Weak reviews, cranky fans, a pirated version: none of it mattered. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” kicked off the spring-summer blockbuster season with $87 million in ticket sales, continuing the year’s box office boom and keeping a core franchise alive for 20th Century Fox and Marvel Entertainment.
Read more »
Will “Watchmen” turn out to be a one-week wonder? That could be a possibility following the film’s disappointing $55.2 million bow last weekend. This time around, Warner Bros.’ superhero picture won’t be helped by the emergence of three wide openers: Disney’s family adventure “Race to Witch Mountain,” Universal’s R-rated horror film “The Last House...
Read more »
The creators of “Watchmen” call it a new, psychologically complex version of the superhero movie, but they are banking on it to conquer the box office the way conventional comic book movies have done. To do that, “Watchmen”, which opens around the world this week, must attract those who have never heard of characters...
Read more »
For the actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan, filming Zack Snyder’s latest — the eagerly awaited adaptation of the Watchmen graphic novel — was memorable. And scary. Wrapped in $100,000 worth of neoprene, plastic and leather, with a flamethrower strapped to his beefed-up body, Morgan filmed a scene in which he doused a stuntman with flames....
Read more »
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is an upcoming superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Wolverine, due for release on May 1, 2009. The film is directed by Gavin Hood and stars Hugh Jackman as the title character. It is a prequel to the X-Men film trilogy, focusing on the mutant Wolverine and his...
Read more »
In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so discover...
Read more »
2008 was something of a vintage year for popcorn-munchers (see our 2008 Top 50 here) . But is there a 2009 film that can equal the colossal success of The Dark Knight? Which hot franchises will step up to fill the spaces left by Batman, Bond and Indy? We’ve taken a look through the...
Read more »
Jiro Wang
High Kick Through The Roof