No, not that Phase Two. There’s nothing Marvel-ous here. Well, unless you count the box office success of 2014’s The Maze Runner, which pulled in just shy of $341 million worldwide off a production budget of just $34 million. Even more importantly, it was actually kind of good. First-time feature film director Wes Ball and his young cast did a …
There’s been a definite rising YA-books-to-movies trend, from the forerunners of the pack, Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, to the new additions like The Maze Runner and Divergent. Now, fans of the Artemis Fowl books have started a petition to see their big screen dreams realised for a movie that’s been rumoured for quite a while. I’ve never read the Artemis …
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Tanks, washed up superheroes and charming Mexican animation were the highlights of the North American box office this past weekend. Here’s who rolled in and came out on top. Annexing the first place behind enemy lines from Gone Girl, David Ayer’s Fury scored over $23.5 million from 3137 cinema screens. While that’s a decent range for any flick to have, …
Plenty of new films hit the North American box office this weekend, hoping to sink their fangs into a slice of the profits. Surprisingly however, the biggest contender there failed to dethrone Gone Girl, as the Ben Affleck starring thriller held onto the top spot for a second week in a row. Let’s see who won and lost the box …
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: October 10, 2014
It’s often that you find two movies finishing almost neck and neck on opening for the top spot at the box office, but that’s exactly what happened this week as Annabelle and Gone Girl went head to demonic puppet head. Narrowly beating the thriller flick Annabelle, Gone Girl took the throne at the North American box office with an opening …
Denzel Washington, director Antoine Fuqua and a high concept action flick taking advantage of that burgeoning film genre wherein older men kick spectacular amounts of ass. How could it possibly fail? Well it most certainly didn’t, as The Equalizer took the top spot this weekend at the North American box office. Last Updated: September 29, 2014
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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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