Civil War in the spring, we will be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe later this year as Netflix ventures back into Hell’s Kitchen for its second Marvel series Jessica Jones. During the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Marvel’s Head of Television […]
Fantastic Four limps to $100 million worldwide after second weekend
Well, if there was still any doubt after last weekend’s miserable box office debut, it’s now official: 20th Century Fox’s superhero reboot Fantastic Four has tanked hard, with the Josh Trank-directed film limping to a worldwide gross of $102 million by close of play on its second weekend. In the States, the film dropped to […]
