Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Weekend Box Office: "Dunkirk" the World War II movie from director Christopher Nolan was number one with $50.5 million, "Girls Trip" the R-rated comedy starring Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Queen Latifah was number two with $30.4 million, and "Spider-Man: Homecoming" starring Tom Holland as Peter Parker/ Spider-Man in the latest incarnation of the web-slinger was number three with $22 million. 

                                                                       

Marvel's "Thor: Ragnarok" is scheduled to open in theaters on November 3. The movie will feature Thor teaming up with his fellow Avenger.The Hulk in an adventure to reclaim Asgard from the Goddess of Death, Hela. The events of the movie are a prelude to the upcoming movie Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" and this movie will be a game changer by beginning a possible reshaping of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. 

                                                                          
                                                                       

"Kingsman: The Golden Circle" is scheduled to open in theaters . Director Matthew Vaughn's sequel to his highly successful "Kingsman: The Secret Service", a movie that was based on a graphic novel by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons "The Secret Service". The new movie introduces us to The Statesman, American counterparts to The Kingsman. Watch this trailer and prepare to have your mind blown. 

                                                                           

"Stranger Things" will return to Netflix with all episodes of the second season steaming beginning October 27. The show blends nostalgia with horror to create a nerve wracking thrill ride through the cultural landscape of the 1980s. Season two will up the ante and give us more of what we loved in season one.

                                                                         

Marvel's "The Inhumans" will premiere exclusively in IMAX on Sept.1 and continuing Sept. 29 on the ABC television network. Bringing to both the big screen and the small screen these extraordinary characters created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Starring Anson Mount as Black Bolt and Serinda Swan as Medusa. The series will also star Sonya Balmores, Isabelle Cornish Eme Ikwaukor, Ken Leung, Mike Moh, and Iwan Rheon.

                                                                               

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Weekend Box Office - "War for the Planet of the Apes" the third movie in the "Planet of Apes" franchise was number one with $56.5 million, "Spider-Man: Homecoming" starring Tom Holland as Peter Parker/ Spider-Man was number two with $45.2 million, and "Despicable Me 3" featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, and Trey Parker was number three with $19 million.

                                                                              

"Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" is scheduled to open in theaters this Friday. Director Luc Besson brings the groundbreaking French comic series "Valerian and Laureline" to the silver screen. The comic series has been an inspired artists and filmmakers for generations and has been collected as a series of graphic novels translated into many different languages. Featuring Dean DeHaan as Valerian and Cara Delevingne as Laureline. 

                                                                          
                                                                               
                            
"Blade Runner 2049"  is scheduled to open in theaters on October 6. Ryan Gosling stars in this movie that takes place 30 years after the events of the original. Ridley Scott the director of the original serves as executive producer and Denis Villenueve directs this movie that also stars Harrison Ford, Ana De Armas, MacKenzie Davis, Sylvia Hoeks, Lennie James, Carla Juri, Robin Wright, Dave Bautista and Jared Leto.           

                                                                             

Marvel's "Thor: Ragnarok" is scheduled to open in theaters this November. The movie which will also feature Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk will be the lead in to the upcoming movie Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War". "Thor: Ragnarok" will feature Cate Blanchett as Hela, The Asgardian Goddess of Death and the primary villain of the movie. The character is scheduled to return in the next two Avengers movies.

                                                                     

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Weekend Box Office: "Spider-Man: Homecoming" starring Tom Holland as Spider-Man and Michael Keaton as The Vulture was number one with $117 million, "Despicable Me 3' featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, and Trey Parker was number three with $34 million, and "Baby Driver" the action/thriller from director Edgar Wright was number three with $12.8 million.

                                                                             
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAIvR1e3GQA

"War for the Planet of the Apes" opens in theaters this Friday. The third movie in the "Planet of the Apes" franchise features a showdown between apes and humans to decide the fate of both species and the future of the planet. 

