Category: Movie News
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Korea Box Office: ‘Hard Hit’ Holds First Place on Second Weekend
Local film “Hard Hit” held on to top spot at the South Korean box office for the second week, keeping Hollywood holdovers and new release titles at bay.The Busan-set action thriller scored $2.07 million in its second weekend on release, according to data from the Kobis tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).…
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Box Office: ‘F9’ Reigns Over July 4th Weekend as ‘Boss Baby 2,’ ‘Zola’ Start Strong
It won’t be a weekend for the record books, but this year’s July 4th holiday box office haul is a marked improvement on the 2020 edition.The box office boost is thanks to a trio of new movies, the kid friendly “The Boss Baby: Family Business,” the gruesome thriller “The Forever Purge,” and the satirical comedy…
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Rose McGowan: ‘I needed distance from stupid people’
The actor on her new podcast, surviving Harvey Weinstein and why she left the ‘toxic’ USRose McGowan was born into a cult – the Children of God – and has spent most of her working life in what she considers another secretive, manipulative sect: Hollywood. As an actor, she appeared in Scream, Grindhouse and the…
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Another Round review – the performance of a lifetime from Mads Mikkelsen
Mikkelsen excels in Thomas Vinterberg’s profound yet playful midlife crisis tale about four high-school teachers seeking a better life on the lashTragedy, comedy and Kierkegaard collide like the highs and lows of an alcohol binge in Thomas Vinterberg’s latest, which won the Bafta for best film not in the English language, and Oscar for best…
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‘F9’ Blasts Past $100 Million in U.S. as Universal Sweeps July 4 Box Office
“F9” has gone from zero to $100 million in record post-pandemic time, hitting the domestic milestone on its second Friday in theaters, as the blockbuster has combined with newcomers “The Boss Baby: Family Business” and “The Forever Purge,” to give Universal the top three spots on this July 4th box office weekend.The studio boasts that…
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‘Independence Day’ at 25: Four Things You May Have Forgotten About 1996’s Highest-Grossing Movie
Some people like “Independence Day” for its campy take on “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”; or for its technical achievements, which won an Oscar and set director Roland Emmerich on the path for becoming the disaster director du jour; or for establishing Will Smith as the “King of the Fourth of July.”Other people —…
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Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Novel Is a Cineaste-Baiting Blast, With Big Departures From the Movie: Book Review
“A love letter to cinema” was the tired-but-true trope that everyone trotted out when Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” the movie, hit theaters two years ago. But it’s now clear just how insufficient a mere mash note to the movies was for Tarantino. This week saw the arrival of “Once Upon a…
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‘Star Wars: Visions’ Special Look Teaser: Lucasfilm’s New Anime Anthology Series Hits Disney+ In September
You’ll recall in late 2020, during Disney‘s major blitz where the company showed off its brand wares, Marvel, Pixar, and more, about ten new Lucasfilm projects were announced. Among things like “The Book Of Boba Fett” and an “Ahsoka Tano” limited series, a new anime anthology series, “Star Wars: Visions,” was announced. And today, at…
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Box Office: ‘F9’ Expected to Hit $126 Million Over Holiday Weekend
“F9,” the ninth installment in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, is holding its own at the top of the domestic box office charts in its second week of release.Over the Fourth of July long weekend, the action flick is expected to add another $32.9 million to its gross from 4,203 theaters, raising its cume to…
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HBO Shockingly Cancels ‘Lovecraft Country,’ While Showrunner Misha Green Teases Season 2 Plans
Yesterday, there was finally an official announcement concerning the fate of the HBO genre hybrid series “Lovecraft Country” based on the novel by Matt Ruff and brought to the small screen by showrunner Misha Green. “Lovecraft Country” mixed the H.P. Lovecraft mythology, juxtaposed with the setting of the Jim Crow America during the 1950s. And…