Tom Jolliffe on the frustrating trends in modern trailers, and why Christopher Nolan does things the right way… Things are a little funny in the world of cinema right now. It’s quite difficult to get too excited about anything, or at least the prospect of a big ‘event’ movie for the big screen. All that […]
Fast & Furious 9: Cinema’s Jump Leads?
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the upcoming Fast & Furious 9, which has the potential to re-ignite the ailing cinema industry… Two emotionally blank powerhouses stare at each other, speaking in monosyllabic growls. It’s beef vs beef, Vin Diesel vs John Cena, with an insane car movie thrown in around them. Fast & Furious […]
What film will get you back to the cinema?
Tom Jolliffe ponders what will get you back to cinemas, and what he will be triumphantly returning for… Cinema has taken a hell of a beating in the last year. Early signs of recovery have been promising in the US, as studios cope with readjusted expectations, and attempt to build a new model that may […]
The family will reunite for Fast & Furious 10 in April 2023
Nothing can keep family apart for long as Universal has set a release date for Fast & Furious 10. The family will reunite for their next globe-trotting and fast adventure April 7, 2023. Fast & Furious 10 will follow F9: The Fast Saga, which was released earlier this summer and was the first film during Covid […]
M. Night Shyamalan’s Old surprises Snake Eyes to top the U.S. box office
It was a twist befitting of the man whose film sits atop the U.S. box-office this weekend, because despite predictions that the honour would either belong to last week’s champ Space Jam: A New Legacy or Paramount’s G.I. Joe spin-off Snake Eyes, it was M. Night Shyamalan’s tides of time tale Old which took the […]
Every Fast & Furious Movie Ranked From Worst To Best
Shaun Munro ranks and reviews all ten Fast and Furious movies from worst to best… There isn’t a person living today who watched Rob Cohen’s The Fast and the Furious back in 2001 and could’ve foreseen the places – the cars, the casts, the budgets, and the literal places – it would go. Despite some struggles in […]
F9 becomes first Hollywood movie to gross over $500 million since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
It looks like the box office is finally starting to show signs of recovery and a possible return to some kind of normality, with Universal Pictures’ F9: The Fast Saga taking its global haul beyond the $500 million mark following its global roll-out last month. By close of play on Sunday, F9 had earned $123 […]
Universal dominates July 4th box office, claiming the top three spots
Releasing two movies in one weekend is usually a risky move for a film studio, but Universal Pictures saw an opening and took it. During the Fourth of July weekend in the States, Universal dominated the box office with three films in the top three spots. Universal landing the top three spots is the first […]
Fast & Furious: Vin Diesel teases Charlize Theron Cipher spin-off
After the Fast & Furious franchise made its grand return to theatres last week with F9, eyes have been looking forward to what may come next in the mega-franchise and series lead Vin Diesel has teased in an interview with Variety that F9’s villainous Cipher, played by Charlize Theron, may end up getting her own spin-off in the Fast […]
F9 sets pandemic-era box office record, biggest domestic opening since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The reporting of box office numbers has been a strange thing since 2020. While we still need to use “pandemic-era” to release these films, an impressive number is still something to celebrate. That’s precisely what Vin Diesel and his family are doing this weekend as F9 has broken pandemic-era records! Justin Lin’s F9: The Fast […]
