Weekend box office report 29 - 31 March 2019. Despite it having a strong appeal with the school holiday crowd on paper, Disney's Dumbo was unable to dethrone Captain Marvel.

Cold Pursuit has been in South African cinemas for almost a week, and I’ve been having fun discussing with people exactly how they interpreted this film. If you read my review of Liam Neeson’s latest thriller, you’d know that the movie attempts to take a straightforward revenge narrative and add a compendium of different theatrical elements to it. One moment …

Local weekend box office report 22 - 24 March 2019: We knew that Captain Marvel was powerful enough to take on Thanos, but apparently she can stop Liam Neeson as well.

Hands up all my other fellow idiots who are at work today and didn't turn this into a long weekend. Why didn't we plan this more strategically? Especially since these lucky folks who are at home today can get a head start on heading to the cinema as this weekend offers a little something for everybody.

Cold Pursuit is an interesting cinematic case. It is an English language remake of the 2014 Norwegian film In Order of Disappearance, starring Stellan Skarsgard. Both movies are directed by Norwegian native Hans Peter Moland and were you to watch the trailers back to back, you will be surprised at the level of replication going on here. The new movie …

Weekend box office report 22 - 24 February 2019: How to Train Your Dragon 3 posts the biggest US debut of the year, as Alita: Battle Angel shows big glimmer of hope with record-breaking China debut.

Weekend box office report 15 - 17 February 2019: It was the worst Presidents Day Weekend in US box office history, but Alita: Battle Angel may just prove plucky enough to survive this.

Weekend box office report 8 - 10 February 2019: Everything was not awesome as The LEGO Movie 2 opened top but fell way short of studio expectations.