It may have taken the best part of a decade to make it to the screen, but Bad Boys for Life proved to be a bigger-than-expected hit for Sony Pictures, with the buddy cop threequel grossing $426.5 million upon release – the most for any Hollywood movie in a pandemic-stricken 2020. As you might expect […]
Michael Bay and the Finer Points of Bayhem
Tom Jolliffe on Michael Bay’s unique approach to cinematic destruction… In the mid-1990s a young upstart director burst out of the music video scene and blazed into the action genre with the kind of blustering gusto very few helmers have managed before or since. When I was growing up as a young teen, the cinema […]
Quit While You’re Ahead: Why Bad Boys 4 is Too Much of a Good Thing
Tom Jolliffe looks at the prospect of Bad Boys 4 after the success of Bad Boys For Life… Bad Boys For Life, a long awaited third entry in the franchise, came out earlier this year to not only the best reviews of the series, but a surprisingly strong opening weekend on its way to almost […]
Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba return in L.A.’s Finest season 2 trailer
Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba are getting ready to return to the beat for the second season of the Bad Boys spinoff series L.A.’s Finest, and Spectrum Originals has released a new poster and trailer ahead of the shows premiere this June; check them out below… From the universe of the Jerry Bruckheimer “Bad Boys” […]
Bad Boys For Life home entertainment release details and special features revealed
Sony Pictures has announced the home entertainment release of the hit buddy cop threequel Bad Boys for Life which arrives on digital on March 31st, followed by a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD release on April 21st; check out the cover artwork and special feature details below… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US […]
Orlando Jones joins Bad Boys series L.A.’s Finest
Following his controversial firing from Starz’s American Gods, Orlando Jones has now booked his return to television with Deadline reporting that the actor is set for a recurring role in season two of the Bad Boys spinoff series L.A’s Finest. Jones is set to portray Marshawn Davis, a character described as “a veteran of the […]
Bad Boys For Life tops box office with $100 million worldwide
It’s been a successful reunion for Will Smith’s Mike Lowrey and Martin Lawrence’s Marcus Burnett, with Sony’s buddy cop action comedy threequel Bad Boys For Life grossing almost $100 million around the globe in its opening weekend. Domestically, Bad Boys For Life grossed $59 million over the three-day weekend, and is on course for an […]
We Ride Together, We Die Together: Reviewing Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, and Bad Boys for Life
Shaun Munro reviews the Bad Boys trilogy… Bad Boys for Life has finally landed in cinemas some 25 years after Michael Bay’s original, comparatively “grounded” buddy cop actioner first hit screens and made its wilfully excessive director an overnight household name. What the Bad Boys franchise has always lacked in finesse and class, it’s stridently attempted […]
Bad Boys 4 already in the works at Sony
With Bad Boys For Life exceeding expectations at the box office on its way to what looks like the second-biggest MLK weekend, THR is reporting that Sony has already started development on a fourth instalment in the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence buddy cop franchise. As revealed by the site, Bad Boys For Life co-writer […]
Bad Boys spinoff L.A.’s Finest renewed for second season
Series stars and executive producers Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba have announced that Spectrum Originals has renewed the Bad Boys spinoff show L.A.’s Finest for a second season. “We’re thrilled L.A.’s Finest has resonated with our subscribers in such a major way. When I first saw the pilot – a show about two strong women learning […]
