If you’ve been digging Black Myth: Wukong and wonder what other games you should add to your backlog that may scratch a similar itch, we’ve got you covered. We’ve also got some pointers for starting off on the right foot in Astro Bot and highlight some Baldur’s Gate 3 secrets you may have missed. Click on for these…
If you’ve been digging Black Myth: Wukong and wonder what other games you should add to your backlog that may scratch a similar itch, we’ve got you covered. We’ve also got some pointers for starting off on the right foot in Astro Bot and highlight some Baldur’s Gate 3 secrets you may have missed. Click on for these…
Tim Burton’s hit sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, is on track for a pretty massive second weekend. While some expected the film to suffer a large drop-off in its second weekend, that seems not to be the case, with Deadline reporting that it should make about $50 million. That’s exactly what we predicted a few days ago, and to note it’s also the biggest second weekend for a fall movie since IT back in 2017.
Indeed, word of mouth seems good for this sequel (which we only had to wait thirty-six years for), and it’s making so much money that I wonder if Tim Burton’s going to stick to his claim that this is his last Beetlejuice movie. Even if it is, hopefully, he and Michael Keaton will re-team at some point, as clearly, these guys bring out something very special in each other.
Blumhouse’s well-reviewed horror flick Speak No Evil is also performing well, with it on track for a decent $12.5 million opening. Our own horror critic, Tyler Nichols, really enjoyed the film, and it seems to be one of Blumhouse’s better movies in recent memory. Between this and Split, they seem to have good luck when they pair with star James McAvoy.
The weekend’s other big new release, The Killer’s Game starring Dave Bautista will likely only make it to fifth place, with it performing poorly on Friday night. It should have a $2.5-4 million opening, which makes it the third straight box office flop in a row for Lionsgate. This one has a strange financing deal (similar to The League of Ungentlemanly Warfare) which means it’s not even playing in theaters in Canada, which is obviously taking a bite out of the box office.
Deadpool & Wolverine should have no trouble coming in third, with the superhero smash making about $5 million this weekend. Fourth place might unexpectedly go to the Daily Wire-produced documentary, Am I Racist?, by Matt Walsh. It seems to be on track for a $4 million opening, although given that it’s more of a niche title, it could be front-loaded. We’ll report back tomorrow.
What are you seeing this weekend? Let us know in the comments!
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This week, nothing drove more conversation in gaming circles than the official reveal of the PlayStation 5. Sure, people have strong feelings about its specs, and whether the added power it brings to the table will meaningfully improve your gaming experience, but people feel just as strongly—if not more—about its $700…
This week, nothing drove more conversation in gaming circles than the official reveal of the PlayStation 5. Sure, people have strong feelings about its specs, and whether the added power it brings to the table will meaningfully improve your gaming experience, but people feel just as strongly—if not more—about its $700…
Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted to share it with as many people as possible. “Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net” is the outlet for that passion. In this column, I will showcase the kick-ass artwork of some great artists, with the hopes that these artists get the attention they deserve. That’s the aim. If you have any questions or comments, or even suggestions of art or other great artists, feel free to contact me at any time at theodorebond@joblo.com.
Akira by Ruben Martinez
The Bride of Frankenstein by Loopydave
Harry Potter by Bijit Barat
Hellboy by Christopher Higginson
Hellraiser by Victor Shidlovskiy
Jurassic Park by Grievity
The Matrix by Sahin Düzgün
Spider-Man by Dave Bullock
Star Trek x Doctor Who by Dusty Abell
The Star Wars by Laemeur
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Welcome to the weekend, puzzlers! There’s a rugged game of Connections waiting for you today. If you’re a foodie or a gamer, you’ll think you’ve got it all figured out, but then … Maybe not. Regardless, it’s a great wakeup call for your brain—much better than diving back into the wild debate about the pros and cons of…
Welcome to the weekend, puzzlers! There’s a rugged game of Connections waiting for you today. If you’re a foodie or a gamer, you’ll think you’ve got it all figured out, but then … Maybe not. Regardless, it’s a great wakeup call for your brain—much better than diving back into the wild debate about the pros and cons of…
One of the best things to happen in Hollywood in recent years is that Michael Keaton’s career got a major second wind (but don’t call it a comeback) after a somewhat lower-key period. While the extent of Keaton’s career downturn pre-Birdman has indeed been overblown (let’s not forget he was still a big enough star to play the villain in the RoboCop reboot months before Birdman came out), it can’t be denied that Alejandro González Iñárritu’s movie gave him a major boost. Since then, he’s appeared In some amazing films, including Spotlight, The Founder, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and The Trial of the Chicago 7. He has also done great TV work, such as the exceptional limited series Dopesick.
However, Keaton’s pre- and post-Beetlejuice/Batman career tends to be overlooked when discussing his filmography, which is a shame as he was already a pretty huge star before he ever teamed up with Tim Burton. As such, are 10 great Michael Keaton movies that don’t get enough love.
Michael Keaton became a star virtually overnight when he landed a plum comic sidekick role in Ron Howard’s first big hit as a director. To give this a bit of context, no one expected much from Night Shift. Ron Howard was best known as Richie Cunningham on Happy Days, and the idea of his directing a racy, R-rated comedy about two morgue attendants who open a bordello must have seemed like a stretch. Yet, Howard’s Happy Days pal Henry Winkler and Keaton have dynamite chemistry. Despite the premise, the movie is quite sweet (as a child, it never occurred to me that Keaton and Winkler were basically playing pimps). Keaton’s off-the-wall acting in this movie was a sensation and put him on the map in a big way.
