Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Weekend Box Office: "Mission Impossible: Fallout" the latest film in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise starring Tom Cruise was number one with $61.5 million; "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" the comedy/musical headed up by an all-star cast headed up by Meryl Streep and Cher was number two with $15 million; and "Equalizer 2" the action/thriller starring Denzel Washington in the first sequel of his career was number three with $14 million.

                                                                                      

"Glass" is scheduled to open in theaters on January 18, 2019. Director M.Night Shyamalan brings together the stories and characters of two of his previous successes the 2000 movie "Unbreakable" and the 2016 movie "Split" in his upcoming movie "Glass". Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, and James McAvoy reprising their previous roles. Also featuring Sarah Paulson, Anya Taylor- Joy, Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard. 


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"Iron Fist" Season 2 debuts on Sept.7 on exclusively on Netflix with all episodes available for streaming. Danny Rand continues to make good on his promise to a friend to protect the city. He will face old enemies and new threats and will need to rely on old friends and make some new allies to survive the onslaught he's about to face. Fortunately for him, he was trained to become a living weapon. That's going to come in very handy.

                                                                      

"Godzilla: King of the Monsters" is scheduled to open in theaters in May 2019. Monarch the crypto-zoological agency that monitors the re-emergence of titanic monsters has their hands full when Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, and the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these titans clash their battles will leave the future of humanity in peril. Starring an all-star international cast featuring Millie Bobby Brown, Vera Farmiga, Kyle Chandler, Ken Watanabe, Ziyi Zhang, and  Charles Dance.
                                                                        


"Alita: Battle Angel" is scheduled to open in theaters on December 21. From producer James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez bring the anime "Battle Angel Alita" to life. Adapting the original graphic novel (manga) series "Gunnm" by Yukito Kishiro into a screenplay by James Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis. Starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Walt, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skein, Jackie Earle Haley, and  Keean Johnson,

                                                                               

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Weekend Box Office: "Equalizer 2" the action-thriller starring Denzel Washington in the first sequel of his career was number one with $35.8 million, "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" the sequel musical to the 2008 movie "Mamma Mia!" was number two with $34.4 million, and "Hotel Transylvania 3" the family-friendly animated movie featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, and Andy Samberg was number three with $23.2 million.

                                                                                         

"Aquaman" is scheduled to open to open in theaters this December. Following his debut in "Justice League" The King of the Seven Seas will star in his own movie. Jason Momoa reprises his role in as Arthur Curry a.k.a. Aquaman. Director James Wan brings the wonder and the terror of the seven seas to life in this superhero action/thriller that reveals the origin of one of the most underrated superheroes. The all-star cast features Amber Heard as Mera, Nicole Kidman as Queen Atlanna, Temura Morrison as Thomas Curry, Yahya Abdul-Manteen II as David Kane/Black Manta and Patrick Wilson as Orm/Ocean Master.

                                                                      
                                                                               
                                                                                          
"SHAZAM!" is scheduled to open in theaters on April 5, 2019, Foster kid Billy Batson (Asher Angel) in an act of unusual selflessness catches the attention of the powerful wizard who presents Billy with the ability to transform himself with a single magic word into "The World's Mightiest Mortal",  an adult with superpowers know as SHAZAM (Zachary Levi). Also starring Jack Dylan Grazer, Grace Fulton, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Cooper Andrews, Marta Milans, with Djimon Hounsou as The Wizard and Mark Strong as Dr. Thaddeus Sivana.

                                                                                  

"Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" is scheduled to open in theaters on November 16 The second of five new adventures set in writer J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World. As promised after his capture in the last film, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald has escaped and is amassing followers. Albus Dumbledore turns to his former student Newt Scamander to put a stop to Grindlewald's plans unaware of the dangers ahead of him. The movie features an ensemble cast that stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Folger, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Jude Law, and Johnny Depp.

                                                                                

Monday, July 16, 2018

Weekend Box Office. "Hotel Transylvania" the family-friendly animated movie featuring the voice talents of Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, and Andy Samberg was number one with $44.1 million, Marvel Studios "Ant-Man and The Wasp" the sequel to 2015 movie Marvel's "Ant-Man" starring Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lily in the title roles
was number two with $30 million, and "Skyscraper" the action-thriller starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson debuted at number three with $25 million.

