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Inside Out 2 topples Dune: Part Two at the box office with record-breaking second weekend

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Inside Out 2 has become a smash hit for Disney/Pixar in just two weeks. With its short run at the box office, the film has become the year’s highest-grossing movie, surpassing the fan-favorite Dune: Part Two. With 2024 needing a boost, Hollywood is celebrating this as a win. Inside Out 2 dropped a wildly impressive […]

Is 2024’s Blockbuster Season Totally Uninspiring?

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We look ahead at what’s in store for the second half of 2024 and ponder whether there are any must-see, sure-fire hits… Having recently looked at the state of the cinema industry and whether the big screen experience is on its last legs, now seems like a good time to look ahead to the rest […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Dune: Part Two (2024)

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Dune: Part Two, 2024. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Souheila Yacoub, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem. SYNOPSIS: Denis Villeneuve’s eagerly awaited Dune: Part Two arrives on 4K Ultra HD after a successful theatrical run. While Warner […]

Three Recent and Wildly Overrated Sequels

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They’ve all been championed as some of the best of their genre but are these bloated and overlong sequels really that good? I love event cinema, especially when it’s good and in recent years, although we’ve seen an increasingly mediocre output from Disney and Marvel, we’ve still seen some pretty great blockbuster cinema. Top Gun: […]

Dune: Part Two sets 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and Digital releases

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Warner Bros. has announced that Denis Villeneuve’s acclaimed sci-fi sequel Dune: Part Two is set to arrive on digital platforms on April 16th, followed by a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD release on May 14th; check out the cover artwork and details below… Dune: Part Two explores the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he […]

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire roars to $194 million at the worldwide box office

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has stomped its way to a worldwide bow of $194 million at the box-office.  The Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment MonsterVerse movie exceeded expectations at the North American box-office, collecting a Titan-sized $80 million, and its footprint around the world was just as impressive, crushing the competition with $114 […]

Studios defiantly stick to reboots and sequels but are we bored yet?

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It seems every day a new reboot or sequel is given the green light or drops on the big screen and the streamers. How badly do audiences really want them? In the space of a few weeks, we’ve had Dune 2, a new Ghostbusters film, a Road House reboot, a Beetlejuice sequel teaser, a Happy […]

Steven Spielberg calls Dune: Part Two “one of the most brilliant science-fiction films”

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When the filmmaker behind E.T: Extra-Terrestrial and Jurassic Park praises your film as one of the best genre films ever made, it must feel like quite the honor. Denis Villeneuve is now experiencing that as the iconic director Steven Spielberg sings high praises for Dune: Part Two. While interviewing Villeneuve on the latest DGA’s Director’s […]

Kung Fu Panda 4 and Dune 2 neck-and-neck atop the weekend box office

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Po and Paul Atreides were still going strong at the weekend box office, with Kung Fu Panda 4 and Dune: Part Two neck-and-neck at the top of the charts with $30 million and $29.1 million respectively.  DreamWorks Animation and Universal’s animated adventure flew past the $100 million mark this weekend, taking its domestic total to  $107.7 million. […]