It looked like back-to-back domestic box office champ The Lion King was well on its way to a three-peat during its 3D re-release run, but much like how The Help unexpectedly turned the tables on Rise of the Planet of the Apes a couple months ago, a holdover surprisingly dethroned Simba. The new ruler of the box office and animal kingdom is Dolphin Tale, whic... Read More »

Last year Kevin Tancharoen directed and produced the short Mortal Kombat Rebirth that quickly went viral. Appealing to fans of the series, the short depicted a more realistic and gritty interpretation of the Mortal Kombat world and characters. With 10 million hits, New Line Cinema (and larger studio owner Warner Bros.) took notice and commissioned Tancharo... Read More »

When the first CGI trailer for Dead Island blew up on the internet back in February there were rumors that Hollywood studios were already interested in buying the rights and bringing the game that had yet to show a single image of actual gameplay to the big screen. It seemed a little premature for there to already be talks of a feature film since the trailer... Read More »

Hakuna matata... what a wonderful phrase. And what wonderful days these past couple of weekends have been for The Lion King 3D re-release, which maintained its spot at the top of the box office despite a one-two punch from half of the four new challengers. Decreasing only 27% since last week, Simba & Co. not only extended the film's total gross to 12th a... Read More »

Recently Netflix split their DVD-by-mail and movie streaming service into two individual fees, a move that upset many fans of the popular service and has been reported to cost Netflix millions of subscribers over the next few months. To try and fix things, Netflix's co-Founder and CEO, Reed Hastings, has taken to the official Netflix blog to explain their de... Read More »

Naaaaaaaaaaaaa sibenya babagish shibaba! Disney's popular classic The Lion King, my favorite animated movie, demonstrated its timelessness by roaring back to (its circle of) life via a 3D re-release this weekend, making more money than the other three new releases combined, including Drive's third-place finish, Straw Dogs' fifth-place flop, and I Don't Know ... Read More »

It seems like the success of the first Expendables film was enough to bring in some new action movie idols. After rejecting Sylvester Stallone's offer to be in the first film, Chuck Norris has now signed on to be a part of the Expendables 2. In addition to Norris, Stallone has also been able to add Jean-Claude Van Damme and bring back Bruce Willis and Arnol... Read More »

The Help, which became the first film of the year to three-peat as domestic box office champ last week, has finally been unseated. After holding the top spot for 25 days (incredibly, the longest since The Sixth Sense was no. 1 for 35 days in 1999), the civil rights drama adaptation fell to no. 2 behind Steven Soderbergh's thriller Contagion. Of the remaining... Read More »

It looks like we’re going to be seeing more ‘old’ movies being converted to 3D and released in theaters. Along with Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and Titanic (both due out next year), we also can look forward to seeing Maverick, Goose, Ice Man and the rest of the Top Gun gang soar back into theaters in 3D (Original story at HollywoodReporter.... Read More »

It may not be 2015 yet, but Nike is getting ready to release the futuristic Nike MAG shoes seen in Back to the Future II. Nike patented the self-lacing design last year and today released a teaser video on YouTube under the user DocEmmettBrown88. The YouTube page has the description "If I didn't know any better, I'd say that looks like shelves and shelves of... Read More »

In its fourth weekend of release, late summer surprise hit The Help steamrolled over another batch of weak newcomers during Labor Day weekend and became the first film of the year to three-peat at the domestic box office, a feat last accomplished by Inception. As it crossed the $100 million mark, the civil rights drama piece dropped only a miniscule 2% from ... Read More »

The late summer dumping grounds were hit additionally this weekend by the East Coast's fears of Hurricane Irene, allowing reigning domestic box office champ The Help to maintain its top spot and fend off another batch of weak openings for the second consecutive weekend. Of newcomers Colombiana, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, and Our Idiot Brother, only the Zoe... Read More »

Another late August weekend in which studios typically dump their blockbuster wannabes into theaters seemed to be the perfect situation for Rise of the Planet of the Apes to become the first movie of the year to reign atop the domestic box office for three consecutive weekends. Instead, The Help rode incredible word of mouth in its second week of release to ... Read More »

Despite receiving generally negative reviews, the first Ghost Rider film surprisingly was a hit at the box office, bringing in $45 million on its opening weekend and grossing over $228 million to date. Judging by the reviews, you would never think they'd make another Ghost Rider, or at least so soon and with Nicolas Cage reprising his role, but it's the movi... Read More »

With vampire vs. werewolf films still all the rage, the Underworld series is back after its disappointing third film released in 2009. Thankfully, unlike Rise of the Lycans, the amazingly hot Kate Beckinsale will be back to reprise her role as Selene in the latest installment of the series, now entitled Underworld: Awakening (formerly known as Underworld: Ne... Read More »

Four new wide releases couldn't quell the critically acclaimed Rise of the Planet of the Apes at the domestic box office this weekend. Caesar and friends retained the throne for a second consecutive week, a feat shared this summer by only Thor and Transformers. The sci-fi prequel/reboot was nearly unseated by another surprise, and it actually wasn't the Smur... Read More »