If anything, this John Hughes-penned movie is what made Keaton a legit star, with it being one of the ten highest-grossing movies of 1983 and a favourite of many eighties kids, of which I am one. In this, Keaton plays a father who loses his job, so while his wife (Teri Garr) goes to work, he becomes a stay-at-home dad. This battle of the sexes comedy was way ahead of its time in many ways.
Amy Heckerling directed this spoof of 1930s, James Cagney gangster flicks. We previously tackled this one for The Best Movie You Never Saw (you can watch it embedded above), and we’ve always had a soft spot for this silly flick. As good as Keaton is, the film is all but stolen by Joe Piscopo as the movie’s bad guy, Danny Vermin (once Johnny. ONCE!).
Perhaps to keep from being typecast, Michael Keaton starred in this dark addiction drama as an eighties yuppie who joins rehab to get a handle on his out-of-control drug habit. Keaton’s performance in this was raved about, and while it didn’t make a ton of money, the right people saw it, with the rumor being it was his performance in this that convinced the nervous producers of Batman that he was the right man for the job.
This was the last classic era Michael Keaton comedy, with him the leader of a gang of mental hospital patients on the loose in New York City, with them trying to find their missing psychiatrist. The supporting cast in this is stacked, with Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst, and more. Keaton has a great line in this one: “ah, it’s great to be young and insane.”
After Batman, Keaton once again tried to escape typecasting by playing a bad guy in this classic yuppie thriller, in which he plays a border who becomes a nightmare tenant to a young couple, played by Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine. It also has a great Hans Zimmer score.
This might one of the saddest movies ever made. No joke. In it, Keaton plays a dying man who spends his last few months making a series of videotapes he can leave to the child he knows he’ll never meet, with his wife (pregnant) with their son. The last scene in the movie, where Keaton is on a rollercoaster to heaven, gets me choked up every time, man. Plus, the score is by John Barry (Dances With Wolves, Out of Africa) at his tear-jerking best.
This Ron Howard drama is really underrated, with Michael Keaton playing a harried editor at a struggling New York tabloid trying desperately to clear the names of two teenage suspects being held for a violent crime they didn’t commit. Keaton is great in it, but the movie has an incredible ensemble, including Randy Quaid, Robert Duvall, Marisa Tomei, and Glenn Close.
One problem with Keaton becoming so identified with serious roles in the wake of Batman was that, when he tried to return to zany comedy, audiences stayed away as they no longer considered him a comedy star. That’s too bad because Keaton is awesome in this as a busy father who has himself cloned. It’s a great Harold Ramis comedy, and Keaton still looks back at it fondly.
After opting not to make Batman Forever, Keaton tried to shake up his image by playing the bad guy in this violent thriller, which offers co-star Andy Garcia a rare heroic lead in an action flick. In it, Keaton plays a prison lifer whose rare bone marrow is a match for that of Garcia’s dying son. He agrees to provide it, but it’s only cover for a violent escape attempt, with him and Garcia playing cat and mouse over the rest of the film. The hook in this is great, in that Garcia can’t kill Keaton (or allow him to be killed) because if he does, his son will lose his only possible bone marrow match and die.
Did we leave any Keaton movies off our list? Let us know in the comments!
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PLOT: A washed-up drummer (Anderson .Paak) gets offered a lucrative gig in South Korea as the drummer for a hit pop idol show.
REVIEW: K-Pops! Is a rather charming debut for rapper Anderson .Paak who directs and stars in this loving satire of the Korean pop industry. Like the character he plays, BJ, Paak is half-Korean, with the movie examining the culture clash as the very American drummer is dropped into the zany K-pop industry, I must admit to having no knowledge whatsoever of the industry, except that it’s gotten huge over the years, and seems to really be having a moment in North America. In fact, it’s not rare for me, in my weekly box office reports, to include K-pop concert movies on the chart, with them reliably big money makers as bands like BTS go worldwide.
Paak’s movie attempts to serve both newcomers to Korean pop and fans. It features cameos from some huge stars, including Vernon from the band Seventeen, whose arrival in the film was greeted by cheers from the sold-out audience I saw this with at TIFF.
Paak’s movie is quite funny in the way it depicts the K-Pop pecking order, with it being explained that each band has a member who’s only job is to be handsome, while another is the designated dancer, and another is responsible for dropping the mandatory rap break into the song. To give Paak credit, it made me want to learn more about the industry, as it seems like a lot of their music and talent shows are pretty fun.
But, as it goes on, K-Pops becomes less about the industry and more of a father-son story, with it revealed shortly after arriving in Korea that the young contestant on the show that he’s befriended is actually his son. BJ, it turns out, was in love with a Korean woman, Yeji (Jee Young Han), who left him due to his total focus on his career. Much of the movie revolves around him building a relationship with his kid, Tae Young, who’s actually played by Paak’s own son, Soul Rasheed, who’s a natural in front of the camera. In one of the best running gags, he affects an English accent in oder to feel closer to the man his mother always told him was his real father, Idris Elba.
While K-Pops was a lighter entry into the TIFF lineup, it was certainly good for a laugh, even if at close to two hours, it runs a little long, with the pace lagging in the second half after the propulsive first hour. The supporting cast is sold, with Jee Young Han likeable as Tae Young’s resourceful mother, while Yvette Nicole Brown steals scenes as BJ’s adoring mom. One of the best recurring gags is how Brown’s character and one of BJ’s pals (rapper Dumbfounded – who’s quite funny here) can’t fight their uncontrollable attraction to each other, much to BJ’s dismay.
The danger of bringing a movie like K-Pops to TIFF is that it’s so gentle a yarn that it can’t help but get occasionally overlooked in festival coverage opposite bigger films. But I found it to be a sweet little movie with good performances from Paak and his son. Given his fame as a rapper and the fact that K-pop is having a moment right now, I wouldn’t be surprised if this one walks away from TIFF with a nice distribution deal.
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