Tag: The Hurricane Heist
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Critics: ‘The Hurricane Heist’ is Foolhardy Fun, ‘A ‘Sharknado’ Movie Minus the Fish’
Rob Cohen directed the first “Fast and the Furious” and “xXx” films, and hopes his perilous-weather thriller “The Hurricane Heist” leaves action fans clamoring for sequels. Distributed by Entertainment Studios and set in Alabama, the story follows a meteorologist (Toby Kebbell) intent on rescuing his brother (Ryan Kwanten) from a incoming superstorm, similar to the…
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Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ and ‘Black Panther’ Compete for the Weekend’s Top Spot
After a record-breaking February saw calendar grosses top $1 billion for the first time ever, March is hoping to maintain that momentum. Although, last weekend’s new releases didn’t exactly blow the doors off, but Disney and Marvel’s Black Panther kept things moving along and with the film entering its fourth weekend in release it faces…
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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…