Some films, you have high expectations for. Movies that just cannot, and should not, ever fall at the box office. Pacific Rim is one such movie. It is essentially an anime film wherein giant robots punch monsters so hard that merely being in their presence violates your cellphone warranty. But Pacific Rim, despite being incredibly well reviewed didn’t exactly set …
If there’s one thing that the Fourth of July weekend is good for, it’s not fireworks and the barbecuing of dead animals. It’s movies! Historically speaking, the Independence Day weekend is a damn good time for films to really rake in some cash, as the long weekend provides extra hours for people who should be at school/work, with which …
Two new films hit the North American box office this past weekend, pitting a White House invasion doppleganger up against some stiff competition in the form of Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy’s The Heat. Could the human binary code pairing up of the two female leads outdo Channing Tatum in ripped clothes? Last Updated: July 1, 2013
Oh what a difference a poster makes… While I certainly enjoyed Bridesmaids, I immediately found myself all Melissa McCarthy’d out. As such, I wasn’t really looking forward to The Heat, the odd couple action comedy that would see McCarthy reteam with director Paul Feig as well as playing bad cop to Sandra Bullock’s straight laced special agent. Trailers for the …
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The Oscar nominated Bridesmaids destroyed box-offices, showed that R-rated female led movies could actually be successful and catapulted some of its stars into household name status. So it’s only natural that director Paul Feig would try to capture that estrogen-lightning in a bottle one more time. But after seeing the first trailer for The Heat – which reteams Feig with Melissa McCarth, …
Director Paul Feig’s 2011 sophomore feature film effort, Bridesmaids, was a game changer. Not only did it prove that R-rated female ensemble comedies could work, but it set box offices ablaze across the world. It also made a star out of Melissa McCarthy (earning her a Best Supporting Actress nomination) for pretending to violently defecate in a basin. Classy. Now Feig …
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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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