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Paw performance: Cats dominates Razzie nominations
British actors including Judi Dench and James Corden among worst actor nomineesThe widely panned movie musical Cats and four of its stars have been nominated for Razzie awards, an annual ritual that lampoons the worst of cinema.James Corden, Judi Dench, Rebel Wilson and Francesca Hayward received Razzie acting nominations for their Cats roles, in which […]
Continue readingBrian Blessed: ‘All my life, 90% of men have bored the arse off me’
Dressed in pyjamas and wellies, the great actor talks about his astronaut training in Russia, the original Cats – and putting his might behind his daughter Rosalind’s very personal playsOn a shelf in Brian Blessed’s study is a plastic toy, a replica of himself as Prince Vultan in the film Flash Gordon. There is a […]
Continue readingSeeing ‘Cats’ on Drugs Is Blowing Everybody’s Minds: ‘Terrifying,’ ‘My Soul Escaped Me’
Tom Hooper’s “Cats” is harrowing even if you’re sober. An unholy, digital-fur-coated dive into the uncanny valley, set in a London made to look like a New Orleans red-light district, the movie boasts plenty of disturbing visuals: it’s a sexless world where the cats have no genitals, but there are cat breasts, cats thrusting, and […]
Continue readingBox office cats-tastrophe: Cats projected to lose $70m
The Universal Pictures film is bound for the litter box as one of 2019’s biggest flopsCats appears set to make movie hiss-tory – as a major box office failure for Universal Pictures.The critically panned film, which had a reported budget of $95m (£72m), made only $6.62m (£5m) during its opening weekend and is projected to […]
Continue reading‘Cats’ is Tap Dancing Its Way to a Possible $100 Million Box Office Loss
The only thing Cats can’t drag in is more money. Tom Hooper‘s pricey big-screen adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is on track to lose up to $100 million at the box office, making the Universal film one of the biggest box office bombs of the year. Cats just can’t land on its feet. […]
Continue reading‘Cats’ Headed for $100 Million Box Office Loss
“Cats” was in need of a holiday miracle. Instead, filmmaking team behind the box office disaster got a lump of coal.Tom Hooper’s big-screen adaptation has clawed its way to $38 million globally after two weeks in theaters, a dismal figure that could result in $100 million in theatrical losses, according to rival studio executives.After its […]
Continue readingBox Office: ‘Cats’ Declawed Overseas, ‘Jumanji’ and ‘Rise of Skywalker’ Hit Global Records
It’s back to the litter box for “Cats.” Universal’s big-screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical flamed out at the international box office, igniting with a dismal $13.6 million from 38 foreign territories.Those ticket sales take the global tally of “Cats” to $38 million, including $17.8 million in North America. Directed by Tom Hooper, “Cats” […]
Continue readingUniversal Cuts ‘Cats’ From Its ‘For Your Consideration’ Page
“Cats” has been declawed.Universal has pretty much put the final nail in the musical movie’s efforts to win awards by removing the film from its Fyc page. The page lists the studio’s qualifying movies along with a guide to their individual categories and a schedule of upcoming screenings in various cities.A source also tells Variety […]
Continue readingEvan Rachel Wood Reacts to ‘Cats’ With F-Bombs and Baffled Shock: ‘I Am Speechless’
Evan Rachel Wood is no stranger to musicals, having belted out songs in “Across the Universe” and “Frozen II,” but not even she could find something nice to say about Tom Hooper’s “Cats.” The maligned adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical of the same name has become one of the year’s biggest critical and commercial […]
Continue readingEvan Rachel Wood Blasts ‘Cats’ in Expletive-Filled Review
Evan Rachel Wood really hates “Cats.”The “Frozen II” star unleashed a flurry of disparaging comments about the Tom Hooper-directed musical on Christmas night. Not only does Wood think “Cats” is the worst movie of the year, it’s the worst movie she’s ever seen.“……..#cats is actually worse than I thought it would be, And I already […]
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