Anghus Houvouras is suffering from Dwayne Johnson franchise fatigue… We spend so much time analyzing franchises. That’s mainly because they make up such a high percentage of blockbuster cinema. If you look at the top 10 films of 2017 globally, only two films don’t fall under the franchise tag: The Boss Baby, an animated family film […]
Do We Judge a Film Before We Watch It?
Henry Bevan on whether we judge a film before we watch it…One of the most disheartening things ever happened a few days ago. Dwayne Johnson, The Rock, generally awesome dude and woke bae, attacked film critics on Twitter because they didn’t like his new movie, Baywatch. According to Dwayne, “Fans LOVE the movie” whilst the […]
Exclusive interviews with Baywatch stars Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario and Priyanka Chopra
Coinciding with its UK release this week, Flickering Myth’s Thomas Harris caught up with Baywatch stars Zac Efron (Matt Brody), Alexandra Daddario (Summer Quinn) and Priyanka Chopra (Victoria Leeds) to discuss their work on the big screen comedy reboot of the classic 90s TV series. You can find the interviews below, or watch them over […]
Movie Review – Baywatch (2017)
Baywatch, 2017.Directed by Seth Gordon. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Priyanka Chopra, Kelly Rohrbach, Ilfenesh Hadera, and Jon Bass.SYNOPSIS:A washed-up Olympic swimmer finds himself teaming up with a squad of elite lifeguards to uncover an international drug smuggling plot and save the beach they’re sworn to protect.Try as it might to emulate the […]
Paramount admits Baywatch’s bad reviews hurt its box office
It’s been a long-standing argument among film lovers: do critics matter? Well, according to one Paramount representative, they did for box office flop Baywatch.Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount’s president of worldwide marketing and distribution Megan Colligan noted, “The reviews really hurt the film, which scored great in test screenings. We were all surprised. It is a […]
The U.S box office bags lowest Memorial Day weekend since 1999
The U.S box office has witnessed its lowest Memorial Day weekend since way back in 1999.The four day weekend is usually a good time for box office receipts with families in the U.S looking to take a trip to their local theaters.But this hasn’t been the case in 2017 as this year’s films have performed […]
Black Cat/Silver Sable rumours, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 on hold, Baywatch flops and more – Daily News Roundup
SONY’S SPIDER-VERSEWith Sony pushing ahead with their Venom movie starring Tom Hardy, Splash Report have a new dubious rumour about the plot details for the Black Cat & Silver Sable outing Silver & Black. According to the site – so take this with a pinch of salt – the movie will feature, “Silver Sable [being] […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales opens to $270 million as Baywatch sinks at the box office
The fifth instalment of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise set sail this past weekend, with Dead Men Tell No Tales opening to $270.6 million worldwide.The film claimed $62.2 million domestically, the lowest opening for the series since the first instalment Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl opened with $46.6 million […]
Baywatch 2 in development
Despite the fact that Baywatch has been near-universally panned by critics and find it tough going at the box office during its opening weekend, it seems that Paramount Pictures is already looking towards a potential sequel for the big screen reboot of the hugely-popular 90s TV series.“We have an amazing story already,” producer Beau Flynn […]
5 Cult TV Shows That Deserve A Reboot
Ben Robins with 5 cult TV shows that deserve a reboot… Despite something of a critical bollocking, Dwayne Johnson’s tongue-in-cheek Baywatch reboot is set to take on a huge portion of the summer box office takings. And considering that it’s very much following in the footsteps of similar cult TV reboot success stories like 21 […]
