No Cure For The Hangover Part Two

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It has felt like a pretty slow year at the box office, but that has changed over the last several weeks. Fast Five and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides have both made huge amounts of money, but this weekend a box office record was broken. To be fair, we are not talking about [...]

Pirates 4 Steals Fool’s Gold

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The weekend box office estimates are in, and against all odds Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides has achieved the highest opening weekend total so far this year. It just managed to squeak past previous highest Fast Five’s total, with an estimated $90m according to Inside Movies at EW.com, and sets a big target [...]

End Of Year Box Office Bang?

Last winter saw some unseasonably big box office numbers. Big budget disaster movie 2012 made over $700 million worldwide. Twilight: New Moon matched it. However, it was the Christmas period that was the big surprise. Sherlock Holmes surprised everyone with a great opening and long legs. I need not, of course, mention Avatar, the highest [...]

Christopher Nolan Confirms Himself as Batman 3 Director

Well, it’s not a huge surprise, but it’s good to know that as well as overseeing the next Superman film Christopher Nolan has just confirmed that he will be directing Batman 3. Empire had the rather good fortune to catch Nolan in a chatty mood and here’s the all important confirmation, I don’t know if [...]

Blockbuster Files For Bankruptcy After Massive Late-Charge

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In the two days since Blockbuster Inc. filed for bankruptcy rival Netflix has seen its shares reach an all time high. On Thursday 23rd September 2010, video-rental giant Blockbuster filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, announcing a number of major studios as its top unsecured creditors. With debts of $315 million owed to The Bank [...]

Why Nolan Should Have Quit Batman

Last week, Inception broke the $500m worldwide gross milestone. A big success story, to be sure, but after The Dark Knight’s $1bn+ number, it perhaps isn’t really a major surprise. It was even less of a surprise when it was revealed that Nolan would be at the helm for Batman 3 once Inception was done and dusted, [...]

Robert Downey Jr – Last Box Office Superstar?

Robert Downey Jr has had a very up and down (and up again) career, and whilst he has been hugely popular with a large set of fans for the duration, his fall from grace meant that he wasn’t a big box office draw for most of it. This has changed in the last couple of [...]

Reviews From A Parallel Universe: David Lynch’s Return of the Jedi

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Continuing our pioneering look at movies from reality’s underside, HUG once again connects to her sister site in a parallel universe to bring you the kind of lowdown that would never make it to a hard copy publication on quality control grounds. It’s a place where Western Culture has evolved to allow women to walk [...]