Resident Evil: Retribution
Weekend Box-Office: Critics May Have Put the Bite on It, but Audiences Made Hotel Transylvania a Hit
From director Genndy Tartakovsky and Adam Sandler comes…the highest grossing September release of all-time? Apparently so, as the critically panned CG comedy Hotel Transylvania defied its reviews and earned an estimated $43 million…not enough to top its $85 million budget, but a fine start to its theatrical run and more than surpassing the original high-grosser of September, Sweet Home Alabama, wh...[Read More]
Weekend Box Office: Epic Struggle as End of Watch and House on the End of the Street Fight for First
While the Monday totals will officially decide which movie comes out on top, it was a tough call to make between the crime drama End of Watch, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and written and directed by David Ayer (of Training Day fame), and the PG-13 horror House at the End of the Street. Both films made an estimated $13 million, but as I write this, End of Watch currently holds the lead due to a higher...[Read More]
Weekend Box Office: 3D Takes the Top Spots!
It was a battle between the newest adventure of Alice the monster killer and the re-release of a Pixar classic…and zombies were the winners. Resident Evil: Retribution, the fifth entry in the movie series (now only vaguely) based on the videogame series and the second in 3D, came in first with an estimated $21.1 million…still not much to speak of in terms of box office, but a sight better than The...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Resident Evil Series Continues to Not Interest Me with Resident Evil: Retribution
I’ve been on a good run with Trailer Trashin’ these last couple weeks, but I knew it would happen eventually – I have to write about a movie I have no interest in. On the chopping block this week is the second trailer for Resident Evil: Retribution, the fifth entry in the film series loosely based on the Resident Evil video game franchise. Premise: Alice (Milla Jovovich) is captured by...[Read More]