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Jurassic World: Rebirth Review: Just Dumb Sh-t Over and Over
Monday night, as part of AMC’s Screen Unseen—where they premiere an upcoming movie without revealing the title in advance—Jurassic World: Rebirth was the featured film. Note: Universal doesn’t pay me to see its movies—nor does any studio—so I’m not under any review embargo, and I’ve never agreed to any embargo. I also don’t receive press…
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Disney Pixar’s Elio Bombs At Box Office: What Happened?
Disney Pixar has another bomb on the books with the release of the animated movie, Elio, which underperformed this past weekend at the box office. The flick, reported to have a massive budget of $150 million plus marketing, only opened to $21 million domestically, with a $35 million worldwide gross. It’s the lowest and worst…
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Paramount+ Renews Mobland for Season Two After 26 Million Viewers
Paramount+ has renewed Mobland for a second season after the series soared to 26 million viewers to date, making it the #2 most-watched original series on the service behind Landman. A Streaming Hit 26 million global viewers so far Ranked #2 Paramount+ original of all time Spent five consecutive weeks in Nielsen’s Top 10 SVOD…
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Marvel Told Daredevil: Born Again Creatives Not To Watch The Netflix Show
Again confirming what I first told you, it’s revealed the bozos at Marvel actually told the creatives in charge of developing Daredevil: Born Again not to watch the Netflix show. Recall how Marvel also told its execs not to read the comics while developing shows about comic books, and of course, Sam Raimi never watched…
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Marvel Turned Down Original Blade Writer’s Offer For Help
In a follow-up to the story from just last week, it’s learned that Marvel turned down original Blade writer, David S. Goyer’s offer for help on the Mahershala Ali reboot that has been in development hell for six years. Goyer: “They Think They’ve Cracked It” with Blade This time, while speaking with Variety, Goyer reveals…
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Warner Bros. Frustrated Over Batman 2 Delays, But Gunn Defends Matt Reeves
Despite James Gunn recently praising Matt Reeves and his Batman franchise, a new report suggests there’s been real tension behind the scenes. According to Puck News, DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran expected Reeves to deliver the Batman: Part II script over a year ago. It’s now been three years since The Batman…
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Russell Crowe Cast as Ramírez in Henry Cavill’s Highlander Reboot
Henry Cavill gets a super reunion for his Highlander movie with Russell Crowe, who will play Ramírez, the part famously played by Sean Connery in the original film. Of course, Russell Crowe starred as Jor-El in Man of Steel, with Henry Cavill as Superman. John Wick‘s Chad Stahelski is directing, with a script from Michael Finch.…
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28 Years Later: Box Office Undeforming, Fan Reaction Cold
28 Years Later is now out, which means the fan reactions are in, and they’re a lot colder than the critic reviews. The box office numbers are also coming in and the flick is underperforming. As of Saturday night, the Rotten Tomatoes Score from critics currently stands at 90%, which at one time was as…
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Spider-Man 4 Gets Jon Bernthal As Punisher, Taking On Hulk Smash
We get some big news – via Nerdrotic – that Jon Bernthal is joining Spider-Man 4 as The Punisher. Update 6/20: THR confirms Jon Bernthal for Spider–Man 4. Previously from May 28: Of course, Bernthal recently returned as Frank Castle in the Daredevil: Born Again series on Disney+. Bernthal is also currently developing a spinoff…
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Feige Hypes Fantastic Four for Avengers: Doomsday: What Happened to New Avengers?
Wow. That was fast. Kevin Feige is already pretending Thunderbolts and the so-called “New Avengers” don’t exist? Following Thunderbolts basically ending its box office run as the second-lowest grossing MCU movie ever—only better than The Marvels—Feige has already moved on. Fantastic Four Now Sets Up Doomsday At CineEurope, Disney screened a new trailer for Fantastic…
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28 Years Later Goes Full Woke? Here’s Where It Falls Apart
Following my review, I thought I would expand upon what I felt went wrong with 28 Years Later. I actually have a much longer rough draft that goes into all the spoilers, but I figured for the general review it was better to keep things to the point. So users on X have been reacting…
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28 Years Later Review: The First Hour’s Amazing, the Rest Is a Disaster
It’s been twenty years since the last film, and 28 Years Later kicks off a new trilogy. As I said in my out-of-theater reaction video, it looks and sounds great with top-notch cinematography, solid acting, and impressive effects. But the story? That’s where it falls apart. Update: Due to reactions, I wrote a follow-up article…
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Rachel Zegler’s Snow White Bombed So Hard, Fans Waited to Watch It Free
Snow White Bombs at the Box Office Disney’s Snow White remake starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot bombed at the box office, pulling in only $205.6 million globally against a reported $270 million+ budget. Even Disney admitted the movie was a bust in its most recent investor report. The film struggled to gain traction from…
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Superman Opening Weekend Estimates Crash Back to Earth
Exactly as I predicted, the Superman estimates are coming in around $90 million to $125 million for the opening weekend box office. There were wild claims of around $175 million. Early Tracking Paints a Murky Picture for Superman, Fantastic Four, and Jurassic World As I went over about the early tracking for Jurassic World Rebirth,…
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Marvel Adds Surprise 4th MCU Movie For 2028: X-Men, Black Panther 3, Blade, Wolverine?
In a bit of a surprise, Disney just added a fourth untitled MCU movie to its 2028 lineup: December 15, 2028. So much for scaling back. While the narrative from Disney was that Marvel would be pumping the brakes on content — due to a string of flops on the big screen and on Disney+…
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28 Years Later Reviews Are In: Scores 96% On Rotten Tomatoes
28 Years Later is finally hitting theaters, and early reviews are pouring in. Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland return to the franchise that redefined zombie horror, this time with a new twist. Below, we break down what critics are saying—good and bad—about the long-awaited sequel. What is the 28 Years Later score? With…
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Netflix Tires Season 2 Review: Starts Strong, Stalls Out
Season 2 dropped a couple of weeks ago on Netflix, and since I loved Season 1, I had to binge the second season, and did so in one sitting (which shows how much I like the series). True to form, Season 2 starts off with everything you’d expect. The cast and the jokes are just…
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Star Trek Sacrilege: Producers Hint At TOS Reboot No One Wants
If the producers of Strange New Worlds get their way, Star Trek could boldly go where no fan wants it to: rebooting and effectively replacing the original series. Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers—already controversial figures in the Kurtzman-led Paramount era—are now teasing what sounds like a remake of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS).…
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Ironheart Actress Was ‘This Close’ To Playing New Black Panther
Not only was Dominique Thorne up to replace Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, but it’s also been learned that she was also up to replace Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther. However, we all know now, she didn’t get the Black Panther part, which went to Letitia Wright, she landed the part of Riri Williams…
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James Gunn Clarifies Marvel Slam: ‘They Were Screwed, Not Dead’
James Gunn is clearing the air about his recent controversial Marvel comments. In his Rolling Stone interview, Gunn said Marvel was “killed” by corporate mandates and the push for constant content. Now on Threads, he’s clarified what he meant, that Marvel isn’t dead, but they were absolutely screwed by decisions he says were out of…