Back to the Future, E.T., Jurassic Park, and The Goonies are currently in the top 10 at the US box office
GREAT SCOTT! Thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown resulting in very few new movie releases, the US box office is looking very retro at the moment!
Amblin and Spielberg look to get back into alien invasions with THE FALL
Who doesn’t love aliens in films? That’s meant to be a rhetorical question, because there should only be one answer to that question. Despite the recent Independence Day: Resurgence being a little mediocre and underwhelming the box office world is still fascinated with a potential man and alien meet up and the possibilities that it could lead to. Over the years we’ve …
Midweek Movie Mouth-Off: Product Placement versus Immersion
There’s no denying that product placement in movies can do wonders for whatever they’re shilling. Risky Business helped bring a line of Ray-Bans back from the brink, E.T. gave Hershey a 65% boost in profits and GM specially made and sold over 60,000 Chevrolet Camaros thanks to Transformers. That being said, obvious product placement can completely ruin the immersion. Very …
Extras! Star Wars is a go, Margot Robbie swings into Tarzan, Justin Lin heads to the Shaolin Temple, Your favourite TV show is looking sif, and Captain America 2 is the best Marvel movie ever made?! Plus much more!
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Extras! Skyfall reviews looking amazing, There's annihilation at World's End, Joe Wright pulls a Houdini, Ben Affleck wants to Live By Night and Has Agent Coulson been resurrected?! Plus much more!
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Extras! Skeletor and Mr Pink go to Monaco, Henry Selick's next project stops motion, Spectral mammaries, Arnie takes a Last Stand, Bachelorettes rule iTunes, I am Spartacus and What rhymes with Baysplosion?! Plus much more!
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Michael Bay says the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are aliens. We all go "WTF?"
We’ve been hearing a lot about the proposed reboot of those heroes on the half shell lately. First there was news that Battle: LA and Wrath of the Titans director Jonathan Liebesman will be taking the helm, and then we learned that film is scheduled for a Christmas Day 2013 release. But the latest bit of news is a doozy. …
Extras! Snow White goes Japanese, Cloverfield 2 update, Superman vs Hulk, The 10 Best extended takes and the Muppets take on the Hunger Games! Plus much more!
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