The Gunman, 2015. Directed by Pierre Morel. Starring Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Jasmine Trinca, Mark Rylance, Ray Winstone and Javier Bardem. SYNOPSIS: A sniper on a mercenary assassination team, kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier’s successful kill shot forces him into hiding. Returning to the Congo years later, he becomes the target […]
Sean Penn’s The Gunman bombs at the box office
Ever since the release of Taken in 2009, it seems that older actors are trying to jump on board the action train. Sean Penn’s The Gunman is the next stop, but his first attempt has not been overly successful. Opening to very middling reviews (the film currently holds 14% on Rotten Tomatoes and 39 on […]
Home defeats The Divergent Series: Insurgent at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 20th March to Sunday 22nd March 2015… DreamWorks Animation’s Home fended off competition from YA sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent to take top spot at the UK box office this past weekend with a hefty £6,025,917 opening, although that did include £3.4 million […]
Blu-ray Review – The Gunman (2015)
The Gunman, 2015. Directed by Pierre Morel. Starring Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Javier Bardem, Ray Winstone, Jasmine Trinca, Mark Rylance and Peter Franzen. SYNOPSIS: Eight years after a hit on the Congo mining minister, the assassin finds that he is now the target in a game of cat and mouse. Spurred on by the inexplicable success of […]
The Least Profitable Films Of The Year Prove The Star Is Dead
This week Neil Calloway argues that big name film stars alone are no longer a guarantee of box office return… This week the least profitable films of the year were announced, with films starring household names such as Chris Hemsworth, Bill Murray and Sean Penn all appearing in movies that made the list. At first […]
Bill Murray, Sean Penn and Chris Hemsworth lead 2015’s box office flops
They may be some of Hollywood’s biggest male stars but the likes of Bill Murray, Sean Penn, Chris Hemsworth and Zac Efron also led this year’s biggest box office flops. Forbes has published its list of 2015’s least profitable films. The rankings are based on global ticket sales for wide releases up to November against […]
Insurgent opens slightly lower than estimates, The Gunman struggles
Unleashed into both US and UK cinemas this weekend, Divergent sequel Insurgent is packing them in across the Pond, but estimates from its Friday grosses are slightly below what was expected. SEE ALSO: Read our review of Insurgent here Opening to $21.3 millon yesterday (behind the $22.8million opening day for Divergent on the same weekend […]
