Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Weekend Box Office -  "Hitman's Bodyguard" the action/comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson was number one with $10.1 million,  "Annabelle: Creation" the newest movie in "The Conjuring" franchise was number two with $7.35 million, and "Leap!" the CG animated film featuring the voices of Elle Fanning, Dean DeHaan, and Maddie Ziegler debuted at number three with $5 million.

                                                                                         

"Unlocked" is scheduled to open in theaters this Friday. The action thriller stars Noomi Rapace and Orlando Bloom as a CIA agent and an ex-soldier working together to prevent a lethal biological attack on the citizens of London. The movie also stars Michael Douglas, Toni Collette, and John Malkovich.

                                                                       
                                                                                

"Kingsman: The Golden Circle"  is scheduled to open in theaters September 22. 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". This movie introduces us to The Statesman, their American counterparts, founded on the same day as The Kingsman. Starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Halle Berry, with Sir Elton John, Channing Tatum, and Jeff Bridges.

                                                                        

"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" is scheduled to open in theaters on December 15. The follow-up to the highly successful "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" will focus on Rey training in the ways of The Force under Jedi Master Luke Skywalker in the second installment of the new "Star Wars" movies.

                                                                         

"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.

                                                                                        

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Weekend Box Office : "Hitman's Bodyguard" the action/comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson was number one with $21.6 million, "Annabelle: Creation" the latest movie in "The Conjuring" franchise was number two with $15.5 million, and "Lucky Logan" starring Channing Tatum in director Steven Soderberg's return to filmmaking after four years was number three with $8.1 million.

                                                                                         

"The LEGO NINJAGO Movie" is scheduled to open in theaters on Sept. 22. The latest animated adventure in the LEGO franchise from Warner Bros. Pictures. LEGO NINJAGO comes to the big screen featuring the voice talents of Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Fred Armisen, Abbi Jacobson, Olivia Munn, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Peña, Zach Woods, and the legendary Jackie Chan.

                                                                         
                                                                           

"The Flash" Season 4 premieres October 10 at 8/7c on The CW. Barry is gone and without him, The Flash isn't around to protect Central City from dangerous metahumans. Iris, his fiancee, and the rest of Team Flash are doing what they can to protect the city while still reeling from their losses at the end of last season.All hope is not lost as Cisco attempts to devise a way to free Barry who is trapped in The Speed Force, the very source of his powers. 

                                                                                

"Arrow" Season 6 premieres October 12 at 9/8c on The CW. Oliver and Team Arrow will have to pick up the pieces after the events of the last season where Prometheus laid siege to their lives  - both public and private. Now, Oliver will have to embrace a new mission to protect his city as both The Mayor and Green Arrow while raising his son, William. 

                                                                                   

"Legends of Tomorrow" Season 3 premieres October 10 at 9/8c on The CW.  The Legends continue their mission to correct temporal aberrations - unusual changes in history could result in catastrophically affecting time itself. The team will face new villains and even greater challenges than before.

                                                                         

Monday, August 14, 2017

 Weekend Box Office:  "Annabelle: Creation" the latest installment in the "Conjuring" franchise was number one with $35 million dollars, "Dunkirk" the epic World War II drama from director Christopher Nolan was number two with $11.4 million, and "Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature"  the family friendly CG animated sequel to "The Nut Job" debuted at number three with $8.9 million.

                                                                                       
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arC0weQORMU

Marvel's "The Defenders" premieres this Friday on Netflix with all episodes streaming. Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist come together to face an evil that threatens to destroy the city they have each sworn to protect. The odds are against them, but if they can overcome the odds they can save New York and perhaps the entire world.

                                                                                   
                                                                                   

"IT" is scheduled to open in theaters on September 8. Based on the massively popular horror novel of the same by Stephen King, which has successfully terrified readers for decades. "IT" is the story of the small town of Derry, Maine which undergoes a rash of child disappearances. One group of kids come face to face with their biggest fears as they go up against the evil clown, Pennywise, who has a history of murder and violence that has occurred for centuries.  

                                                                                
                                                                             
"Death Wish" is scheduled to open in theaters this November. Director Eli Roth reimagines the classic 1974 revenge thriller with Bruce Willis as a man seeking vengeance for the death of his wife and attack of his college student daughter. Unable to get bring their attackers to justice through legal means, he begins slaying criminals as a vigilante while he hunts down the men who perpetrated crimes against his family. 

                                                                           

"Supergirl" returns for Season 3 on The CW beginning October 9. Following the events of last season's finale episode. Kara is heartbroken by the decision she made that exiled her love, Mon-El, from Earth.The new season will have her facing the aftermath of that decision, as well as, new threats and challenges she will have to face to protect National City. 

                                                                          

"Doctor Who" will debut the annual Christmas episode this December on BBC America. Peter Capaldi returns as the Twelfth Doctor for one last adventure in the TARDIS before his inevitable regeneration. David Bradley takes on the role of the First Doctor as past meets present and the fate of the future rests in the hands of not one, but two incarnations of The Doctor.

                                                                              

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Weekend Box Office: "Dunkirk" the World War II drama from director Christopher Nolan was number one with $28.1 million, "The Emoji Movie" the animated family movie featuring T.J. Miller voicing the main character, the emoji "Meh", was number two with $25.7 million, and "Atomic Blonde" the blood and guts, gritty spy thriller produced by and starring Charlize Theron was number three with $18.5 million.


                                                                   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8pJt4dK_s4

"Justice League" scheduled to open in theaters in November. Following the events of "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" Bruce Wayne is inspired by Superman's sacrifice to seek out other metahumans with the help of his new ally Diana Prince a.k.a. Wonder Woman. Coming together as a team - Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash must stop an unparalleled threat to the entire planet.

                                                                
                                                                     

"Gotham" returns for season four airing on a new night, beginning Thur. Sept. 28 on Fox. Season Three ended with both Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle beginning to embrace their respective destinies. The upcoming season will explore the continuing evolution both characters against the ever changing dynamic of Gotham City and continue to feature the rise of even more iconic villains. 


                                                                       
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vR1vbvSdZQ

"Lucifer" returns Oct.2 with a brand new season on Fox. Last season ended with Lucifer sending his mother to an empty void to start her own universe. He was on his way to reveal who he was to his partner Chloe when he was hit from behind. He woke up to find himself in the desert with his wings back which is but a hint of things to come.

                                                                       

"Freedom Fighters: The Ray" CW Seed's newest animated DC super hero show takes place on a parallel Earth where the Nazis won World War II. Present day America is ruled over by The New Reichsmen, evil versions of Green Arrow, The Flash, and Supergirl. Ray "The Ray" Terrill and his team of heroes stand between them and the people they would oppress.

                                                                                 
                                                                           

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.