The first reactions to Bad Boys: Ride or Die are here and they’re extremely positive: Could it be the best in the franchise? The Bad Boys are back, baby! There have been some early screenings of Bad Boys: Ride or Die in the past weeks, and the first reactions on social media are quite positive. … Read more
One of Hollywood’s worst summer movie seasons in recent history only got worse over Memorial Day weekend. The weekend’s big release, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, earned below expectations, and only narrowly outgrossed the week’s other new film, The Garfield Movie. Furiosa earning an estimated $26.3 million makes it the worst #1 movie over a Memorial Day weekend (excluding … Read more
Along with the already announced retrospective of Franz Kafka-inspired films, this year’s iteration, the 58th edition, features a tempting array of titles from young filmmakers arriving with their first features. Of the 32 films among the official selections, 15 are debuts. While the official selections feature rising names, the juries are well-known to many. The … Read more
While The Witcher TV show has been a pretty big success, it’s been quite some time since the last mainline game. The Witcher 4, codenamed Polaris, is still far off, though developer CD Projekt Red expressed a desire to “push the boundaries” with the upcoming RPG. CD Projekt Red discussed the upcoming game during its … Read more
A prequel to The Mummy is in the works at Universal, but it’s not clear which version of The Mummy this is a prequel to The 2017 version of The Mummy was supposed to kick off a new cinematic universe at Universal Pictures – a Dark Universe that would consist of interconnected reboots of their … Read more
How many times has this happened to you? You’ve paid for a ticket to see a sequel to one of your favorite movies. You settle into your seat in the theater. The lights go down and the movie begins. Within a few minutes, you realize something feels … off. Maybe the violence has been toned down significantly. … Read more
Recently, though, that’s changed, in large part thanks to an unexpected (and unprecedented) streak: The last five Palme d’Or winners, including this year’s, have all been distributed by Neon in the U.S. In fact, Neon picked them up before their Cannes victory, sensing their commercial potential along with their creative achievement. Alongside A24 and MUBI, … Read more
The upcoming free-to-play arena shooter Star Wars: Hunters comes to Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android on June 4. Publisher Zynga released its launch trailer on Monday, showcasing the game’s modes and heroes. Star Wars: Hunter launch trailer Star Wars: Hunters features 13 playable characters, including a Sith assassin, an Imperial Stormtrooper, a Wookie warrior, a … Read more
The creator of Star Wars gave a very diplomatic opinion about the Marvel films. He also hints that Scorsese’s stance may have loosened up a bit. George Lucas is part of the 70s class of filmmakers who reshaped movies. Lucas and his peers — Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola — have been … Read more
Chris Pratt has battled Ronan the Accuser, Thanos, dinosaurs, and Bowser — is that technically another dinosaur? Whatever… But perhaps none of these classic movie super-villains were as formidable or as intimidating as young sister journalists Lyla (11) and Luna Polowy (8), who grilled the superstar actor about his latest gig playing the title role in The Garfield Movie, … Read more