Tag: Death Wish
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A History of Violence: Eli Roth, John Wick, and the Morality of “Gun Porn”
Eli Roth remade Death Wish, and it arrived on life support in theaters this month. To be fair, Roth’s take on Paul Kersey’s vigilante rampage – which traded in a deceased Charles Bronson for a comatose Bruce Willis – reportedly only cost $30 million and recouped nearly half of that in its third-place bow. If…
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New ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Photos Show Tom Cruise’s Latest Insane Stunt
If there’s any movie that deserves to be titled Death Wish, it’s the sixth Mission: Impossible movie. Seemingly every Mission: Impossible – Fallout photo has touted star Tom Cruise’s latest insane, death-defying stunt. And the latest photo is no different. And it takes the movie’s title quite literally. Did you know that Tom Cruise does…
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‘Death Wish’ Tops Studios’ TV Ad Spending
In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the TV advertising attention analytics company iSpot.tv, MGM claims the top spot in spending with “Death Wish.”Ads placed for the action film had an estimated media value of $8.08 million through Sunday for 1,675 national ad airings on 36 networks. (Spend figures are…
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‘Black Panther’ on $500m becomes 10th biggest North American release
Red Sparrow lacklustre in number two debut.Marvel Studios’ cultural and commercial juggernaut Black Panther crossed $500m in North America at the weekend to became the 10th biggest box office hit in history.Adding an estimated $65.7m for the third best third weekend of all time behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Avatar, Black Panther leaped…
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Box Office: ‘Black Panther’ to Keep Top Spot in Third Weekend, ‘Red Sparrow’ Flying to Second
“Black Panther” remains on fire as Disney-Marvel’s third frame of the superhero tentpole is projected to dominate moviegoing with at least $60 million at 4,020 North American locations.Fox’s opening of Jennifer Lawrence’s spy thriller “Red Sparrow” is heading for a respectable second-place finish of about $20 million at 3,056 sites, while MGM’s launch of Bruce…
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The Unpopular Opinion: ‘Death Sentence’ Is the Only ‘Death Wish’ Remake We Need
(Welcome to The Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly beloved by all. In this edition: not only is James Wan’s Death Sentence a good movie, but it’s also the only Death Wish remake we need.) There’s a new…
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‘Death Wish’ Remake Aims for Satire, But Only Hits Sporadically [Review]
Eli Roth is not the first name that comes to mind when you think of modern-day cinematic satirists. Given his background of grindhouse throwbacks of the ’70s and ’80s, you would expect his version of “Death Wish” — a remake of the 1974 Michael Winner film starring Charles Bronson — to be a straightforward exploitation…
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‘Death Wish’ Review: If the NRA Made a Feature Film, It Would Be This
It’s hard to imagine a movie more tone deaf and ill-suited for its time than Eli Roth’s remake of Death Wish. Whereas the original was borne out of rising crime and upheaval in the inner city that stoked the fears of middle America, the new Death Wish unquestioningly celebrates vigilante justice divorced from humanity. It’s…
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Will ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Be the Film That Dethrones ‘Black Panther’?
What movie can dislodge Disney-Marvel’s blockbuster “Black Panther” from the top spot at the box office? It’s looking like another Disney movie, time-travel fantasy “A Wrinkle in Time,” is the logical candidate to do so in three weeks, during the March 9-11 weekend.“Black Panther” could take in as much as $100 million during the upcoming…