West meets, umm up? this holiday week on Trailer Tracker with the release of John “Iron Man” Favreau’s big screen adaptation Cowboys & Aliens and director Duncan Jones who burst onto the screen last year with the sci-fi mind-bender Moon returns with Source Code. Don’t eat too much turkey and pass out now, it’s Trailer Tracker.
The smell wafting from our deep-frier at Player Affinity has beckoned you to play Box Office Turkey! Predict which five movies will place in the top five of this weekend’s U.S. domestic box office. It’s that easy. I will make my own predictions here and explain them to you each week to give you some sort of reference point. It’s then your job to enter a comment with your top five.
“The Bride”, Paul Kersey, Jack Cater: These are all household names in the realm of blood-crazed, revenge-driven vigilantes. But what about the other, less universally hailed tales of retribution? Do they not deserve some recognition every now and then?
Frankly, on the day the final “Harry Potter” film comes out, it would be shameful to enter a competition called Box Office Wizard! Predict which five movies will place in the top five of this weekend’s U.S. domestic box office. It’s that easy. I will make my own predictions here and explain them to you each week to give you some sort of reference point.
Book to film adaptations, when it comes to series like “Lord of the Rings” or “Harry Potter,” are going to be a success, if only due to the fact they carry millions of fans worldwide straight to the theater just with their names alone (keeping them there is the filmmakers jobs). In that sense, there is the feeling of exclusivity for fans of the books over those who have never read them. In a sense, the fans already know what’s going to happen, though some adaptations have proven otherwise (sorry, “Half-Blood Prince” fans).
Like any long-running series such as James Bond, the adventures of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan or any of the far-stretching horror franchises still active, directors come and go. Either “recommended” to leave by the studio or simply possessing the urge to branch out to other projects, their departures inevitably alter the themes, moods and interpretations from film to film, and in some cases are the ingredient that keeps the saga fresh. The Harry Potter series is no different from its other cinematic brethren, having seen four auteurs tackle the beloved material from J.K. Rowling. With part one of the highly-anticipated finale due to hit theatres Friday, Player Affinity will take a look back at the filmmakers who got the series to where it is today.
Well it’s finally here, the latest high-profile superhero flick. Following its heavily buzzed ET debut, the Green Lantern is here starring Mr. Superhero, Ryan Reynolds (also to be starring soon as Deadpool in the titular spinoff). Want more? Well just keep on reading, it’s Trailer Tracker.
Many talented people were attached, rumored or linked to the series from at some point including Peter Weir, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and M. Night Shyamlan (the twist would have been that Harry Potter was a 26-year-old schizophrenic). So let’s use a little bit of hypothetical magic and look back at what could have happened if these one-time rumors ever came true.
Friends, family, food and film. That’s the holiday season. Well, at least for the Player Affinity Movies staff, but we’re pretty sure you at least will see or think about or be asked to see one of the films on this list — that would be the Top 10 movies of the holiday season, according to PAM.
This last weekend Tony Scott’s new film Unstoppable starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine did what Speed did in 1994, thrilling audiences with a tale of a huge machine that needs to be stopped – if only it were that simple. Let’s take a look back at the classic ’90s thrill ride.
