Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice rated PG-13 for ‘sensuality’” Makes perfect sense. You could feel the pulsing sexual tension emanating from the screen when he ripped the top off of the Batmobile. Matt Damon knows what I’m taking about. “Matt Damon says ‘it must […]
Terminator franchise reportedly on hold indefinitely
Despite a wave of negative reviews and a soft box office run Stateside, fans of Terminator Genisys were given a glimmer of hope that the two proposed sequels could become a reality thanks to a strong run in China, which has helped to propel the reboot towards $450 million worldwide. However, according to The Hollywood Reporter, producer […]
Terminator Genisys crosses $400 million worldwide
It may have stumbled at the North American box office with just $89.5 million, but Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions’ Terminator Genisys has pushed its worldwide gross to $409.5 million, topping the international box office for the second weekend in a row thanks to its continued strong performance in China. This weekend saw Genisys adding […]
Bad Movies & Bad Content: There Has To Be Consequences
Samuel Brace on bad movies on bad content… There has to be consequences for making a bad movie. There just has to. Consequences for bad movies, bad TV shows, bad video games, whatever. If a studio produces a movie, a bad one, one that is below a certain standard, a standard that we are not […]
How To Save The Terminator Franchise – Terminate The T-800
This week in The Callow Way, Neil Calloway looks at where Terminator Genisys went wrong, and suggests a new future for the franchise… With the latest instalment of the Terminator franchise, Terminator Genisys opening to less than stellar reviews and not so great box office – it debuted at third in the box office chart […]
Is Terminator Genisys the worst blockbuster ever?
Anghus Houvouras on whether Terminator Genisys is the worst blockbuster of all time… An insulting, paradox riddled mess. A senseless, poorly written, incompetently directed embarrassment. A master class in how to mismanage a franchise reboot. Terminator Genisys arrived in theaters this week with little fanfare other than a ringing endorsement from James Cameron. Something that […]
New John Connor character profile for Terminator Genisys
Coinciding with its UK release today, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions have debuted a new Terminator Genisys character profile for Jason Clarke’s John Connor, which you can watch below… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Terminator Genisys here In the new installment of The Terminator series, John Connor, leader of the human resistance against Skynet, sends […]
Five Film Franchises on the Fence
Anghus Houvouras with five film franchises on the fence… In part one, we examined the worst film franchises passing through Hollywood like kidney stones wrapped in barbed wire. As we continue to look at examine the current state of film franchises that Hollywood has to offer, it felt like there were some that were neither […]
James Cameron talks Terminator Genisys, says it’s the true third film in the franchise
With only a few weeks left to go until Terminator Genisys is unleashed in cinemas, Terminator creator James Cameron has been giving his two cents on the film and his thoughts on the new entry after watching it at a special screening. SEE ALSO: Licensing Expo poster and new TV spot for Terminator Genisys In the […]
Jason Clarke talks John Connor role in Terminator Genisys, tells critics of reboot to “bear with it”
Warning: Spoilers for Terminator Genisys follow. Although not if you watched yesterday’s trailer… Yesterday Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions dropped the latest trailer for Alan Taylor’s upcoming Terminator reboot Terminator Genisys, which revealed a pretty huge plot point concerning John Connor. Yes, as we saw yesterday, the leader of the human resistance is now Skynet’s […]
