Sony’s Venom: The Last Dance should make north of $20 million this weekend, but the Tom Hanks-led Here looks like it’s bound to be a disaster. Saturday UPDATE: Venom: The Last Dance seems to be holding up better than expected in its second weekend. Perhaps it’s the lack of competition (no one wants to open … Read more
Low expectations help this new iteration of Hellboy, which takes a decidedly more indie route and settles nicely into folk horror. PLOT: Hellboy and a rookie B.P.R.D. agent in the 1950s are sent to the Appalachians, where they discover a remote community dominated by witches and led by the sinister local demon, the Crooked Man. … Read more
A new TV series is arriving on Disney+, and this one is set a really long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. The Acolyte is the latest show set in the Star Wars universe and has something quite new to offer. While every live-action Star Wars movie and show has been set in … Read more
While IF fell short of industry expectations, it rallied to a so-so start at the box office this weekend. Yesterday, it looked like John Krasinski’s IF would fall wildly short of industry exceptions, with the film initially tracking for a $40 million opening. While the final $35 million start marks a significant shortfall, the weekend … Read more
The tonal opposite of the company’s most famous ad, it shows a stack of creative tools and imaginative objects being crushed in a giant metal press. Sonny and Cher sing “All I Ever Need is You” as the device destroys some of the most beautiful objects a creative person could ever hope to have, or see: a … Read more