Casey Chong with ten must-see boxing movies for your watch list…Boxing movies are as old as time, stretching way back to the black and white era with the likes of The Set-Up in 1949 and Somebody Up There Likes Me in 1956. Of course, no list of boxing movies would be complete without mentioning well-known […]
Pixels tops the UK box office thanks to four extra days of previews
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th August to Sunday 18th August 2015… Adam Sandler’s sci-fi comedy Pixels topped the UK box office chart with £2,660,772 from its opening “weekend”, which happens to include four days of previews, which accounted for £1.33 million of that figure.If it wasn’t for […]
Fantastic Four tops the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 7th August to Sunday 9th August 2015… It may have failed to dethrone Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation in the States, but 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four has had a modicum of good new here in the UK, with the reboot shaking off […]
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation tops the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 31st to Sunday 2nd August 2015… Tom Cruise returned to the top of the UK box office this past weekend, with Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation claiming first place with an opening haul of £5,351,344.Despite claiming top spot, Rogue Nation couldn’t overtake the […]
Inside Out topples Ant-Man at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July 2015… It was Joy at the UK box office for Disney this past weekend, as Pixar’s Inside Out topped the chart with an opening weekend of £7,376,513, while Marvel’s Ant-Man enjoyed a healthy second weekend of £2.52 million […]
Second Opinion – Southpaw (2015)
Southpaw, 2015.Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, 50 Cent, Oona Laurence, Miguel Gomez, Victor Ortiz and Skylan Brooks.SYNOPSIS:Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child protection services.If Antoine […]
Movie Review – Southpaw (2015)
Southpaw, 2015. Directed by Antoine Fuqua Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, 50 Cent, Oona Laurence, Miguel Gomez, Victor Ortiz and Skylan Brooks. SYNOPSIS: Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child […]
Pixels set to open to $30 million; box office may fall in light of events in Louisiana
Sony’s video-game adaptation comedy Pixels opens across America this weekend and early indications suggest the film could debut to around $30 million, though those estimates may fall in light of the tragic events in Louisiana on Thursday.Three people were killed and nine others injured at a shooting during a screening of Trainwreck on Thursday night, […]
