When Salary Talks Stall Star Trek, It’s Time for the Enterprise to Look Within and Go Where Kirk Is Gone. Star Trek Box Office: #1 BUDGET $150M, GROSS $257M/ $385M WW, NET <$235M after Publicity & Ads. #2 BUDGET $190M, GROSS $228M/ $467M WW, NET <$277M after P&A. #3 BUDGET $185M, GROSS $158M/ $343M WW, NET <$158M after P&A. Star Trek 4 talks…
Tag: Chris Pine
Review: Beyond a greater female aesthetic, there is little to Wonder Woman you haven’t seen before
Captain America: The First Avenger, is my least favourite Marvel movie, so I wasn’t particularly excited to see it again in DC format. Wonder Woman, helmed by Patty Jenkins who made the suitably good, Charlize Theron Oscar-winning Monster 13 years ago and has made no feature film since, brings a restraint to the typically overwrought nature…
Review: “Hell or High Water” comes easy as one of the Best Films of 2016
Directed: David Mackenzie/ Written by: Taylor Sheridan/ Starring: Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges, Ben Foster, Gil Birmingham, Katy Mixon/ Cinematographer: Giles Nuttgens/ Composers: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis/ Production Budget: $12 million/ Running Time: 102 Minutes/ Distributor: CBS Films, Lions Gate Films (CAN) It has been so long since I’ve seen a movie in theatres that was about…
“Forgettable Dream of Endless Night” Into the Woods: Mini-Review
Towards the end of the year I always get caught up in the excitement and glut of Christmas releases. It usually leads from high hopes to holding up films in quality thanks to holiday cheer. It fades, like a dream when Christmas is a time of promise and love is over. And since love is…
Horrible Bosses 2 Review: Back For More or Less
Director: Sean Anders (That’s My Boy) Writers: Sean Anders & John Morris (Dumb and Dumber To, We’re the Millers), John Francis Daley & Jonathon M. Goldstein (story), Michael Markowitz (characters) Producer: Chris Bender, Brett Ratner Studio: New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Running Time: 108 min Starring: Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, with Jennifer Aniston,…
What Do You Think? – Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Trailer
There are certain famous people whose significance I struggle to explain. If you were unfamiliar with Shakespearian Theatre and were to ask me who Kenneth Branagh is, it feels under-served to just say he played a role in Harry Potter or directed “Thor” or does both in this movie: “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”. If you…
