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‘Creed II’ continues to modernize, improve franchise
8/10 Flawless and intense, Creed II is one of the better boxing movies I’ve seen. Three years after the events of Creed, Donnie Johnson-Creed has won his way to a fight for the heavyweight championship of the world. After earning … Continue reading
The Möbius strip: Big movies hover around $10 million each as the film world holds its breath
Movies raked in a total of $77.4 million this weekend, the year’s second lowest total only to traditionally glacial Halloween weekend. It’ll probably bounce back next weekend. But for now, almost every major moneymaker simply hovered around a sad $10 … Continue reading
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Tagged #bryan cranston, #creed, #golden globes, #hunger games, #in the heart of the sea, #krampus, #lucasfilm, #mad max: fury road, #moby dick, #mockingjay, #SAG, #star wars, #sylvester Stallone, #the big short, #the force awakens, #the good dinosaur, #trumbo
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The Möbius strip: Krampus surprises, awards start rolling in
As with last week, part two of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay took the crown with an unimpressive total — $18.9 million — but the real story is the surprising runner up, Krampus. The weekend’s only wide release was expected to settle for the no. 4 … Continue reading
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Tagged #african american film critics association, #alamo drafthouse, #angelina jolie, #blacklivesmatter, #boston society of film critics, #british independent film awards, #burnt, #by the sea, #carl weathers, #carol, #charlie sheen, #cnn, #concussion, #creed, #edward scissorhands, #ex machina, #gotham independent film awards, #jennifer lawrence, #joy, #krampus, #leonardo dicaprio, #los angeles film critic association, #mad max: fury road, #mockingjay, #msnbc, #national board of review, #Netflix, #new york film critic's circle, #nightcrawler, #our brand is crisis, #pixar, #quinten tarantino, #sandra bullock, #spotlight, #star wars, #straight outta compton, #the force awakens, #the good dinosaur, #the hateful eight, #the hunger games, #the martian, #the revenant, #tim burton, #washington dc area film critics association, #will smith, bradley cooper
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The Möbius strip: Most films continue to disappoint, Star Wars on track for record-shattering opening
As expected, part two of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay took its second crown with $76 million over the five day weekend. The film is still tracking well behind its predecessors. The Good Dinosaur opened in second place to a similar paradox — its … Continue reading
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Tagged #, #20th Century Fox, #adam mcday, #alec baldwin, #arthur miller, #bones, #brooklyn, #christopher mcquarrie, #creed, #death of a salesman, #Disney, #eddie redmayne, #exodus, #Fantastic Four, #george lucas, #gods of egypt, #laurence fishburne, #lionsgate, #mission: impossible, #mockingjay, #pixar, #quinten tarantino, #rocky, #rogue nation, #sony, #spotlight, #star wars, #the big short, #the danish girl, #the force awakens, #the good dinosaur, #the hateful eight, #the hunger games, #tom cruise, #victor frankenstein, #warner bros.
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Creed could have been excellent, isn’t
Hailed as the best movie of the year, Creed is exactly the kind of overlong, deliriously predictable feature that comes away with its accolades for all the wrong reasons. The movie follows Donnie Johnson (Michael B. Jordan), the illegitimate son of Apollo … Continue reading
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Tagged #creed, #fruitvale station, #hippity hop, #michael b jordan, #rocky, #ryan coogler, #sylvester Stallone, #tessa thompson
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