                                                                                  

"Equalizer 2" is scheduled to open in theaters on July 20. Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington reprising his role as Robert McCall in the first sequel of his career.  The action -thriller where the mysterious Robert McCall hands out his special brand of justice for strangers who have been exploited and oppressed finds him turning up the heat and delivering justice for someone who was a dear friend.

                                                                               
                                                                             

"The Darkest Minds" is scheduled to open in theaters on August 3, Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and based on the novel by Alexandra Bracken.  When teens suddenly develop powerful new abilities, the government declares them a threat and detains them. A sixteen-year-old girl named Ruby escapes and joins a group of similar teens seeking safe haven. However, they soon realize that their only hope for safety lies in using their powers to wage resistance and take back control of their future,

                                                                                

"The Grinch" is scheduled to open in theaters on November 9. Illumination and Universal Pictures presents their eighth fully animated feature based on the Dr. Seuss holiday classic. Benedict Cumberbatch voices the infamous Grinch in the latest variation of the time-honored Dr, Seuss story "How the Grinch Stole Christmas".

                                                                               

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Weekend Box Office: Marvel Studios "Ant-Man and The Wasp" the sequel to the successful 2015 movie Marvel's "Ant-Man" was number one with $76 million; Disney*Pixar's "Incredibles 2" the long-awaited follow-up to the 2004 movie Disney*Pixar's "The Incredibles" was number two with 29 million;"Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" the action-thriller starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard and an island filled with dinosaurs was number three with $28.6 million.

                                                                              

"Skyscraper" is scheduled to open in theaters this Friday. Dwayne Johnson stars in this action-thriller as Will Sawyer, a U.S. war veteran who must save his family from a fire in the tallest building in the world. First, he has to get through the team of mercenaries responsible for causing the calamity.

                                                                               
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"Hotel Transylvania 3" is scheduled to open in theaters this Friday. The latest movie in the franchise finds the monsters leaving the hotel and going on a cruise. However, their fun vacation becomes a perilous journey that could see the end of the monsters.

                                                                            

"The Spy Who Dumped Me" is scheduled to open in theaters on August 3. Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon star in this action-comedy where two friends suddenly find themselves on the run and hunted by assassins. Mila Kunis plays a young woman whose world is flipped upside down when it's revealed that her ex-boyfriend is a C.I.A. operative. 

                                                                                

"The Meg" is scheduled to open in theaters on August 10. Director John Turteltaub (the "National Treasure" movies) helms this sci-fi action-thriller starring Jason Stratham and a star-studded international cast. The crew of an international undersea observation program makes a shocking discovery. A 75-foot long prehistoric shark known as a Megalodon is alive and well in 2018. Now they have to stop this living relic from the past before it upsets the balance of nature and does irreparable damage to the entire ocean.

                                                                                              
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Weekend Box Office: "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard was number one with $60 million; Disney*Pixar's "The Incredibles 2" the long-awaited sequel to the 2004 movie Disney*Pixar's "The Incredibles", and "Sicario: Day of the Soldado" the follow-up to the 2015 movie "Sicario" debuted at number three with $19 million.

                                                                                      

Marvel Studios "Ant-Man and The Wasp" is scheduled to open in theaters this Friday. Scott Lang a.k.a. Ant-Man returns to fight after his predecessor Dr. Hank Pym and Hank's daughter Hope Van Dyne enlist is aid against a new threat. A villain named Ghost is after Hank's secrets and it's up to Scott and Hope who takes up her late mother's mantle as The Wasp. 

                                                                          
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"The Predator" is scheduled to open in theaters on September 14. As if they weren't deadly enough the universe's deadliest hunters have given themselves an upgrade. Genetically enhancing themselves with DNA from other species The Predators have made themselves stronger, faster, and deadlier than ever and they are here on Earth to hunt.  

                                                                      

"Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation" is scheduled to open in theaters on July 13. Directed and co-written by Genndy Tartovsky (" Dexter's Laboratory", "Samurai Jack") in this latest addition to the franchise, the monsters have left the hotel and are vacationing on a cruise. Unexpectedly, Dracula finds himself attracted to Erica, the ship's female captain who has a sinister secret that is a threat to all monsters.