Synopsis – 1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King, before he is killed in action in Baghdad, authors a journal for his son intended to tell him how to live a decent life despite growing up without a father. My Take – There is no denying of the fact that two Academy Award winner Denzel Washington is an acting legend who can illuminate even the most worrisome … Continue reading A Journal for Jordan (2021) Review!!
Despite Omicron sending many back to the comfort of their households for January, people are still going to the movies. Specifically, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, which is snatching a fourth weekend of $33M at 4,012 locations, a -41% ease from weekend 3. Proof that Spidey is immune to Omicron: He’s coming in higher than the $30M everyone was expecting yesterday. His fourth session take here … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Continues to Break Records While ‘The 355’ Flops at the BO!!
Comscore has estimated the 2021 domestic box office at $4.55B, which is +100% from last year’s $2.28 billion and off 60% from 2019’s $11.4 billion. While it would be impossible to think we’d come raging back to 2019 norms, it is arguable that the domestic box office recovery isn’t as robust as many expected. No 1 Exhibitor Boss Adam Aron of AMC forecasted 2021 ending … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Becomes 10th Highest-Grosser of All Time at the Domestic BO!!
For all the headlines about Omicron, in many ways the Christmas box office isn’t unlike others pre-pandemic, where one film is driving the majority of business. With the 3-day for all films estimated to ring up around $154M, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home is driving 53% of that figure. It has a 3-day of $81.5M, with only one other event film expected in the long run, … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Continues Domination While ‘Matrix 4’ Struggles at the BO!!
As is typical, the weekend following the Thanksgiving stretch is a downer. And even duly so over omicron headlines, coupled with a Disney animated movie that isn’t as mass-appealing as its predecessors. Read Encanto, which grossed $12.7M estimated second weekend, -53%. That second weekend is lower than the pre-pandemic second weekend takes of some of Disney’s lowest grossing Thanksgiving titles, i.e. The Good Dinosaur ($15.3M) and Tangled … Continue reading ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Crosses $100M as ‘Encanto’ Leads Post-Holiday Weekend BO!!
Synopsis – 1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King, before he is killed in action in Baghdad, authors a journal for his son intended to tell him how to live a decent life despite growing up without a father. Directed – Denzel Washington Starring – Michael B. Jordan, Chanté Adams, Jalon Christian Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘A Journal for Jordan’: Denzel Washington-Directed Drama Gets a New Trailer!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – 1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King, before he is killed in action in Baghdad, authors a journal for his son intended to tell him how to live a decent life despite growing up without a father. Directed – Denzel Washington Starring – Michael B. Jordan, Chanté Adams, Jalon Christian Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘A Journal for Jordan’ Trailer Reveals Denzel Washington-Directed Drama!! Check It Out!!
Danny Boyle sure does love playing with the concept of time. The man went from 28 Days Later to 127 Hours to Yesterday, and now the Oscar-winning filmmaker has signed on to direct the Michael B. Jordan movie Methuselah for Warner Bros. The project has been in development for several years and was initially envisioned as a starring vehicle for Tom Cruise, who would’ve played … Continue reading ‘Methuselah’: Danny Boyle to Direct the Michael B. Jordan led Movie!!
You could never accuse Michael B. Jordan of resting on his laurels. Fresh off the back of a stellar 2018, which saw him become a Thanos rivaling villain of depth with Black Panther‘s Killmonger, and continue the Rocky legacy with the fantastic Creed II, Deadline is reporting that he has added another project to his increasingly crowded slate, in the form of the long-gestating Methusaleh. … Continue reading ‘Methusaleh’: Michael B. Jordan Set to Play a 400 Year Old Man!!!
Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is returning to the big ol’ monster genre that shot his name into the spotlight, and he’s bringing along resident Black Panther baddie Michael B. Jordan with him. THR reports that the Kong: Skull Island filmmaker’s next project will be a creature feature set in Detroit over at New Regency, the production company behind Bohemian Rhapsody. Jordan is set to produce under his … Continue reading Michael B. Jordan and Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts Teaming Up for Original Monster Movie!!!
Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington is in talks to star in the crime thriller Little Things for Warner Bros., Collider has confirmed. John Lee Hancock, whose new film The Highwaymen will debut later this month on Netflix, has written the script and will likely direct, though he doesn’t have a deal for the latter gig just yet. According to Variety, Washington is poised to play Deke, … Continue reading ‘Little Things’: Denzel Washington to Star in Warner Bros. Crime Thriller!!!
Last April, The New York Times ran a feature about Denzel Washington and Michael B. Jordan under the headline “Passing the Torch.” It was meant symbolically, but it may take on a deeper, more literal meaning soon, as Jordan is in talks to star in the Sony Pictures drama A Journal for Jordan, which will be Washington’s next film as a director, Collider has learned. … Continue reading ‘A Journal for Jordan’: Michael B. Jordan in Talks to Star in Denzel Washington’s Directorial!!
