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Official SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water Trailer Released!
The official trailer for SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water has been released. To say that it’s trippy doesn’t do it justice. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the still below that showcases Patrick Star (as Mr. Superawesomeness), SpongeBob SquarePants (as The Invincibubble), Squidward Tentacles (as Sour Note), and Mr. Krabs (as Sir Pinch-A-Lot). SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water brings ...[Read More]
Intriguing New Trailer for The Maze Runner Released
The new trailer for the sci-fi action film The Maze Runner was just released, and it gives me hope that the movie might be more than just a retread of Divergent following in the considerable wake of The Hunger Games. It looks like there’s plenty of action and mystery at work here and that could make for a pretty entertaining film. Then again, we’ve all been burned by trailers before haven...[Read More]
Kevin Smith’s Tusk Will Premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
Writer/director Kevin Smith’s new horror film, Tusk will enjoy its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Smith and Tusk join a long list of established and emerging directors that fill this year’s TIFF slate, which showcases new documentary films by Nick Broomfield, Ethan Hawke, The Yes Men, Joshua Oppenheimer, Frederick Wiseman, Jonathan Nossiter, and first-time...[Read More]
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Goes Terminator with Red-Band Trailer
Well, it turns out that a hot tub time machine can do more than travel backwards in time, and it might have a mind of its own, as we learn in the e new red-band trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine 2. As the Repairman states: “The hot tub doesn’t take you where you want to go, it takes you where you need to go.” In the new red-band trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine 2, the sequel to Hot Tub Time Machine...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Lucy at the Box Office with Diamonds
While critics may be saying relatively the same thing about these films, things are shaping up very differently at the box office for the two big releases this weekend. Lucy, getting slightly worse reviews than its competition Hercules, nevertheless took the first-place spot with $43.9 million – more than enough to be make money against its $40 million budget. Hercules took second with $29.8 milli...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Purge Fails to Budge Apes From Top Spot
The evolution of apes was still a big enough draw to keep away the de-evolution of society, as Dawn of the Planet of the Apes topped The Purge: Anarchy at the box office. While The Purge: Anarchy suffered a lot more at the hands of critics, both sequels are doing very well at the box office; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes picked up an additional estimated $36 million and closes in domestic success...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: A Box Office Where Apes Evolved from Transformers
Though the trailers have leaned more towards the campy with a volley of apes on horseback carrying firearms, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has won over critics and audiences alike with overwhelming praise, and picking up an estimated $73 million at the box office. However, that praise has not approached the success of second-place finisher Transformers: Age of Extinction, which earned an estimate...[Read More]
Don’t Miss the New Gone Girl Trailer
The official trailer for director David Fincher’s new film, Gone Girl, has just been released and it asks the rather pointed question: “Amy is missing. Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?” Gone Girl, based upon the global bestseller by Gillian Flynn and directed by David Fincher, unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, N...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Slow Fourth Gives Transformers a Leg Up
A lot fewer people went to see Transformers: Age of Extinction this weekend than last, with the blockbuster losing massive business as it garnered only an estimated $36.4 million this weekend at the box office. However, not too many people went to go see much else this weekend either, as the next highest earner, the Melissa McCarthy comedy Tammy, only managed to bring in an estimated $21.2 million...[Read More]
New Trailer for Dracula Untold Released
The new trailer for the new action-adventure film Dracula Untold from director Gary Shore debuted last week. Dracula Untold is the origin story of the man who became Dracula. It seems that Dracula has been recast as a tragic anti-hero. While that may take a while to get used to, the trailer looks entertaining enough and maybe this could be the super hero film everyone hoped Man of Steel was going ...[Read More]
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: An IMAX 3D First Look Hits Theaters in July
Marvel Studios will be releasing Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: An IMAX 3D First Look, featuring 17 minutes of exclusive footage from the highly anticipated summer blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy, to 150 IMAX theatre locations across North America on July 7th at 7:00 PM. Select IMAX 3D theatres nationwide and internationally will offer the special screening of thrilling, never-before-seen I...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Michael Bay Remains Critic Proof
For all that critics may say of the works of Michael Bay, there is no denying his ability to draw in the moviegoing public. Such is the case of Transformers: Age of Extinction. Nothing else debuted this weekend in the top ten, and nothing else even came close to its estimated $100 million in earnings, and while it did not come close domestically to earning back its $210 million budget, its worldwi...[Read More]