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Box Office Weekend: Revenant Comes Back to Take the Top Spot
Fortunes are reviving for The Revenant. After a stint in second, it bypassed the competition to hold the top spot of the weekend with an estimated $16 million. While it is a rough victory (this weekend is the slowest weekend of 2016 so far), Oscar buzz and word of mouth are giving the film some much-needed revenue here and abroad. In second this week, Star Wars: The Force Awakens needs no help as ...[Read More]
Movie Review: Ip Man 3
To the uninitiated, Donnie Yen is a cast member in the upcoming Rogue One Star Wars spin-off, but for those in the know, he’s one of the great martial artists of Asian cinema. It’s safe to say that he’s on the Mt. Rushmore of martial arts superstars, and based on his body of work, Donnie Yen is more consistent then counterparts Jet Li and Jackie Chan. With Ip Man 3, Yen gets to s...[Read More]
Movie Review: The 5th Wave
A lot of film trends can be found in Hollywood nowadays but films set in dystopian societies that are based on young adult novels are something else. First, you had The Hunger Games in 2012 setting the standard for these films. Next, and both coming out in 2014, were Divergent and The Maze Runner to add to the trend. Both very similar films, even though The Maze Runner was a bit more original. Thi...[Read More]