It’s terrible to have your high hopes dashed by a terrible movie experience. Unfortunately, Final Destination 5 will do just that for its small dedicated fanbase. Unlike the previous sequel it is not as self-aware or funny. Though it warms up near the end of the film the opening sequences and first few deaths are neither elaborate nor creative.
Ruben Fleischer, who landed squarely on the Hollywood directing hot list with 2009’s rollicking sleeper hit Zombieland, has crammed the action and laughs into another unusually short runtime. The narrative of Zombieland is much tighter, but 30 Minutes or Less still packs the laughs into a sufficient summer action comedy.
Welcome to Box Office Wizard, Player Affinity’s Movie Box Office Prediction Contest. Just read through this post and tell us your top five box office predicted finishers for this weekend. Finish out 2011 on top and you will win something COOL.
David Yates and Steve Kloves, the director and writer of the most recent “Harry Potter” films, are talking to Warner Bros. about adapting Stephen King’s 1978 novel The Stand in what could be a multi-picture deal.
This week on Episode 18, Dinah, Simon, Steven, Julian, John, and Kieran discuss the onslaught of recent images from The Dark Knight Rises set and from Man of Steel. Also on the roster are updates and evaluations of the three proposed sequels to Thor, Spider-Man, and Green Lantern. Dinah
and Steven argue over the studio tactics to gather attention of movie
geeks and general audiences alike before delving into the main feature
of movies with mediocre expectations that became surprise blockbusters.
Also catch our reviews of Rise of the Planet of the Apes and The Change-Up right here on our free streaming podcast page at www.playeraffinity.com/podcast.
Open Road will release Joe Carnahan’s (The A-Team) new film The Grey, which stars Liam Neeson, on Jan. 27. Neeson plays a man who helps his fellow oil drillers overcome the dangers of the Alaskan wilderness, which includes a group of wolves.
Many a movie character has been made in the mold of the small-time crook. With that in mind, we’ve found 10 of the dumbest criminals to ever grace the silver screen.
