Now Playing: The Bourne Legacy, The Campaign and More
With The Bourne Legacy, The Campaign, and Hope Springs hitting theaters in wide release, it might finally be time for The Dark Knight Rises’ reign at the box office to end.
With The Bourne Legacy, The Campaign, and Hope Springs hitting theaters in wide release, it might finally be time for The Dark Knight Rises’ reign at the box office to end.
The issue of recasting is especially notable in the case of this Friday’s The Bourne Legacy, which has swapped out its star Matt Damon with up-and-comer Jeremy Renner not five years after The Bourne Ultimatum became the highest grossing and most critically acclaimed of the trilogy.
Whether lampooning government at the district level, like this week’s The Campaign, or targeting the national halls of power, this list of political spoofs and send-ups is guaranteed to make you laugh at how eerily accurate the satire is … then sigh dejectedly at how eerily accurate the satire is.
This week on Trailer Tracker we have first looks at some small but mighty (intriguing) films: Brad Pitt in Killing Them Softly, Clint Eastwood in The Trouble with the Curve, The Paperboy and Liberal Arts.
It’s a packed slate this week on The Plot Hole and at the forefront of it all the gang – Simon, Steven, Sam and John – has some juicy news on a bunch of big upcoming comic book adaptations.
The Dark Knight Rises is primed to dominate the box office for a third consecutive weekend, as Diary of Wimpy Kid: Dog Days and Total Recall have disappointed critics and could likely disappoint audiences. Meanwhile, specialty markets receive Celeste and Jesse Forever, 360, and our pick of the week …
Given that we live in a time in which Hollywood remakes and reboots run rampant, it’s considered taboo to clamor for one. But the truth of the matter is, there are a lot of decent films that have been made over the years that simply could’ve been better.
From Istanbul with love, the first full trailer for Skyfall has just debuted, marking James Bond’s 23 outing on Her Majesty’s Secret Service. From director Sam Mendes, this full-length look promises the perfect combination of espionage and thrilling action. And then — Katie’s back, which means it must almost be that time of year again with Paranormal Activity 4 just around the corner.
Whether you can believe it or not, we’re heading into the final month of the summer movie season. This week on The Plot Hole, Simon, John and Steven preview the August movie slate which includes such flicks as Total Recall, The Bourne Legacy and The Expendables 2.
This weekend’s duo of new wide-release features –Step Up: Revolution and The Watch – feels rather unremarkable. The specialty box office seems to have more favorable titles with Ruby Sparks, Killer Joe, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Searching for Sugar Man.
