In the last few years, every time Johhny Depp appeared on screen in some weird makeup and/or funny headgear (dead crow, anyone?) it usually resulted in some unintentional punchline at the expense of the actor’s street cred and box office pull. Nobody’s laughing now. In the upcoming true-crime drama Black Mass, Depp plays notorious gangster Whitey Bulger, and despite him …
While Sony’s all-female Ghostbusters reboot has been met with mixed responses (Kristen Wiig: YAY! Melissa McCarthy: BOO!), it looks like the studio may just be doubling down on its gender-swapped franchises. At least that’s according to Tracking Board who are reporting a rumour that Sony are looking to develop a new female-centric spinoff for reboot smash hit 21 Jump Street. …
Let it not be said that Fifty Shades Of Grey was an unsuccessful movie financially. On a $40 million budget, the film has already grossed over $528 million worldwide. But that’s the equivalent of a flash in the pan. It may have had a massive USA opening of $81 million on its first weekend, but audiences haven’t exactly been flocking …
It’s pretty clear who the winner at this weekend’s box office was, as Fifty Shades of Grey gagged and whipped all their competition on the way to a gigantic opening weekend. With EL James’ Twilight fan-fiction turned novel trilogy being as popular as it is, that kind of runaway success was always likely for a movie adaptation. But the big question is, is the …
Last week saw steamy adaptation Fifty Shades of Grey finally getting its rating from the MPAA. Many fans were worried that the producers would wimp out and PG-13 the whole thing, removing all the horribly written very explicit sex play found in E.L. James’ novel. But in the end, Fifty Shades ended up getting its R-rating for the usual assortment of sexual …
I have to admit I was completely clueless about Fifty Shades of Grey until it was too late. I had heard that it was a popular book among women, and so trying to play the part of a caring son bought it for my mother’s birthday. The way her eyes lit up were the first warning signs I had opened …
I sometimes wonder what Shakespeare would have to say about all the different iterations of his plays that have made it to the big screen. There was the immensely popular Baz Luhrmann version of Rome and Juliet all the way back in 1996 (eek!) and the more recent Much Ado about Nothing (2012) directed by Lord Joss Whedon, a film …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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