Tag: Tomb Raider
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Why the Original ‘Tomb Raider’ Matters to a Generation of Women, Even If It’s Not Very Good
(Welcome to Nostalgia Bomb, a series where we take a look back on beloved childhood favorites and discern whether or not they’re actually any good. In this edition: Angelina Jolie’s original Tomb Raider movies.) In 1979, my mother walked into the theater to see Alien, and to this day talks about how floored she was…
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Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies You Should Watch With ‘Tomb Raider’
(Welcome to Movie Mixtape, where we find cinematic relatives and seek out interesting connections between new releases and older movies that allow us to rethink and enjoy what’s in our theaters as well as the favorites on our shelf. In this edition: Tomb Raider.) The new Tomb Raider is a fascinating cultural artifact when you…
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Alicia Vikander on ‘Tomb Raider’, Telling a Coming-of-Age Story, Stunt Training, and More
From director Roar Uthaug (The Wave) and inspired by the 2013 reboot of the video game, the action-adventure flick Tomb Raider follows Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander), the fiercely independent 21-year-old daughter of a father (Dominic West) who vanished seven years prior, leaving her with the desire to forge her own path instead of taking the…
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‘Tomb Raider’ Clips: Lara Croft Has Meetings, Solves Puzzles, Fights Walton Goggins, Raids Zero Tombs
Hey, a new Tomb Raider movie is a thing that’s happening this week. Alicia Vikander (Jason Bourne, Ex Machina) stars as Lara Croft, the main character from the long-running video game franchise that follows an explorer who always seems to get caught up in danger and intrigue among historical artifacts and ruins. Four new Tomb…
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Korea Box Office: ‘Vanished’ Beats ‘Tomb Raider’
Korean thriller, “The Vanished” debuted on top of the South Korean box office. Opening on Wednesday (Mar. 7), the remake of Spain’s “The Body” earned $5.09 million from 654,000 admissions over five days. The story involves a corpse which disappears from a morgue before a scheduled autopsy.Opening one day later, “Tomb Raider” took second place.…
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‘Tomb Raider’ Clips: Alicia Vikander Recreates Action-Packed Scenes from the Video Games
New Tomb Raider clips have been released from the Alicia Vikander-fronted reboot of the popular video game franchise. And as you’d expect, they are packed full of action. Vikander stars as Lara Croft, the iconic action heroine from the long-running video game franchise Tomb Raider. The games were adapted to films once before, with Angelina…
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‘Ready Player One’ Sets Day And Date Release in China
Steven Spielberg’s Alibaba Pictures-backed “Ready Player One” is to get a theatrical release in China on March 30.That is a day-and-date outing coordinated with the film’s debut in North America (March 29) and other international territories, some of which take it out from March 28.The picture will slide into the Chinese releasing calendar after “Black…
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‘Ready Player One’ 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, Warner Bros. claims the top spot in spending with “Ready Player One.”Ads placed for the sci-fi Steven Spielberg movie had an estimated media value of $9.66 million through Sunday for 70 national ad airings on 13…
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Berlin: Viaplay Boards ‘Tomb Raider’ Roar Uthaug’s ‘Fury’ (Exclusive)
Berlin — Modern Times Group’s Viaplay, the ambitious Svod service aiming to build into a Canal Plus of the North, has acquired Nordic territory pay TV/Svod rights to drama series “Fury,” to be directed by “Tomb Raider’s” Roar Uthaug.Uniting some of Norway’s highest-profile TV talents, “Fury” is created by Gjermund S. Eriksen, who won a…
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Alicia Vikander to star in ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’ for Stx International
Psychological thriller adapted from Karen Dionne’s best-selling novel.Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider, The Danish Girl) will star in The Marsh King’s Daughter, a psychological thriller directed by Oscar nominee Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game).Stx International is handling distribution rights outside of North America and will introduce the project to buyers at this week’s European Film…