Weekend box office report 14 - 16 September: Writer/director Shane Black's The Predator may have wrestled the throne away from The Nun to claim the top spot in the US box office, but it did so with the worst wide-release opening figures of all time.
The Predator opens on a starscape of swirling gasses and pinpricks of lights that immediately reminded me of 1980s film studio Orion’s title sequence. That awesome nostalgic reverie is quickly forgotten though as two alien spaceships, sleek silvery shapes realized in shiny CGI, blast into frame noisily as they engage in an intergalactic dogfight. Watching it at the time, little did I know I had just seen a very apt summation of the discordant film to come.
I’m not going to be seeing any of the new releases this weekend. Not because they’re all terrible (only the vast majority of them are), but because it’s Comic-Con Africa weekend!
The first few trailers for writer/director Shane Black's The Predator were rightfully criticized for being a little reserved in showing us the type of film we should be expecting in this revival of the classic sci-fi action franchise. But now the film's final trailer is here in all it's bloody, profanity-fueled glory and it looks incredible!
The Predator is a chance to really up the stakes and spill some blood. It’s not violence for the sake of violence, but rather a key factor in setting the mood of the film.
From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black’s explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
A new trailer for Shane Black's The Predator has been revealed which gives us much of the upcoming sequel's story and action and our best look at the titular alien hunter yet.
Shane Black will be returning to the Predator franchise later this year, not in front of the character but behind it - and he will be bringing some new ideas to the sci-fi/action film series while also maintaining what worked the first time around.
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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