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A Terrified Tom Cruise Shoots the Plane Stunt for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation!
Have you ever wondered why movie stunts sometimes look so real? Well, it’s because sometimes they are. Take for example this featurette for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation that takes a look at some of the film’s stunts, particularly the one involving star Tom Cruise and a plane (you’ve seen it in the trailers I’m sure). This has been a consistently worthwhile serie...[Read More]
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks Revisit the Cold War in Bridge of Spies
A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events, DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures’ Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pi...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Minions Are Sidekicks to No One
Jurassic World appears to have seen the beginning of the end, taking in an estimated fifth week total of $18.1 million for second place. The winner was Minions, which stormed the box office with an estimated $115.2 million total. Granted, the top three are nothing if not successful, with Jurassic World the fourth most successful domestic film of all time with $590.6 million brought in so far, and ...[Read More]
Movie Review: Minions
This just in, in case you hadn’t heard, kids like movies too. After the success of Despicable Me (2010) and its sequel, Despicable Me II (2012), it was inevitable that we would see more little yellow fellows doing hilarious things while making the oddest of sounds. Since no summer movie season would be complete without several films made especially for children, we’re treated to the third entry in...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Primeval Battle as Inside Out and Jurassic World Vie for Top Spot
Will Jurassic World be the big box office winner for a fourth week counting? Most likely, yes, though Inside Out certainly tried its best. At estimates of $30.9 million and $30.1 million respectively, it would take a big effort for the Pixar effort to topple the dinosaurs, but to say both films are successes is an understatement. At $558.1 million, Jurassic World is far and away a winner domestica...[Read More]
Movie Review: Terminator Genisys
Full disclosure: I’m a huge Terminator and Arnold Schwarzenegger fan, and since I’m so in love with the franchise and the world that James Cameron created over thirty years ago, I’m very critical of the later movies in the series (Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines [2003] and Terminator Salvation [2009]). In what is essentially a reboot of the Terminator universe, Terminator ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Jurassic World Avoids Extinction
Audiences still showed up for dinosaurs in droves, delivering a third-week win for Jurassic World. With an estimated $54 million, the film is now the fastest film to earn $500 million domestically and likely to do much better as time goes on. However, though it now sits as the fifth highest earning domestic release of all time, it still has to rely on longevity if it seeks to best the one-two punc...[Read More]
Movie Review: Ted 2
Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane are back as John Bennett and his childhood stuffed bear Ted in the new film Ted 2. For those not familiar with the first film, Ted comes to life after a Christmas wish a younger John makes. Fast forward to the present, and both are grown up losers (of the lovable variety), smoking weed and drinking beer through life. A few years have passed in between the first mo...[Read More]
Ted 2 Featurette Offers Fans A Look Behind the Bear
Ted is returning this Friday and CinemaNerdz has your need for Ted 2 information covered. The new featurette (see above) that just debuted this week, gives you a look behind the bear and the film. ABOUT THE FILM: TED 2: Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and voice star of Ted 2, Universal and Media Rights Capital’s follow-up to the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time. Joi...[Read More]
Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out Posts Biggest Opening Ever for an Original Movie
Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out climbed to the top of the historical box office charts last weekend with the biggest opening for an original movie in history, topping the previous No. 1 original movie, Avatar, by more than $13 million, with over $90 million in domestic box office alone. Directed by Pete Docter (Up and Monsters, Inc.), and featuring the voices of Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Min...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: World Goes Jurassic Two Weeks In a Row
While it was only a few years ago that The Avengers was smashing box office records left and right, the sequel has now been overshadowed by the juggernaut of Jurassic World. The fourth film of the Jurassic Park series landed in the top spot for a second week in a row with an estimated $102 million and is likely to be the fastest movie to make $400 million by this week, the highest grossing film of...[Read More]
A Kid Film Critic Reviews Inside Out
Inside Out is a great movie. I love the way it describes the workings of the brain in a way they think a kid would describe it. The movie starts off with a backstory on part of the life of Riley. Riley (voiced by Kaitlyn Dias) is used to living in Minnesota, but when her parents decide to move the family to San Francisco, her emotions are conflicted. Five characters represent Riley’s emotions: Joy...[Read More]