Tag: Underwater

  • ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ about to cross $1bn global box office

    ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ about to cross $1bn global box office

    Dolittle storms into South Korea; Underwater earns $14.1m globally in maiden voyage.Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker is poised to cross the $1bn global box office milestone after a $39.3m session boosted the running total to $989.3m and pushed the international tally past $500m.Family adventure Dolittle starring Robert Downey Jr kicked off in fine style…

  • ‘1917’ Battles to $3.25 Million at Thursday Box Office in Expansion to Wide Release

    ‘1917’ Battles to $3.25 Million at Thursday Box Office in Expansion to Wide Release

    Fresh off a Golden Globe win for Best Picture, Sam Mendes’ and Universal’s war epic “1917” earned $3.25 million in box office previews from 2,900 on Thursday as the film expands into wide release on 3,434 North American screens this weekend.So far the movie has earned an estimated $5.97 million at the box office after…

  • ‘Underwater’ Review: It’s Kristen Stewart vs. Sea Monsters, What More Do You Need?

    ‘Underwater’ Review: It’s Kristen Stewart vs. Sea Monsters, What More Do You Need?

    How can such a predictable movie be so damn refreshing? In the storytelling department, Underwater is all washed-up, falling back on waterlogged horror cliches and heavily indebted to flicks like Alien, The Abyss, and The Descent. You know exactly where this freakshow is going from frame one. You know there will be loud clanging sounds…

  • ‘Underwater’ Review: Kristen Stewart Anchors a Shallow but Satisfying Creature Feature

    ‘Underwater’ Review: Kristen Stewart Anchors a Shallow but Satisfying Creature Feature

    , William Eubank’s “Underwater” is a film out of its time. For one thing, it was shot almost three years ago, back when bonafide disaster artist T.J. Miller was still vaguely cast-able (i.e. before he became so toxic that Mucinex fired him as the company’s spokes-snot). For another, it’s an expensive, original, multiplex-ready B-movie in…

  • ‘Underwater’: Film Review

    ‘Underwater’: Film Review

    Before technology took over the movies, a cruddy sci-fi action thriller often looked just as bad as it played. No longer. “Underwater,” a deep-sea knockoff of “Alien” set on a corporate research rig seven miles beneath the surface of the ocean, has been made with the kind of lavish atmospheric precision that, 30 years ago,…

  • ‘Underwater’ Clip: Kristen Stewart Dives Into Danger

    ‘Underwater’ Clip: Kristen Stewart Dives Into Danger

    In Underwater, a team of researchers gets into deep trouble when they run afoul of undersea terror. Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr., Mamoudou Athie, and T.J. Miller play the members of the team, and in this new clip, they all have to climb into some bulky suits to make their way…

  • ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Leads Box Office As Sony Makes a Stand

    ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Leads Box Office As Sony Makes a Stand

    “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” leads the Top 10 for its third and probably final weekend, with a strong $451 million domestic and $1 billion worldwide. It led six films from only two companies — Disney and Sony, with three each — that captured the top six spots. That is unheard of.Sony took nos.…

  • ‘X-Force’: T.J. Miller Won’t Be in ‘Deadpool 2’ Spinoff, Ryan Reynolds Confirms

    ‘X-Force’: T.J. Miller Won’t Be in ‘Deadpool 2’ Spinoff, Ryan Reynolds Confirms

    Ryan Reynolds doesn’t know whether there will (or should) be a “Deadpool 3,” but he does seem confident in an “X-Force” spinoff. Not everyone will be suiting up, however: Reynolds confirmed in a recent New York Times interview that T.J. Miller won’t be reprising his role as Jack Hammer/Weasel.A sexual-assault accusation from Miller’s college days…