Mission: Impossible . Fallout is the talk of the town right now, and it has just won its second weekend at the box office, coming hot off the best reviews of the franchise. While other franchises would be slowing down six movies in Mission is pushing the pedal to the metal, and fans are praising director Christopher McQuarrie for taking the series to new heights. The question is will he be back for a... Read More...
- 8/6/2018
- by Matt Rooney
- JoBlo.com
“Mission: Impossible – Fallout” (Paramount) sailed to a surprisingly easy repeat #1 this weekend, dropping only 43 percent. Its $35 million gross was $10 million ahead of the modest opening of Disney’s latest live action remake, “Christopher Robin.”
That’s a terrific performance for the latest Tom Cruise franchise installment. Similar to earlier entries, this “Mission” is propelled by strong word of mouth and a likely multiple far better than most sequels that open to $50 million or higher.
Cruise at 56 is a decade younger than Harrison Ford in the last Indiana Jones film, “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” but unlike Ford, Cruise is even more central. An overwhelmingly positive response to the film on social media after initial viewings yielded a strong result. (Metascore: 86.)
How strong? It’s the best second weekend hold for a wide studio release since June’s 25 percent drop for “Book Club.” But that film opened to just $13.5 million, so it’s not really comparable.
That’s a terrific performance for the latest Tom Cruise franchise installment. Similar to earlier entries, this “Mission” is propelled by strong word of mouth and a likely multiple far better than most sequels that open to $50 million or higher.
Cruise at 56 is a decade younger than Harrison Ford in the last Indiana Jones film, “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” but unlike Ford, Cruise is even more central. An overwhelmingly positive response to the film on social media after initial viewings yielded a strong result. (Metascore: 86.)
How strong? It’s the best second weekend hold for a wide studio release since June’s 25 percent drop for “Book Club.” But that film opened to just $13.5 million, so it’s not really comparable.
- 8/5/2018
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from “Star Trek: Discovery” Episode 7, “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad.”]
In “Star Trek: Discovery’s” most masterful episode yet, the series riffed off of the time loop trope a la “Groundhog Day” or “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode “Cause and Effect.” Harry Mudd (the electrifying Rainn Wilson) subjects the Discovery to repeat the same chunk of time over and over again in order to buy himself time to learn what the ship’s spore drive secrets are, so that he can sell it to the Klingons. If that means he can also kill Captain Lorca (Jason Isaacs) multiple times in fun and innovative ways in the process, that’s a bonus.
While Mudd’s ability to recycle time was explained by the use of “time crystals” he wore on his forearm, it was never revealed exactly how Mudd was even free to board Discovery in the first place. The last we saw him, he was on a Klingon prison...
In “Star Trek: Discovery’s” most masterful episode yet, the series riffed off of the time loop trope a la “Groundhog Day” or “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode “Cause and Effect.” Harry Mudd (the electrifying Rainn Wilson) subjects the Discovery to repeat the same chunk of time over and over again in order to buy himself time to learn what the ship’s spore drive secrets are, so that he can sell it to the Klingons. If that means he can also kill Captain Lorca (Jason Isaacs) multiple times in fun and innovative ways in the process, that’s a bonus.
While Mudd’s ability to recycle time was explained by the use of “time crystals” he wore on his forearm, it was never revealed exactly how Mudd was even free to board Discovery in the first place. The last we saw him, he was on a Klingon prison...
- 10/30/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
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