Barbie is big. Like, Barbie Ultimate DreamHouse big. After a first night in theaters, the film has already grabbed a box-office record. According to Warner Bros., the movie made $22.3 million in early preview screenings on Thursday. That is the best Thursday box office total for any movie of 2023 so far, beating Guardians of … Read more
Writer/director Na Jiazuo arranges objects—and people, and places, and vehicles—with a keen eye for visual compositions, even when the people on-screen are only shuffling down alleyways and shooing away bored sex workers (“Want some fun?” “Have your own fun!”). Na also often cuts mercilessly from one scene to the next, leaving viewers to adjust their … Read more
The premiere date for Peacock’s upcoming John Wick spin-off/prequel series The Continental has been revealed. While it has long been known that The Continental would bow in September, Deadline now brings word of a specific debut date. The first episode of the three-part series will arrive on Peacock on Friday, Sept. 22. Episode 2 will … Read more
If you’re looking to take a deep dive into the greatest decade of horror movies ever, make sure to check out our 80s Horror Memories series. We’re 10 episodes in our docu-series 80’s Horror Memories (a new episode goes live every Monday on our JoBlo Horror Originals channel), and we still got heaps to go. … Read more
After months of anticipation, it looks like Barbie is going to win Barbeinheimer weekend pretty handily, at least from a box office perspective. The film grossed $22 million in its Thursday preview night — a massive number, and the best first day for any 2023 movie to date. Oppenheimer had a good first day too, … Read more
It takes time for “While We Watched” to find momentum: Shukla’s truth approach spends the first half hour or so notating the broad problem. What follows is a series of blaring clips of blustering Indian anchors vying for the public’s attention by offering up polarizing red meat. For them, that amounts to denouncing any dissenter … Read more
A new One Piece live-action trailer has been released for the Netflix adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s massive manga and anime series. What does the new One Piece live-action trailer show? The new trailers gives fans their first look at the iconic early antagonist Arlong, the One Piece world’s greatest swordsman Mihawk, the legendary pirate Gol … Read more
Rick and Morty team give an update on the recasting process for the main characters during San Diego Comic-Con panel. In addition to creating rick and morty alongside Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland also voiced the two main characters for close to a decade, but when the actor was charged with felony domestic abuse, Adult Swim … Read more
Now that Barbie is looking like a monster hit, it’s fair to ask: Just what was it that hooked people and made them decide they needed to see this thing in a theater? Tea Barbie name certainly did a lot of the heavy lifting, and the general look of the film, which turned the classic … Read more
In high school, Curry was considered too skinny and short for it—“150 pounds soaking wet” and about 6″2′. But Curry, with the wisdom of his pro-baller father, Dell Curry, developed a secret weapon, a crisp jump shot that weaponized the defensive line and could easily elevate his team’s lead by three, six, or nine points … Read more