Tag: Monster Hunter
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‘Resident Evil’ Series Gets 4K Steelbook Collection
If you’re the type of person that marathons the Resident Evil film series regularly, you’ll be overjoyed to learn that a new collection is coming your way. The Milla Jovovich adventure from Raccoon City to a zombie-infested world will be released this year in glorious 4K Ultra HD format and steelbook packaging that is absolutely…
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Gran Turismo Aimed To Borrow The Best Parts Of Top Gun
Video games are the new superheroes, in that every Hollywood studio seems to want their own film adaptation to cash in on the success and the acclaim of movies like “Sonic the Hedgehog” and shows like “Arcane” or “The Last of Us.” Sure, while the so-called “video game curse” has finally been disproven, we still…
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‘Tár’ Editor Reveals Deleted Line That Nods to the Film’s Ending
Spoiler Alert: This story contains major spoilers for “Tár.”Todd Field’s “Tár” ends with disgraced conductor Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) conducting the score of “Monster Hunter,” a fantasy video game series, for a group of cosplayers in Southeast Asia. It’s a huge fall from grace from her previous post as head of the Berlin Philharmonic.Countless theories…
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Hildur Guðnadóttir Thinks ‘Tár’ Has a Happy Ending
The following contains spoilers for the endings of “Tár” and “Women Talking”Few film endings this year were as funny or as ambiguous as the ending to Todd Field’s “Tár,” which saw the titular character (played by Cate Blanchett), “canceled” following revelations of improper relationships with younger women, working as a conductor for live performances of…
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Chinese Propaganda Film ‘1921’ Bounces Back Despite Prior Nationalist Boycott
One of the most prominent Chinese propaganda films of the year is set for a flashy, state-sanctioned premiere as the opening night selection of the Shanghai Intl. Film Festival on Friday. The sweeping period drama “1921” will be celebrated despite recent nationalist blowback of the kind that over the past year has felled China releases…
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‘Monster Hunter’ and ‘Greenland’ Lead VOD Charts, While ‘Croods 2’ Remains Unstoppable
Two films dominated VOD rankings last week. “Monster Hunter,” Paul W.S. Anderson’s video-game adaptation with his muse and wife Milla Jovovich, debuted on Premium VOD and “Greenland” after breakout success as a PVOD exclusive (no theaters in the U.S.) over the last two months reduced its price to $5.99 and immediately rebounded to lead in…
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‘News of the World’ Delivers $1.1M at Christmas Day Box Office, ‘WW84′ Grosses Mia
Normally, a Hollywood studio would blare the trumpets if one of its movies topped the box office chart on Christmas Day, a busy time for moviegoing once presents are unwrapped.But this year — amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — Warner Bros. is breaking from industry tradition and shielding grosses for Wonder Woman 1984 from view…
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‘Monster Hunter’ VFX Artist Dennis Berardi Shares Process of Creating Video Game Beasts
“Monster Hunter” director Paul W.S Anderson calls VFX head Dennis Berardi “an invaluable creative partner.” The two have collaborated on movies dating back to “Resident Evil.”This time, Berardi serves as a producer on the big-screen adaptation of the Capcom video game. “There are 1400 visual effects shots in this movie, so Dennis is a key…
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‘Monster Hunter’ Edges ‘Croods 2’ With $2.2 Million at Pandemic Box Office
The pandemic box office saw a narrow race between Sony/Screen Gems’ “Monster Hunter” and Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s “Croods: A New Age” this weekend, and “Monster Hunter” is currently estimated to become the first non-Universal release to reach No. 1 in eight weeks with a $2.2 million opening from 1,736 screens.The latest video game adaptation from married…
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‘Monster Hunter’ Ekes Out Narrow Top Box Office Spot Over ‘Croods,’ Also on PVOD
It’s beginning to look like anything but Christmas at movie theaters. On a weekend where normally multiple films would open, including some of the biggest hits ever, the total for all titles looks to fall short of $9 million.The top film this weekend has, at times, taken more than $100 million, and usually at least…