Author: Alex Gherzo
The Marvels Has Historically Bad Second Weekend
As disastrous as The Marvels’ opening weekend box office was, its second weekend painted an even direr picture. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new Marvel film dropped 78%, the largest second-weekend drop not just for an MCU film but for any superhero film “in the modern era” (which i...
Read MoreREVIEW: Thanksgiving (2023)
I don’t go into many movies with a lot of hope nowadays, and I never expected a whole lot from horror films, so I’m happy to be surprised on occasion. Thanksgiving was one such treat, a fun, (mostly) smart slasher with decent characters and something genuinely interesting to say about the true ...
Read MoreMarvel Wants Javier Bardem for Galactus and a Female Silver Surfer
The Fantastic Four cast seems all but assembled. Yesterday came the news that Marvel has either locked or is close to locking Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, the leader of the Fantastic Four (in the comics; the movie sounds like it may be different). Now, Jeff Sneider has revealed on his website, Th...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Killer (2023)
The Killer is what thrillers aspire to be, a suspenseful story about a professional death dealer and his world that sheds light on our own mundane lives. We’re made to feel a kinship with an assassin while learning very little about his personality, both comforted and unsettled by the notion that...
Read MoreFast Charlie Trailer Shoots Back
In a break from superhero news (can’t imagine why anyone says there’s an oversaturation problem), Vertical Entertainment has released a trailer for the upcoming action movie Fast Charlie. Based on the novel Gun Monkeys by Victor Gischler, Fast Charlie follows mob enforcer Charlie Swift, who mu...
Read MoreDestin Daniel Cretton No Longer Directing The Kang Dynasty
The Marvel shakeups continue. Deadline exclusively reports that Destin Daniel Cretton has “stepped away” from directing Avengers: The Kang Dynasty to “focus on his other Marvel projects,” which are the Disney+ series Wonder Man and a sequel to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Dea...
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