Tag: Beast

  • Cool Stuff: Hasbro Unveils X-Men ’97 Marvel Legends Action Figures With Updated Animated Looks

    Cool Stuff: Hasbro Unveils X-Men ’97 Marvel Legends Action Figures With Updated Animated Looks

    Even though the X-Men haven’t made their debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe yet, the team of mutants will be coming to Disney+ with a dose of nostalgia this fall in the form of the “X-Men ’97” animated series. Picking up where the original X-Men animated series from the ’90s left off, we’ll be catching up…

  • The 10 Scariest Movie Monsters Of 2022

    The 10 Scariest Movie Monsters Of 2022

    Movie monsters are incredible. The greats of Rick Baker, Phil Tippett, and Greg Nicotero — among many others — have rendered screens both small and large as monstrous gateways to unabashed nightmare fuel. Whether culled from mythology or the classics of the genre, these creations are a tentpole of the enduring monster movie or creature…

  • Andre Rieu’s latest concert tops UK-Ireland box office but no release reaches £1m

    Andre Rieu’s latest concert tops UK-Ireland box office but no release reaches £1m

    Takings remain low across the board with no release topping £1m for the first time since December 2020.Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Aug 26-28) Total gross to date Week 1. Andre Rieu’s 2022 Maastricht Summer Concert (Piece Of Magic) £798,706 £816,375 1 2. Beast (Universal) £600,259 £781,947 1 3. DC League Of Super-Pets (Warner Bros)…

  • From Jaws to Cujo: Movies Like Beast That Pit Humans vs. Animals

    From Jaws to Cujo: Movies Like Beast That Pit Humans vs. Animals

    The recently released Beast is a survival thriller featuring the ever-talented Idris Elba as Dr. Nate Samuels, a recently widowed man who visits an old family friend at a South African game reserve with his two teenage daughters. Soon, a ferocious, man-eating lion, a survivor of deadly poachers, begins attacking them and the fight for…

  • Beast Doesn’t Work Because It Takes Itself Too Seriously

    Beast Doesn’t Work Because It Takes Itself Too Seriously

    It’s the end of summer and blockbuster fatigue is in the air. What better time than August, then, for a flick like Beast – a man vs. animal survival thriller starring the great Idris Elba and directed by journeyman filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur – to come roaring into theaters? On its agreeably grisly surface, Beast possesses…

  • ‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’ tops global box office; China, Italy release boosts ‘Minions’ to second place

    ‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’ tops global box office; China, Italy release boosts ‘Minions’ to second place

    The 21st Dragon Ball film debuted at the top of the global box office, with an estimated 32.1m.World box office August 19-21 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (various) 32.1m 50.2m 12m 30.1m 31 2. Minions: The Rise Of Gru (Universal) 30.2m 883.6m…

  • With ‘Dragon Ball’ #1 at 21 Million, Anime Is a Box-Office Hero

    With ‘Dragon Ball’ #1 at 21 Million, Anime Is a Box-Office Hero

    “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” (Crunchyroll) overperformed expectations at 21 million while “Beast” (Universal) at 11.6 million arrived slightly above its anticipated results. That’s modest good news after a week in which reports that Cineworld, the #2 exhibitor worldwide, is likely to invoke bankruptcy procedures (while theaters remain open).This mid-August weekend usually sees bigger openings.…

  • Idris Elba’s Daughter Wouldn’t Speak to Him for Three Weeks After She Wasn’t Cast in ‘Beast’

    Idris Elba’s Daughter Wouldn’t Speak to Him for Three Weeks After She Wasn’t Cast in ‘Beast’

    Hollywood has a long tradition of children acting alongside their famous parents. Sometimes the results are wonderful (see: “Paper Moon”), and other times they’re… not (see: “After Earth”). But it always seems to be an experience that famous parents cherish.So when Idris Elba was looking to cast his onscreen daughter in Baltasar Kormákur’s new lion…

  • What to Watch This Weekend: August 19-21

    What to Watch This Weekend: August 19-21

    Hear that? It’s the weekend calling your name. Or, it’s dragons. The long-awaited Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, which follows the Targaryen family and takes place a whopping 200 years before Game of Thrones, is hitting HBO. Idris Elba comes face-to-face with a bloodthirsty lion in the survival action film Beast.…

  • Beast Cast & Character Guide: Who’s in the Idris Elba Survival Horror Film

    Beast Cast & Character Guide: Who’s in the Idris Elba Survival Horror Film

    Best known for his work on the film The Sea, Baltasar Kormákur’s latest is the American survival thriller film Beast. The movie is in keeping with Kormákur’s affinity for the survival thriller genre. His previous work includes the 2018 movie Adrift which starred Sam Claflin and Shailene Woodley, and his 2015 adventure thriller Everest. The…