                                                                            
                                                                          

"Valerian" is scheduled to open in theaters on July 21. The passion project of director Luc Besson, the movie is based on the french comic book series "Valerian and Laureline" that the director read as a kid. The comic book's creator inspired Besson to make this movie when they worked together on a previous film he directed "The Fifth Element".

                                                                    

"Atomic Blonde" is scheduled to open in theaters on July 28. Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron stars in this movie directed by David Leitch, the director of "John Wick" and the upcoming film "Deadpool 2". Theron plays MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton tasked with retrieving a dossier from Berlin a city filled with spies and double-crossing traitors.

                                                                      

"The Dark Tower" is scheduled to open in theaters on Aug 4. Based on the book series by Stephen King and starring Idris Elba as Roland Deschain - The Gunslinger and Matthew McConaughey as Walter O'Dim - The Man in Black locked in a battle between good and evil. The Gunslinger is determined to protect The Dark Tower, which holds the universe together, from The Dark Man who threatens to destroy it.

                                                                        

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Weekend Box Office: "Despicable Me 3" the latest movie in the animated franchise from Illumination with the voice talents of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, and Trey Parker was number one with $72.4 million, "Baby Driver" from director Edgar Wright ("Shaun of the Dead", "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World") was number two with $ 29.5 million, and "Transformers: The Last Knight" the latest installment in the Transformers  franchise was number three with $16.8 million.


                                                                          
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oagwBHoh6Rs

"Spider-Man: Homecoming" opens in theaters this Friday. Tom Holland stars as Peter  Parker/ Spider-Man in his very own movie fresh from his appearance in "Captain America: Civil War". The movie also stars Michael Keaton as The Vulture a villain salvaging  advanced technology for criminal purposes.

                                                                        
                                                                           

"Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" is scheduled to open in theaters on December 20. Four teenagers spending time in detention discover an old video game console for a game they've never heard of. Suddenly they are pulled into the world of Jumanji where they find themselves inhabiting their video game avatars played by Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Jack Black. What follows is both an adventure and a struggle for survival as they play the game in order to finish and escape for their lives.

                                                                     

"Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" is scheduled to open in theaters on July 21. Based on "Valerian and Laureline", a long running, ground breaking French comic book series now collected as  a series of graphic novel stories. A passion project for director Luc Besson ("The Professional", "The Fifth Element", and "Lucy") the comic series that inspired the movie has also inspired a generation of artists, writers, and filmmakers. 
  
                                                                              

Marvel's "Inhumans" the new television series scheduled to debut on ABC beginning September 29 following the release of the pilot episode in IMAX theaters on September 1. The series follows the characters created by Stan Lee and Jack KIrby  "The Inhumans" who have seperated themselves from humanity and from Earth residing on the Moon in the Blue Area, a special area designed to support life. However, an uprising inspired by a movement to return to Earth threatens the safety and security of Humans and Inhumans  alike.
      
                                                                     
                                                            

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Weekend Box Office - "Transformers: The Last Knight" director Michael Bay's latest installment in the blockbuster franchise was number one with $45.3 million, "Wonder Woman" from director Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot as the Amazing Amazon Princess was number two with $25.2 million, and Disney/Pixar's "Cars 3" the latest movie in the animated franchise featuring the voices of Owen Wilson, Larry The Cable Guy, and Bonnie Hunt was number three with $24 million.

                                                                       
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuaseSovWDY

"The Dark Tower" is scheduled to open in the theaters on August 4. The movie is based on the bestselling series by Stephen King.The upcoming fantasy western horror starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey is planned as the first in a series of movies based on the books.

                                                                                 
                                                                                  

"The Foreigner" is scheduled to open in theaters on October 13. Directed by Martin Campbell who directed the first Daniel Craig James Bond movie "Casino Royale", The movie is a departure from the usual Jackie Chan film, an action packed thriller in which Chan plays a father out for revenge after his daughter is killed in a terrorist bombing. The movie also stars former James Bond Pierce Brosnan.

