The top 10 highest-grossing movies of all time at the domestic box office (without adjusting for inflation) are The Force Awakens, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Avatar, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avengers: Infinity War, Titanic, and Jurassic World, respectively. Out of those 10, five were nominated for Best […]
Continue readingLupita Nyong’o is honoring her late “Black Panther” co-star Chadwick Boseman.Academy Award nominee Boseman died of pancreatic cancer on August 28, 2020. Oscar winner Nyong’o took to Instagram to share fond memories with the beloved late actor.“Three years ago today, I experienced a singular pain at the news of Chadwick Boseman’s death,” Nyongo’o wrote. “The […]
Continue reading“Three years ago today, I experienced a singular pain at the news of Chadwick Boseman’s death,” Lupita Nyong’o wrote in a new tribute to her late “Black Panther” co-star. Boseman passed away Aug. 28, 2020 from colon cancer, a diagnosis he never discussed publicly. Nyong’o added that “the confusion” over Boseman’s death “was so profound […]
Continue readingAs part of Hollywood’s love for mimicking whatever worked before, Blue Beetle features yet another entry in the recent superhero movie/TV show trend of using tormented villains whose motivations are especially sympathetic and tragic. Such figures are often rooted in having grievances with institutions and powerful figures, making them underdog antagonists rather than all-powerful forces […]
Continue readingThere have been so many amazing Marvel heroes that moviegoers have fallen in love with over the years, but arguably none have left their mark like Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther. The King of Wakanda fought many iconic battles on the big screen alongside the likes of The Avengers. Now to honor Boseman’s time as the […]
Continue readingIt’s a “Barbenheimer” world, and we’re just living in it.The collective force of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” continued to rule the box office in their second weekends of release, providing another needed jolt as two Hollywood strikes threaten the fragile exhibition industry.Greta Gerwig’s cotton candy-colored fantasy comedy again led the way, adding a massive $93 million […]
Continue readingAlmost exactly 10 years ago, Ryan Coogler’s “Fruitvale” launched the young Oakland filmmaker into the upper echelons of Hollywood influence. With “Black Panther” and “Creed,” Coogler brought fresh energy and social consciousness to existing franchises while expanding their appeal to underserved audiences. Now, those efforts have expanded to the documentary realm.Two years ago, Coogler rooted […]
Continue readingMarvel has unveiled the Falcon figure as the next installment in its build-a-scene series inspired by Captain America: Civil War. The new Pop! marks the tenth addition to the scene with two more figures to go before the scene is finished. So far, the collection has added most movie characters to the line-up including Black […]
Continue readingPolish helmer Agnieszka Smoczyńska fought for Tamara Lawrance to be a part of “The Silent Twins,” she said at Karlovy Vary Film Festival.“We had two options: [hire] one actress who plays both characters, but there is no chemistry, or find actual twins, which was not possible. We had Letitia Wright, who was this amazing actress […]
Continue readingAfter what was considered to be an underwhelming opening weekend, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has managed to dig up a decent $11.8 million at the Monday box office, which puts it on par with the amount earned by fellow Disney tentpole pictures Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Thor: Love and Thunder. The […]
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