Mission: Impossible is one of those franchises, that like its star, only seems to get better with age. Which is why it's a good thing that the man behind the success of the last two movies is back to add two more to his resume.
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is one of this years’ stand-out action extravaganzas combining clever story telling with explosive action. As Kervyn said in his review (which you can read here): [Christoper] McQuarrie has also crafted a clever and combustible high-tech spy thriller around them [the action scenes], boasting fantastic set pieces, standout character moments and a surefire breakout performance …
Things are finally looking up for the weekend box office in the US of A. After a month or two of underwhelming numbers on all but a select few movies, people are once again flocking to cinemas. This week’s number one debut came from The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, with a modest take of $30.3 million. While not as …
A new weekend, and two new movies! After a month of tepid performances from various flicks, the box office saw some semblance of activity again. Perfect Guy took the number one spot over the North American weekend, barely edging out M Night Shania Twain’s* The Visit which came in at second. After numerous back to back flops, M Night Shyamalan’s …
Right now, the box office is in a bit of slump. And that’s because even with a late Labour Day weekend, movies aren’t exactly selling out. Take the debut of The Transporter: Refueled, which came in fifth place with an opening North American haul of just over $7 million. That’s way behind the previous flicks in the series, with the …
For a third weekend in a row, Straight Outta Compton was ready to hold the top spot. While August saw the usual dip in ticket sales, Straight Outta Compton saw very little resistance on the way towards number one, beating newcomers such as War Room and No Escape. Overall, it was a weekend, with the top twelve of the North American …
It may have fallen like Ice Cube’s street-cred after making Are We There Yet?, but Straight Outta Compton is still going strong at the US box office. Keeping a first place slot, Straight Outta Compton took in another $26.8 million in domestic sales, edging out newcomers such as Sinister 2 and American Ultra. Horror sequel Sinister 2 was aiming for a $15-$18 million opening this …
It’s Monday and that means a lot of blues going around, and I don’t mean the type you get when Trevor is chewing on his Smurf doll collection. So, what better way to make your day awesome than to give stuff away? How about giving way three hampers of stuff!! Yes, we recently ran a competition for the rather awesome Mission …
Humans want connection and the internet is so far the best connection machine. A …
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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