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Honest Trailer Skewers Godzilla (2014)
The folks over at Honest Trailer and Screen Junkies have turned their attention to the most recent incarnation of Godzilla (2014). America’s first decent Godzilla movie stomped into theaters this summer. Now, you can relive the Godzilla action movie that delivered everything except Godzilla action. Enjoy!
Paramount Pictures to Distribute Chris Rock’s Top Five
Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom, announced on September 10, 2014 that it will distribute writer/director Chris Rock’s Top Five worldwide. The news comes as the film from producer Scott Rudin, and his IACF partner Barry Diller, earned rave reviews at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, such as Scott Foundas’ comments in Variety: “Rock has finally found a big-scr...[Read More]
Production Begins on The Finest Hours, Starring Chris Pine
Production is set to begin in September on the new Walt Disney Studios film The Finest Hours, starring Chris Pine (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Star Trek), Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Ocean’s Thirteen), and Holliday Grainger (Cinderella, Bonnie & Clyde). The thriller, which will be directed by Craig Gillespie (...[Read More]
New Trailer Released for Jennifer Lopez Thriller The Boy Next Door
“Obsession has never been so close” reads the tagline of the upcoming thriller The Boy Next Door. Earlier today, the film’s star, Jennifer Lopez, gave fans a first look at the film (check out the trailer above), which hits theaters on January 23, 2015! Lopez leads the cast in The Boy Next Door, a psychological thriller that explores a forbidden attraction that goes much too far. Directed by Rob Co...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Guardians On Top of Weak Box Office
In a weekend where not even a new release can break into the top ten at the box office (to be fair, The Identical remains universally reviled for all but the most diehard bad movie buffs), Guardians of the Galaxy took the top spot yet again with a mere estimated $10.2 million. With nothing else making over $10 million (even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles made only an estimated $6.5 million), this we...[Read More]
New Character Posters from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Released
To promote The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, Lionsgate has released the Katniss Rebel Warrior Teaser Poster (see below) via the official mobile application – “Our Leader the Mockingjay.” The new poster joins the six previously released posters featuring the fearless rebels of District 13: Gale (Liam Hemsworth), Boggs (Mahershala Ali), Messala (Evan Ross), Castor (Wes Chatham), Cressida (Natal...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Guardians and Turtles Work Hardest Over Labor Day
With a four-day weekend afoot, things might have seemed a boon at the box office; however, besides low returns, it was a weak time for newcomers. Guardians of the Galaxy led easily with an estimated $22.2 million, remaining king of the summer (and of 2014 in domestic earnings), while Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles remains thoroughly critic-proof with an estimated $15.7 million adding to a strong $16...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Guardians Retake Lead and Summer Honors
It may have not been the most likely contender for the title, but Guardians of the Galaxy did the near impossible and dethroned Transformers: Age of Extinction for highest earning domestic release of the summer box office. With an estimated $17.6 million this weekend, it pulled ahead of both the Michael Bay directed robot smash fest as well as the Bay-produced mutant fest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turt...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Expendables Not Strong Enough
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may not be the most critically well-received film currently in the top ten at the box office, but it is keeping its crowd the best, with a second week in the first-place spot. It earned an estimated $28.4 million, enough to keep back Guardians of the Galaxy, which picked up an estimated $24.7 million. However, Guardians of the Galaxy is the highest domestic earner on t...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Turtles Win Box Office, But Not Critics
Though he’s not the director of the film, the Michael Bay touch is still present in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the film earning the wrath of critics but still proving a strong draw at the box office with an estimated $65 million, making over half of its $120 million costs. Guardians of the Galaxy could not compete against those numbers in week two, with only an estimated $41.5 million, though i...[Read More]
Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens Shines in New Trailer for The Guest
The official US trailer for the new thriller The Guest from director Adam Wingard was released exclusively on Yahoo! Movies. But you can see it right here on CinemaNerdz. From the director of You’re Next and featuring a standout, badass performance from Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), comes The Guest: a tense, action-packed and unpredictable film like everything and nothing you’ve ever se...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Guardians Protect Box Office
Marvel continues its 2014 box office hit parade with another big winner: Guardians of the Galaxy took the top spot for the comic book movie studio with an estimated $94 million and rave reviews. And while it is still a ways off domestically from its $170 million production costs, it nearly made that back in a single weekend counting its worldwide estimated totals. It smashed all other box office t...[Read More]