Warner Bros, in the waking of making good with Legendary on the simultaneous release of Godzilla vs. Kong in theaters and on HBO Max, will be releasing the movie on March 26 instead of May 21.It was reported last Friday that Warner Bros and financier Legendary, which owns a majority of the movie, avoided a […]
Continue readingNetflix loves Millie Bobby Brown and turned her into a star with “Stranger Things.” The 16-year-old star seems to love Netflix and has barely worked outside their organization since “Stranger Things” in 2016 save “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” and it’s 2021-scheduled sequel. That trend remains the same with Brown’s upcoming starring role in “Enola […]
Continue readingRemember Godzilla: King of the Monsters? It was the most recent entry in Legendary’s MonsterVerse, and it introduced a whole slew of new kaiju creatures alongside Godzilla, including Mothra. In the original Mothra films, Mothra was accompanied by two tiny twins who spoke for the gargantuan moth. That wouldn’t exactly fly in the serious, gritty […]
Continue readingWith readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever during the coronavirus outbreak, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform.Monster movies have endured in part because they provide a template for tapping into the anxieties of the moment. “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” […]
Continue readingIn today’s film news roundup, David Straithairn gets cast as an alcoholic, “Parasite” gets a beer and the Other Israel Film Festival sets its opener and closer. Casting David Strathairn is joining Bradley Cooper in Guillermo del Toro’s remake of the film noir “Nightmare Alley” for Fox Searchlight. The production is an adaptation of the […]
Continue readingWith upcoming movies such as “Toy Story 4,” “Men in Black: International” and “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,” Hollywood studios are finally taking the plunge this year and slotting their blockbusters in Italian cinemas during the summer, a time when residents traditionally hit the beach en masse.For decades, the studios withheld their films […]
Continue readingAs “Men in Black: International” and “Shaft” join the growing list of under-performing sequels this summer — an ignominious group that includes “Dark Phoenix” and “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” — worries of franchise fatigue are beginning to simmer in Hollywood.“Franchises that don’t up the ante or bring anything new into the fold are suffering […]
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Continue readingThe 2019 yearly box office continues to improve, currently closing the year-to-year gap to a -7.5% difference after a strong week that began with
Continue readingAladdin only drops 15%, while Godzilla sequel posts underwhelming £2.3m opening weekend.DisneyFollowing its £5.7m opening weekend, Aladdin impressed again this time out, dropping a slender 15% with £4.9m, a result that belied the good weather in the UK. That figure was enough to see it hold onto the number one spot despite challenges from Universal’s […]
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