Movies fail at the Box Office all the time. It’s a fact of life. Now when a Dredd or a Premium Rush makes $10 million short of their budget, it’s… well, it’s bad, but it could certainly be worse. Worse being the really expensive failures, such as most recently John Carter, Battleship, Cloud Atlas and Rise of the Guardians. These movies are supposed to be “tentpoles” …
Plenty of new films hit the North American box office this weekend. Cage was back, action made a return and something about ladies in bikinis going head to head with Tina Fey and Paul Rudd in a rom-com. That’s quite a packed schedule, and one that had plenty of jostling for the number one spot. But like all things in …
With the public holiday tomorrow, most of this week’s new movies are actually releasing today. Check out the following in local cinemas from today and/or Friday. Last Updated: March 20, 2013
“Jack and the Beanstalk” has never struck me as the best fairy tale. The titular hero wasn’t very smart – the whole trading beans for a cow business – and his story had some seriously dubious morals: If you broke into somebody’s house enough times and tricked his wife into giving you food before stealing one of his prized possessions, …
With the Wizard of Oz reigning supreme at the box office, it’s going to take something just as magical to knock it off of its perch. That’s where the new Steve Carrell comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone came in over the weekend, filled with magnificent haor and even more pomp in a Las Vegas style illusion of magic that would …
Quite frankly speaking, it’s been a crappy couple of weeks for the financial side of movies. Big screen projects have floundered, old action stars have failed to make a nostalgic dent in the pocket of consumers and somehow, Brave beat Wreck-Ir Ralph at the Oscars. Yeah, I’m still miffed about that. The one big notable new release that came out …
It’s March, but at the box office, it might as well be Meh-rch. The month officially began at the box office, and just like the majority of February, returns were rather disappointing overall. Jack the giant-slayer debuted to a lukewarm number one spot, alongside a coming of age flick and a final Exorcism part deux. Here’s the latest tallies, from …
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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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