Weekend Box Office: Mission: Impossible - Fallout Delivers Franchise Record, Teen Titans a No-Go
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/29/18 at 07:30 PM CT
With the summer winding down, we needed one more hit and it looks like Mission: Impossible is the franchise to deliver. Fallout had the best opening for the franchise to date, as well as being star Tom Cruises's second-highest opening to date. While Fallout was a bright spot, the same couldn't be said for Teen Titans Go! to the Movies. Despite a decent fan base and its superhero nature, it just …
New in Theaters July 27: Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Teen Titans Go! to the Movies
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/26/18 at 06:46 AM CT
I have no problem saying that this weekend marks the official end of the summer movie season. Looking ahead (for several months, in fact) nothing looks to have the impact that Mission: Impossible - Fallout will have this weekend. It looks to be the last of the summer blockbusters and should end July on a high note. Besides Ethan Hunt and his team, we also get a new animated film featuring the …
Mission: Impossible - Fallout, The Nun, The Grinch and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/25/18 at 09:15 AM CT
The board really stepped it up this week, delivering a veritable feast of major ratings updates. Coming in hot is the latest Mission: Impossible (finally - I mean it's coming out literally in two days) along with a new entry in The Conjuring franchise, an updated, new animated version of The Grinch (which will hopefully finally wash the bad taste of Jim Carrey's version out of my brain) and a …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of July 24--July 30
Harley Lond - wrote on 07/24/18 at 02:33 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"Ready Player One": In the year 2045, the real world is a harsh place. The only time Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) truly feels alive is when he escapes to the OASIS, an immersive virtual universe where most of humanity spend their days. In the OASIS, you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone -- the only limits are your own imagination. The OASIS was created by the brilliant …
Weekend Box Office: Equalizer 2 Edges Mamma Mia, Dark Web Is Unfriended
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/22/18 at 06:46 PM CT
It was a spectacular weekend for sequels as, for the first time in the history of the box office, 8 out of the top 10 films in theaters were all sequels (and for just the second time ever, all top five films were sequels). The weekend was up slightly compared to last weekend, but still fell about 7% behind the same weekend last year. It's still good news as 2018 is still pacing well ahead of …
New in Theaters July 20: Equalizer 2, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Unfriended: Dark Web
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/19/18 at 06:47 AM CT
As the summer winds down, thus do the new releases. In fact, this weekend brings us naught but a trio of sequels - a musical, a vigilante and a reason to stay off that laptop you found at a steal of a deal. I have a feeling the new films are going to have a minimal effect at the box office with the continued competition from Hotel Transylvania 3, Ant-Man and the Wasp and dare I say, even …
Happytime Murders, Slender Man, The Spy Who Dumped Me and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/18/18 at 09:24 AM CT
Hey there, hi there, ho there - it's another MPAA Ratings update and let me tell you, it's another halfway decent one! We got another three films worthy of recognition, from an adult version of The Muppets to a comedic spy mishap to a horror film that probably should have been released like seven years ago. But I'll take what I can get and if three is the magic number, then who am I to complain? …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of July 17--July 23
Harley Lond - wrote on 07/17/18 at 01:55 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"Rampage": Another cheesy popcorn flick from the 21st century inheritor of the Stallone-Schwarzeneggerr mantle. Primatologist Davis Okoye (Dwayne Johnson), a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates …
Weekend Box Office: Hotel Transylvania 3 Opens Strong, Skyscraper Crumbles
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/15/18 at 07:23 PM CT
It was supposed to be a close three-way race between Marvel's holdover, Dwayne Johnson's towering building and Adam Sandler's third family-friendly Transylvanian adventure. However, it was the animated film that dominated while Ant-Man and the Wasp took a sizable hit and Skyscraper struggled to find its footing. There was no contest, really even as July looks to continue what is looking to be a …
New in Theaters July 13: Skyscraper, Hotel Transylvania 3, Sorry to Bother You
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/12/18 at 06:55 AM CT
In an increasingly crowded summer box office, is there room for dinosaurs, superheros, animated vampires and The Towering Inferno of Johnson? All signs points to yes - though it looks to be a tight race for first place between two major newcomers and Marvel's latest film. Meanwhile, a breakout limited release looks to make bigger waves in wide release, though the surreal nature may be a hard …
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