Civil War pulled off a win at the box office, leaving new releases Abigail and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare in its dust. The battle of the box office has been won by A24 and Alex Garland’s Civil War, which defied expectations (ours included) to take first place at the box office. Comscore is estimating … Read more
It looks like both Abigail and Guy Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare aren’t likely to make much of an impact at the box office. It looks like this weekend’s two big, original IP, new releases, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and Radio Silence’s Abigail, are struggling to find an audience at the weekend box … Read more
Abigail battles Civil War for the #1 spot at the weekend box office. Update: As we enter the weekend, Radio Silence’s Abigail is duking it out for the #1 box office spot with Alex Garland’s Civil War, with both films currently projected to take $11M+ this weekend. Who will walk away with the #1 spot? … Read more
Recently, we sat down with Civil War director Alex Garland, who explained why his film makes California and Texas allies. Alex Garland’s Civil War has proven to be one of the biggest water-cooler movies in recent memory. It’s the movie everyone is talking about, with it posting studio A24’s biggest opening ever, and inspiring plenty … Read more
Jesse Plemons appears in the recently released A24 film Civil War, in a scene that has quickly become one of the more infamous in the movie. According to director Alex Garland, his appearance in the film came about by luck. Speaking to The Los Angeles Times, Garland revealed that the original actor for the role … Read more
As expected, A24’s Civil War is now the studio’s biggest opening ever, with it nearly doubling the take of previous record holder Hereditary. Alex Garland’s Civil War performed close to our expectations this weekend, grossing an estimated $25.7 million (via ComScore’s early numbers) to post what’s easily A24’s biggest opening weekend ever. In fact, it … Read more
Civil War is well on its way to becoming A24’s biggest opening ever at the box office. As we predicted earlier this week, Alex Garland’s speculative war flick, Civil War, is well on its way to becoming A24’s biggest opening ever. According to Deadline’s box office numbers, the film grossed $10 million on Thursday and … Read more
As it turns out, “Civil War” is mainly something else: a thought experiment about journalistic ethics, set in a future United States, yet reminiscent of classic movies about Western journalists covering the collapse of foreign countries, such as “The Year of Living Dangerously,” “Salvador,” “Under Fire,” and “Welcome to Sarajevo.” How utterly bizarre, you might think. And in the … Read more
Before they take on the roles of Mufasa and Scar in Barry Jenkins’ upcoming “The Lion King” prequel, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Aaron Pierre share the screen as Dr. King and Malcolm X. Apart from trying to get a read on how they would sound as their Lion counterparts, their efforts to embody the proactive … Read more
Netflix has released their trailer for the biographical drama Rustin. The film’s subject is Bayard Rustin, one of the men responsible for helping organize the hugely important 1963 March On Washington. It also features historical figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Roy Wilkins, and Asa Phillip Randolph. The movie itself centers around Rustin’s often behind-the-scenes involvement in the American Civil … Read more