All three films began rolling out Thursday evening in advance of the long Fourth of July holiday. Horror offering The Purge: Election Year set off early fireworks at the box office Thursday night, earning $3.6 million and easily scaring off The Legend of Tarzan and Steven Spielberg's The BFG. Blumhouse and Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes produced the latest Purge for a modest $10 million. Legend of Tarzan, from Warner Bros, […]
This past Sunday’s Game of Thrones finale “The Winds of Winter,” Cersei (Lena Headey) capped a season full of female domination by ascending to the Iron Throne. It was a complexly triumphant moment for Cersei—who had just killed off her enemies and exacted merciless revenge on those who humiliated her, but was also reeling from the loss of her last surviving child. In taking the crown, however, Cersei finally overcame […]
Independence Day: Resurgence stars Jeff Goldblum,Liam Hemsworth and Joey King attended their sci-fi flick's premiere in Los Angeles Monday night. Also spotted on the event's red carpet were cast members Sela Ward and Charlotte Gainsbourg, and director Roland Emmerich. The eagerly awaited sequel to 1996's Independence Day is set for release Friday. "We always knew they were coming back," a synopsis of the new movie said. "AfterIndependence Day redefined the […]
Since the first season, Game of Thrones has made a tradition of saving the best for second-to-last, and “Battle of the Bastards”— the penultimate episode of the sixth season—was no exception. Was it the greatest episode ever? I wouldn’t say so: Daenerys’s re-conquesting of Mereen was triumphant but a little too familiar, Jon’s showdown with Ramsay was an extravagantly staged nail-biter that relied too much on contrivance for the sake […]
Elsewhere, Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart's action comedy 'Central Intelligence' is on course for a $30 million-plus launch. Pixar and Disney's animated sequel Finding Dory is making a huge splash at the Friday box office, where it's on course to earn $50 million-plus for the day alone on its way to a record opening in the $130 million range. That would be more than enough to wrest the crown for […]
Paolo Sorrentino has directed the co-production between Sky, HBO and Canal Plus. Jude Law as the cigarette-smoking head of the Catholic church. It may not be an automatic casting link, but the first teaser trailer for HBO's upcoming series The Young Pope shows just what audiences can expect. In the TV drama directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty), Law plays the fictitious Lenny Belardo, aka Pius XIII, […]
Donald Glover is being linked to Marvel's Spider-Man: Homecoming. The 32-year-old actor, who performs music as Childish Gambino, is in talks to appear in the forthcoming reboot, news outlets reported Tuesday. Details about Glover's potential character are being kept under wraps. Tom Holland will star as Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, with Marisa Tomei as Aunt May, Robert Downey, Jr., as Iron Man and Michael Keaton as the villain. Spider-Man: Homecoming […]
'Braveheart' screenwriter Randall Wallace says he is writing a follow-up to the biblical blockbuster that will focus on the resurrection of Jesus. Mel Gibson and writer Randall Wallace are working on a sequel to The Passion of the Christ that will tell the story of the resurrection of Jesus, Wallace tells The Hollywood Reporter. Wallace, nominated for an Academy Award for scripting Gibson's 1995 best picture Oscar winner Braveheart, on […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is a textbook example of what I like to call “The Tomb Raider Trap.” In short, Paramount/Viacom VIAB +1.06%‘s Tomb Raider was a pretty terrible franchise starter that was horribly butchered in the editing room, but nonetheless opened huge thanks to star power, marketing, and brand interest. Two years later, The Cradle of Life made 43% less worldwide despite being a noticeably […]
