Mystery-thriller movies featuring clever serial killers and a committed team of detectives searching day and night for clues and using every improbable tactic to arrest the culprit have always been famous. Such movies and TV shows have garnered attention and appreciation from fans and critics for their vivid portrayal of the world of crime. The […]
Continue readingMany big-time directors got their start with small jobs working for name studios and/or personalities; take James Cameron, for instance, who famously worked in the scene shop and special effects department of Roger Corman’s studios before he broke out with “The Terminator” and other hits.Director Michael Bay is certainly no different, but where Cameron had […]
Continue readingThe release of “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” and “Ambulance” gave Hollywood a rare one-two-three at the South Korean box office over the weekend. But neither newcomer managed to earn 1 million in another deeply depressed session.“Sonic 2” earned 843,000 over the weekend and 979,000 over its opening five days, according to data from Kobis, the […]
Continue readingParamount’s kid-friendly follow-up, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, exceeded even the most bullish industry expectations in its debut weekend and blew past the box-office competition with a sonic boom thanks to a massive 71 million bow. The Sega videogame-inspired sequel marked the studio’s fourth 2022 film to open in the top spot, while easily trouncing the […]
Continue readingThis week’s “Saturday Night Live” brought back a past host in “Ambulance” star Jake Gyllenhaal. Having hosted “SNL” 15 years ago, while Gyllenhaal wasn’t able to slot himself into this season’s first-timer narrative — though, just to be clear, if Maggie were to host, she would be a first-time — he was able to give […]
Continue readingSonic sped past the competition this Friday, beating out Michael Bay’s “Ambulance,” Sony’s “Morbius,” and adventure rom-com “The Lost City” for the weekend box office crown. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Sonic The Hedgehog 2” is projected to make 67-69 million by the end of its opening weekend.The immediate success of the “Sonic” sequel is […]
Continue readingMichael Bay’s film “Ambulance,” in theaters today, is about a pair of brother bank robbers (Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) who have to hijack the eponymous vehicle after their heist goes awry. With a comatose cop slowly bleeding out in the back, and the city’s best paramedic (Eiza González) looking for a way to […]
Continue readingThis is one explosive confrontation that Michael Bay wants no part of.The “Ambulance” director shared his reaction to the now-infamous Oscars slap between Will Smith and presenter Chris Rock during the March 27 awards ceremony. Bay, who directed Smith in both “Bad Boys” and its 2003 sequel, told Yahoo! Entertainment that Smith’s altercation seemed out […]
Continue readingApril isn’t quite summertime for Hollywood, but in some ways, it’s almost like an extension of the summer moviegoing season. Many big movies get released in April, as there are only so many weeks on the calendar in the actual summer. To that end, April of 2022 will see several big popcorn flicks hitting theaters […]
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