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It floats at the box office with $179 million worldwide opening

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Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s hotly-anticipated Stephen King adaptation It has scared up an impressive $179 million as it terrorised audiences around the globe in its opening weekend. Domestically, the Andy Muschietti-helmed film pulled in a whopping $117 million in North America – a record for the largest September opening (previously held by Hotel […]

Movie Review – It (2017)

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It, 2017. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Nicholas Hamilton, and Bill Skarsgard. SYNOPSIS: A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children. After the appalling adaptation of The Dark […]

New Line officially moving ahead with second It movie after bumper box office opening

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With New Line Cinema’s Stephen King adaptation It enjoying a rather impressive opening weekend at the box office, it has been announced that the studio is officially moving forward with the second chapter. THR reports that Gary Dauberman, one of the screenwriters on the first movie, has closed his deal to pen the second film, […]

The Sound of Fear: 17 Creepy Choral Horror Soundtracks

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Benjamin Wallfisch’s brilliantly sinister It score turns the human voice inside out – and it’s not the only one… The world’s most terrifying clown Pennywise is back to stalk our nightmares in the new adaptation of IT, on release now. Bill Skarsgard takes over from Tim Curry as the dreaded Stephen King creation and director […]

New featurette for It welcomes us to the Loser’s Club

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Coinciding with today’s release of It, a new featurette has arrived online for Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of the classic horror novel, entitled ‘Welcome to the Loser’s Club’ which sees the director, author Stephen King, producer Barbara Muschietti, and stars Chosen Jacobs, Finn Wolfhard, Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia Lillis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, and Jeremy Ray […]

Second Opinion – It (2017)

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It, 2017. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Nicholas Hamilton, Jack Dylan Grazer, Stephen Bogaert, Jackson Robert Scott, Chosen Jacobs, Wyatt Oleff, Jake Sim, Owen Teague, Stuart Hughes, Logan Thompson, Geoffrey Pounsett, Pip Dwyer, and Javier Botet SYNOPSIS: In the late 1980s in the small […]

Thor: Ragnarok tops Justice League as most anticipated movie of the fall

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With the summer movie season over, Fandango has unveiled the results of its poll to find the most anticipated films of Fall 2017, with Marvel Studios’ cosmic superhero sequel Thor: Ragnarok fending off competition from Warner Bros.’ DC team-up Justice League to top the list. “Moviegoers always look forward to the fall season when some […]

It expected to break records and rescue US box office

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Stephen King’s It is expected to break a box office record and bolster a poorly performing US box office. This past summer has been a poor one at the box office, with studios reporting figures down from the same time last year. Hollywood is in need of some success and the film looking to save […]

Movie Review – It (2017)

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It, 2017. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Nicholas Hamilton, Jack Dylan Grazer, Stephen Bogaert, Jackson Robert Scott, Chosen Jacobs, Wyatt Oleff, Jake Sim, Owen Teague, Stuart Hughes, Logan Thompson, Geoffrey Pounsett, Pip Dwyer, and Javier Botet SYNOPSIS: A group of bullied kids band together […]