Final Destination 5
Weekend Box-Office: The Help is on the Way!
It was a switcharoo at the box office this weekend: The Help took the top spot from Rise of the Planet of the Apes, with neither film suffering too handily much in estimated box office take. The Help received an estimated $20.5 million, while Apes made approximately $16.3 million. Both films are well on their way to being hits; Apes has already hit the $100 million mark, though Help isn’t very far...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Apes Still in Charge
Truly, the planet is going to the apes…Rise of the Planet of the Apes held the top spot for the second week in a row, earning an estimated $27.5 million in weekend take. In only two weeks, the critically-acclaimed film has already broken the $100 million barrier in domestic gross, and even the typical drop in revenue from week to week was noticeably small, with a less than 50% loss. 2nd and 3rd pl...[Read More]
Movie Review: Final Destination 5
I have a theory about why Death works the way it does in the Final Destination series: it’s bored. It gives someone the ability to see what’s going to happen, and then sees what he does in order to survive (or she, in the case of Final Destination 3) and/or save the lives of those around them, before squashing them like a bug and moving on to the next group. I present this theory because, well, af...[Read More]