Tag: The King’s Man

  • Kingsman: How Did the Franchise Lose Its Way?

    Kingsman: How Did the Franchise Lose Its Way?

    The King’s Man, the latest entry in the Kingsman franchise, debuted to tepid reviews and barely managed to make back its 100 million budget. While other factors — including the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic delaying its release and leading to a decrease in viewers for adult fare — may have shaped this reception, one thing is…

  • ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is sixth biggest film of all time at global box office; ‘Sing 2’ is pandemic era’s top animation

    ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is sixth biggest film of all time at global box office; ‘Sing 2’ is pandemic era’s top animation

    ’Spider-Man’ enjoyed an easy victory at the global box office, with nearly double the takings of its nearest challenger, ’Scream’.Worldwide box office January 21-23 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (World) Cume (World)3-day (Int’l) Cume (Int’l) Territories 1. Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony) $41.8m $1.69bn $27.7m $970.1m 64 2. Scream (Paramount) $22.6m $84.9m $10.2m $33.6m 55 3.…

  • ‘Spider-Man’ Perches Atop U.K. Box Office, ‘Scream’ Scares Up Strong debut

    ‘Spider-Man’ Perches Atop U.K. Box Office, ‘Scream’ Scares Up Strong debut

    Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” spent a fifth consecutive weekend at the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office, collecting £3.2 million ($4.3 million), according to numbers provided by Comscore.With a mighty total of £84.1 million ($114.2 million), “Spider-Man” has swung past “Titanic” (£80.2 million) and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi (£82.7) to claim…

  • The King’s Man Star Harris Dickinson Reveals What Soldiers Really Wore Under Their Kilts [Exclusive]

    The King’s Man Star Harris Dickinson Reveals What Soldiers Really Wore Under Their Kilts [Exclusive]

    Director Matthew Vaughn’s “The King’s Man” is the third film in the ever-expanding “Kingsman” franchise, and the first spin-off and prequel. The film’s star-studded cast includes Harris Dickinson, who plays Conrad Oxford, the son of Orlando Oxford (Ralph Fiennes), and Dickinson recently made time for an interview with /Film’s Jeff Ewing, where he revealed that production on…

  • The King’s Man Credits Scene Explained: So You Say You Want A Revolution?

    The King’s Man Credits Scene Explained: So You Say You Want A Revolution?

    Inspired by the comic book series “The Secret Service” by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, and serving as a prequel to 2014’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and 2017’s “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” Matthew Vaughn’s “The King’s Man” is an odd amalgamation of cartoonish violence and somber melodrama. Set decades before the events of the first…

  • The King’s Man Ending Explained: The Gentlemen Of Wartime

    The King’s Man Ending Explained: The Gentlemen Of Wartime

    After what feels like forever, director Matthew Vaughn’s “The King’s Man” has finally arrived in theaters. Serving as a prequel to the events of both “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” Vaughn decided to take us back to the early 1900s for a World War I film that tells the origins of…

  • The King’s Man Star Gemma Arterton On Being A Badass In Disguise [Interview]

    The King’s Man Star Gemma Arterton On Being A Badass In Disguise [Interview]

    Matthew Vaughn’s “Kingsman” prequel “The King’s Man” heads to theaters December 22nd, and the series’ World War One-era prequel will showcase the origins of the independent British spy agency in all its violent-yet-dignified glory. Joining the franchise are a number of new characters who are now pivotal figures in the organization’s founding, including Ralph Fiennes as…

  • ‘The King’s Man’ Review: Matthew Vaughn’s Spy Prequel Is Incoherent, Cynical, and Dull

    ‘The King’s Man’ Review: Matthew Vaughn’s Spy Prequel Is Incoherent, Cynical, and Dull

    Guns, suits, and kicking ass. Those are the three pillars of Matthew Vaughn’s “Kingsman” series, which tracks the adventures of a secret spy organization that stops various global cabals from destroying the world via cartoonish ultra-violence and a devilish sense of humor. Both “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and its sequel “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” revel…

  • The King’s Man Review: The Kingsman Prequel Maketh For A Brutal And Bizarre War Movie

    The King’s Man Review: The Kingsman Prequel Maketh For A Brutal And Bizarre War Movie

    The “Kingsman” series is perhaps our weirdest ongoing popular franchise. Matthew Vaughn’s sleek adaptations of the obscenely violent Mark Millar comics turned a misanthropic send-up of the gentleman spy thriller into star-studded entertainment whose flashy action sequences made you overlook how secretly conservative it is. (The Big Bad villains of the first movie were environmentalists!)So…

  • Disney Releasing ‘Eternals,’ ‘Encanto’ Exclusively in Theaters

    Disney Releasing ‘Eternals,’ ‘Encanto’ Exclusively in Theaters

    Disney announced on Friday that upcoming 2021 films “Eternals,” “The Last Duel,” “West Side Story,” “Ron’s Gone Wrong” and “The King’s Man” will get exclusive, 45-day theatrical windows before moving to digital platforms.Meanwhile, the animated musical “Encanto” will play in theaters for 30 days starting on Nov. 24, before hitting Disney Plus.The decision is a…