                                                                                 

"Batman and Harley Quinn" the latest animated movie from Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment arrives August 15 on Digital HD and August 29 on Blu-ray/DVD. Featuring Kevin Conroy as Batman and Loren Lester as Nightwing from "Batman: The Animated Series" and was inspired by an original story from Bruce Timm the producer of that series. Also introducing Melissa Rauch of "The Big Bang Theory" voicing Harley Quinn. This animated story takes place in the "Batman: The Animated Series" universe and teams the Dynamic Duo with Harley Quinn in order to save Gotham from Poison Ivy and The Floronic Man. 

                                                                                         

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Weekend Box Office: Disney/Pixar's "Cars 3" featuring the voice talents of Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, and Bonnie Hunt was number one with $53.5 million, "Wonder Woman" the origin story of the iconic DC Amazon Princess starring Gal Gadot was number two with $40.7 million, "All Eyez On Me" the biopic about the life and times of the late rapper/actor Tupac Shakur was number three with $27 million.  


                                                                              

"Transformers: The Last Knight" is scheduled to open in theaters on June 21. Director Michael Bay brings us the latest installment in the "Transformers" franchise and his last one as director. As war between Humans and Transformers rages out of control. The fate of mankind rests on the discovery from the secret history of the Transformers on Earth. The movie stars Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

                                                                                 
                                                                                     

"Flatliners" is scheduled to open in theaters on Sept.29. A remake of the 1990 movie of the same name, this version follows five medical students that become obsessed with answering the question of what happens when we die. They begin an experiment that stops their hearts for a short period of time to trigger a near death experience. The experiment gets out of hand triggering a terrifying paranormal effect caused by their crossing over to the other side.  

                                                                                 

"Spider-Man: Homecoming" is scheduled to open in theaters on July 7. Tom Holland stars as Peter Parker/Spider-Man fresh from his debut in "Captain America: Civil War" into his own movie. After the experience of a lifetime teaming up with The Avengers Peter struggles with returning to his day to day routine of balancing his life as a high school student with that his web spinning alter ego.

                                                                          

"Despicable Me 3" from Illumination is scheduled for theaters on June 30. Steve Carell returns as the voice of Gru and as his newly discovered twin brother Dru.  Also featuring the voices of Kristen Wiig as  Lucy and Trey Parker as Balthazar Bratt. Oh, and of course, the Minions.

                                                                              

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Weekend Box Office: "Wonder Woman from director Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot as Diana, Princess of the Amazons aka Wonder Woman was number one with $57.2 million, "The Mummy" starring Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella was number two with $32.2 million, and "Captain Underpants: The Epic First Movie" featuring the voice talents of Kevin Hart and Ed Helms was number three with $12.3 million.

                                                                               

Marvel's "Black Panther" is scheduled to open in theaters February of next year. The first teaser dropped last week to much excitement. Fresh from his debut in "Captain America: Civil War" Chadwick Boseman stars as T'Challa, King of Wakanda aka The Black Panther.  

                                                                                
                                                                                  

"War for the Planet of the Apes" is scheduled to open in theaters on July 14. The third chapter in the critically praised franchise will feature the deciding conflict between apes and human for the future of both species. The movie stars Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Karin Konoval, Judy Greer and Terry Notary.

                                                                                    

Marvel's "Thor: Ragnarok" is scheduled to open in theaters this November. The movie will feature an attack on Asgard from Hela (played by Cate Blanchett). Thor ends up trapped on a distant planet where he is forced to fight against his one-time ally, The Incredible Hulk. 

                                                                            

Marvel's "The Defenders" will debut on Netflix August 18 with all episodes streaming. The Netflix original series will bring together Matt Murdoch/Daredevil(Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage ( Mike Colter) and Danny Rand/Iron Fist (Finn Jones) to face a common threat and save the city they have individually vowed to protect. As individuals they are each a powerful force for good, but as a team their combined talents may be what's needed to save their beloved city.