The COVID-19 positive test of actor Robert Pattinson has halted - once again - The Batman while unsettling the already wobbly film industry.
Action Movies
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Starring Chadwick Boseman and standout Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler’s movie history-making Black Panther gives new life to the superhero genre.
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James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a mostly enjoyable romp, but despite the presence of Chris Pratt the franchise is starting to feel a bit stale.
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The Wolverine Hugh Jackman is at the embittered heart of James Mangold’s surprisingly violent Logan, one of the best superhero movies out there.
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Marred by a cartoonish supervillain and an overabundance of superheroes, X-Men: Apocalypse disappoints despite the obvious talent of director Bryan Singer.
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Reminiscent of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War is the far better movie. Chris Evans + Robert Downey Jr star.
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Zack Snyder’s DC Comics superhero movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice reeks of grim self-importance. Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill star.
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Christopher McQuarrie’s thrilling Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation shows that Tom Cruise continues to outrun it - and them - all.
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Jurassic World Box Office: GMO Dinosaurs stomping on The Avengers globally, but has it really sold more tickets than the Marvel movie?
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Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man movie is a ‘just okay’ entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As the title character, Paul Rudd is both genial and superficial.
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Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron works well as a ‘stand alone’ movie, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe is starting to feel stale.
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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation trailer: Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt, providing laugh-out-loud falling, fighting and flying stunts.
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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.…
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Tom Cruise - Hollywood’s last film star - single-handedly brings to gripping life Doug Liman’s otherwise absurd sci-fi actioner Edge of Tomorrow.
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Featuring elements from a few ‘dystopian future prevention’ thrillers, Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past is a superhero film for adults.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie: Ben Affleck in Batsuit. Batsuit & Batmobile revealed – Will the world ever be the same again? Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice…
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The Other Woman cast: Cameron Diaz, Kate Upton and Leslie Mann. The Other Woman 2014 box office: Cameron Diaz & Leslie Mann comedy to top North American box office chart…
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier continues the remarkable collaboration between Marvel and Disney. Chris Evans and Robert Redford star.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 million in the U.S.…
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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…
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‘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…
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Nicolas Winding Refn’s good but sadistic thriller Only God Forgives isn’t for the uninitiated. Ryan Gosling and a malevolent Kristin Scott Thomas star.
Chinese director Zhang Yimou and American actor Matt Damon’s epic monster movie The Great Wall gives globalization a bad name.
Fantastic Four Bombs: Worst Opening Among Big-Budget Superhero Movies This Century, trailing even duds like The Green Hornet and Green Lantern.
Featuring its title character as a mere sidekick, George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road places women on top. Cast: Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy.
Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction - the latest entry in his mega-budget, mega-loud, mega-dumb franchise - is the least irksome of the lot.
Sony Pictures’ mundane The Amazing Spider-Man 2 reeks of corporate expectations. Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Dane DeHaan star.
José Padilha’s RoboCop 2014 features curious ideas and characters that are only superficially developed. Joel Kinnaman stars.
‘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 –…