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MOVIE REVIEW

Aug 10, 2018 9:30 AM CDT

4 Searing Reviews of Slender Man

'No one cares,' writes one critic

(Newser) - The reviews are in for Slender Man , the faceless character's jump from the Internet to the big screen thanks to Sony Pictures and director Sylvain White, and they're nearly universally awful. Four zingers summing up critics' 11% rating on Rotten Tomatoes :

On Brink of Death, MoviePass
Thinks It's Figured It Out

Aug 6, 2018 10:40 AM CDT

On Brink of Death, MoviePass Thinks It's Figured It Out

Its new model lets subscribers see 3 movies a month for $9.95

(Newser) - What would you rather do: Pay $9.95 a month to see one movie in a theater per day, or pay $9.95 to see three movies a month? It's sort of a trick question, in that option one will soon no longer exist. MoviePass on Monday announced that...

Christopher Robin Tries to Oust Tom Cruise

Mission Impossible
Fends Off a Little Bear

box office

Aug 5, 2018 11:10 AM CDT

Mission Impossible Fends Off a Little Bear

Christopher Robin takes a respectable second at the weekend box office

(Newser) - Tom Cruise held onto first at the weekend box office and left the world's kindest bear in a cloud of action-movie dust, Variety reports. Mission Impossible—Fallout held top spot for the second week with $35 million while Christopher Robin, a family film about Winnie the Pooh, bowed with...

Christopher Robin
Is 'Silliness Worth Savoring'

MOVIE REVIEW

Aug 3, 2018 10:57 AM CDT

Christopher Robin Is 'Silliness Worth Savoring'

Still, there are missteps and a slow start: critics

(Newser) - Disney's Christopher Robin sees its adult namesake (Ewan McGregor) reunited with his childhood friend Winnie the Pooh (Jim Cummings) outside the Hundred Acre Wood and just in time, as life in post-World War II London is pretty gloomy. What critics are saying about Marc Forster's latest:

"It'

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Affleck and Damon's New Film: McDonald's Monopoly Scam

Jaw-Dropping Expose to Get
the Affleck-Damon Treatment

Aug 3, 2018 6:34 AM CDT

Jaw-Dropping Expose to Get the Affleck-Damon Treatment

Ben Affleck will direct, Matt Damon will star in movie about McDonald's Monopoly scam

(Newser) - Jeff Maysh's deep dive in the Daily Beast about McDonald's rigged Monopoly prize contest is what everyone's been buzzing about the past few days—and which Fox now hopes will translate to Hollywood gold. Deadline reports the film studio nabbed the rights to Maysh's story over...

MoviePass May Be Headed to 'Abyss' as Stock Falls 60%

MoviePass Woes Build,
Some Predict 'the End Is Near'

Jul 31, 2018 6:52 AM CDT

MoviePass Woes Build, Some Predict 'the End Is Near'

Movie subscription service looks like it's in big trouble after stocks fall 60%

(Newser) - Shares for the parent company of MoviePass plunged Monday, dropping 60% to close at $0.80 and prompting Forbes to make a dire prediction: "The end is near" for the subscription service, which was charging users $9.95 per month for the ability to see a movie a day...

Mission: Impossible
Breaks Franchise Record

box office

Jul 29, 2018 11:31 AM CDT

Mission: Impossible Breaks Franchise Record

'Mamma Mia' takes second, ahead of 'Equalizer 2'

(Newser) - Audiences turned out this weekend to see Tom Cruise in his sixth run as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible—Fallout, which easily took the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office, the AP reports. Studios on Sunday estimate that Fallout earned $61.5 million from 4,386 North American...

Equalizer 2 Tops
Mamma Mia! in
Battle of the
Sequels

box office

Jul 22, 2018 11:11 AM CDT

Equalizer 2 Tops Mamma Mia! in Battle of the Sequels

Vigilante thriller beats box-office expectations

(Newser) - The Equalizer 2 surprised Hollywood by passing Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and taking top spot at the weekend box office, Variety reports. The Denzel Washington vigilante thriller banked $35.8 million over Mamma Mia's $34.4 million, with Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ($23 million), Ant-Man and ...

Mamma Mia 2:
Cheesy Good Fun

MOVIE REVIEW

Jul 20, 2018 11:56 AM CDT

Mamma Mia 2: Cheesy Good Fun

Especially if you're an ABBA fan, of course

(Newser) - Prepare to have ABBA tunes rolling around your head: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again , set five years after the first movie , finds Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) hard at work on the hotel her mother, Donna (Meryl Streep, Lilly James) keeps on a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. But her...

China's Most
Expensive
Film Just
Bombed

Jul 17, 2018 8:39 AM CDT

China's Most Expensive Film Just Bombed

Producers pull 'Asura' after a disastrous opening weekend

(Newser) - The movie is called Asura, and it's seen as the first attempt by China's burgeoning film industry to put out a genuine Hollywood-style blockbuster. One problem: The $110 million movie did so poorly in its weekend debut—it pulled in a mere $7.1 million—that producers yanked...

