Robert Pattinson COVID-19 positive test result once again halts The Batman production and unsettles the already wobbly film industry.
Black Panther movie with Chadwick Boseman. Directed and co-written by Ryan Coogler, Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther is the first big-budget release centering on a black superhero – played by Marshall and…
Logan movie with Hugh Jackman as the mutant Wolverine: 20th Century Fox’s gamble results in one of the best superhero movies. ‘Logan’ movie review: ‘Wolverine’ trilogy concluded ‘in surprising and…
X-Men: Apocalypse with Oscar Isaac a cartoonish presence as the supervillainous title character. ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ review: Step back for series, but latest ‘X-Men’ movie ‘works well enough’ There’s a three-way…
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice: “Grim and ponderous” DC Comics adaptation starring Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck. ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ review: Self-important ‘hip and affected pessimism’…
‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ 2015: Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer. ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ movie is a domestic box office bomb: Will it be saved by international filmgoers? Directed by…
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. with Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer. ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ box office: Bigger domestic flop than expected? Before I address the box office debacle of Warner…
Fantastic Four 2015: Miles Teller as Reed Richards a.k.a. Mister Fantastic in 20th Century Fox’s box office bomb-in-the-making. Box office: ‘Fantastic Four’ 2015 bombs, ‘Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation’ to…
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation with Tom Cruise: Star vehicle. ‘Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation’: Tom Cruise is the movies’ Last Action Hero There are two impossible missions in the…
Jurassic World: The game is on vs. the blockbuster The Avangers. Pictured: Velociraptor kicks Iron Man ass at worldwide box office. ‘Jurassic World’: The game is on vs. ‘The Avengers’…
Mad Max: Fury Road poster with The Dark Knight Rises’ Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky. ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ review: ‘A good movie on its own terms’ Mad Max, the first…
Avengers: Age of Ultron review: Chris Evans as Captain America and Chris Hemsworth as Thor in gargantuan, by-the-book The Avengers sequel. ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ review: More of same in ‘The Avengers’…
‘Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation’ with Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. ‘Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation’ trailer: Movie stunt combo “Desperate times. Desperate measures,” says Tom Cruise a.k.a. Ethan Hunt…
Transformers: Age of Extinction with Nicola Peltz and Jack Reynor. ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ review: Michael Bay’s latest ‘Transformers’ movie ‘least aggravating of a very aggravating lot’ Suffice it to…
X-Men: Days of Future Past with Hugh Jackman as The Wolverine. ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’: Bryan Singer has a surefire hit with latest ‘X-Men’ sequel With yet another spring and…
Batman v Superman movie: Ben Affleck in Batsuit. Batsuit & Batmobile revealed – Will the world ever be the same again? Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder has used his…
The Other Woman cast: Cameron Diaz, Kate Upton and Leslie Mann. ‘The Other Woman’ 2014 box office: Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann comedy to top North American box office chart…
Captain America: The Winter Soldier with Chris Evans. Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Marvel films’ second best release With each new Marvel superhero film that bullies its way into multiplexes,…
2014 RoboCop & Frankenstein Reboots Are Domestic Bombs + Zac Efron Disappointment Paying for Itself?
2014 RoboCop with Joel Kinnaman. 2014 ‘RoboCop’: Full-fledged domestic bomb Directed by José Padilha, and starring Joel Kinnaman and Abbie Cornish, Sony Picture’s $100 million-budgeted 2014 RoboCop remake opened with…
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes trailer with Andy Serkis as Caesar. In Matt Reeves’ dystopian thriller Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the relatively few human survivors…
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire with Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen. In 2012, Gary Ross’ dystopian adventure drama The Hunger Games went on to gross $408.01 million in the U.S.…
‘Thor 2’ box office: ‘The Avengers’ bump not enough to propel Thor into ‘super man’ territory Nov. 10 update: Directed by Alan Taylor and starring Chris Hemsworth, Thor 2 –…
‘Elysium’ with Matt Damon. ‘Elysium’ 2013 movie review: Lateral move for ‘District 9′ director Neill Blomkamp If Elysium were South African director Neill Blomkamp’s debut feature film, it would have…
‘The Wolverine’ 2013 movie box office: Latest domestic summer season disappointment Starring Hugh Jackman, the James Mangold-directed The Wolverine debuted with a way lower than expected $21 million from 3,924…
Adam Sandler in Grown Ups 2. Adam Sandler Grown Ups 2: One of Sandler’s biggest domestic openings ever? Directed by Dennis Dugan, and starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade,…
Captain America: Civil War: Chris Evans as rogue military leader vs. “Ayn Rand archetype of a self-made man.” ‘Captain America: Civil War’ review: So good it made film critic &…
‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ with Henry Cavill. ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ box office: Hollywood’s third major domestic bomb in a row Right on the heels of Chris Columbus-Adam Sandler’s Pixels…
Ant-Man movie with Paul Rudd as the title character: Full Marvel Cinematic Universe power results in merely “okay” release. ‘Ant-Man’ movie: Full Marvel Cinematic Universe push doesn’t quite save latest…
Christopher Reeve in ‘Superman’ 1978: First superhero blockbuster. Christopher Reeve: ‘Superman’ and his movies Christopher Reeve, Superman in four movies from 1978 to 1987, died ten years ago today, Oct.…
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man. ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’: ‘Professionally mediocre’ sequel Part of the appeal of Spider-Man, in all his paper and celluloid incarnations, is…
Scarlett Johansson hot and dangerous as Black Widow in Captain America: The Winter Soldier character posters. Scarlett Johansson hot & dangerous in latest ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ poster Scarlett…
‘Gravity’ film to pass $200 million at domestic box office next weekend? Oct. 23 update: Starring Academy Award winners Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, Alfonso Cuarón’s thriller Gravity will quite…