Director of 2001 Finally
Explains the Film's Ending

Jul 14, 2018 4:30 PM CDT

Director of 2001 Finally Explains the Film's Ending

Stanley Kubrick had long avoided putting it into words

(Newser) - Ever wondered what Stanley Kubrick's classic sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey is all about? Well, keep wondering, but an excerpt from an unreleased Japanese documentary has Kubrick explaining the film's mysterious ending, BoingBoing reports. "I've tried to avoid doing this ever since the picture came...

Skip the Rock,
Go Straight to Eighth Grade

MOVIE REVIEWs

Jul 13, 2018 9:12 AM CDT

Skip the Rock, Go Straight to Eighth Grade

Bo Burnham's debut is one of the funniest teen movies ever: Peter Travers

(Newser) - Rawson Marshall Thurber's Skyscraper arrives at the box office this weekend with the most wham: It's "the biggest-budgeted 'not based on anything' release of the year," per Forbes , and stars heartthrob Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson as a former FBI operative turned security expert under...

Ant-Man and the Wasp
Stings Hard

box office

Jul 8, 2018 12:00 PM CDT

Ant-Man and the Wasp Stings Hard

The Marvel Cinematic Universe strikes again

(Newser) - Despite its heroes' diminutive size, Ant-Man and the Wasp opened with typical Marvel might at the box office, with an estimated $76 million in ticket sales, the AP reports. According to studio estimates Sunday, the "Ant-Man" sequel easily surpassed the $57 million debut of the 2015 original in North...

'Good Vibes' Dominate
Ant-Man and the Wasp

MOVIE REVIEW

Jul 6, 2018 11:26 AM CDT

'Good Vibes' Dominate Ant-Man and the Wasp

Film's 'goofball charm' wins over critics

(Newser) - A size-adjustable superhero finds trouble and a partner in Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp, so far much better received than its predecessor. The film from director Peyton Reed features Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly (Kate, from Lost) in the titles roles— a first for a female Marvel character. As...

Scarlett
Johansson's
Latest Role
Has Activists
Fuming

Jul 4, 2018 1:40 PM CDT

Scarlett Johansson's Latest Role Has Activists Fuming

And she's firing back, too

(Newser) - Scarlett, meet tweetstorm—again. Scarlett Johansson is under fire for accepting a trans male role in the upcoming film Rub & Tug only a year after playing a character that perhaps belonged to an Asian actor, Deadline reports. Johansson released a statement defending her decision to play the trans character,...

Jurassic World 2
Stomps Again,
With a Couple
Surprises

box office

Jul 1, 2018 11:25 AM CDT

Jurassic World 2 Stomps Again, With a Couple Surprises

'Sicario: Day of the Soldado' and 'Uncle Drew' do better than expected

(Newser) - The Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom dinosaurs are ruling the box office for the second weekend in a row, the AP reports. Studios on Sunday estimate that the blockbuster sequel earned $60 million in its second weekend in North American theaters, bringing its domestic total to $264.8 million. Worldwide, the...

Jurassic World
Sequel Crushes
Box Office

box office

Jun 24, 2018 11:40 AM CDT

Jurassic World Sequel Crushes Box Office

'Incredibles 2' slips to second as 'Ocean's 8' takes third

(Newser) - The dinosaurs still rule the box office. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom surpassed expectations to open with an estimated $150 million in ticket sales in US and Canada theaters over the weekend, the AP reports. While that total didn't approach the record-breaking debut of 2015's "Jurassic" reboot, it...

Jurassic World 2
Fails to Evolve

review roundup

Jun 22, 2018 10:32 AM CDT

Jurassic World 2 Fails to Evolve

It's derivative, but not the worst film you could watch: critics

(Newser) - When you last saw them , the dinosaurs of Jurassic World had overrun the park—no surprise there. Now they need saving, specifically from a volcano rumbling to life beneath their feet. Enter Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom , a JA Bayona film that...

Disney Issues
Seizure Warning
for Incredibles 2

Jun 18, 2018 11:05 AM CDT

Disney Issues Seizure Warning for Incredibles 2

Flashing lights scene can trigger seizures, other issues

(Newser) - After anecdotal warnings circulated on social media , Disney has issued an official seizure warning for Incredibles 2. Both the film and the trailer contain flashing or strobe light effects, which can cause seizures for some epileptic viewers; the Epilepsy Foundation spoke out about the issue, and a petition called for...

Incredibles 2 Makes History

box office

Jun 17, 2018 11:30 AM CDT

Incredibles 2 Makes History

'Ocean's 8' settles into second spot

(Newser) - Disney and Pixar's Incredibles 2 has broken the record for the best animated opening of all time and the biggest for a PG-rated film, the AP reports. Disney estimates Sunday that the film has earned $180 million in its first weekend in theaters. The previous animation record-holder was another...