When I was five-years-old my dad took me and my little brother to see “Jaws” on a Sunday afternoon in Port Washington, New York. It scared me beyond belief! That night I slept in a little ball because I was afraid if I put my legs out the shark would bite them off, and was certain the blue carpet in my room would turn to water while I slept and the shark would get me then. Little did I know that while I lied there in my bed terrified, a seed had been planted.
Movie sequels are as popular as ever. The top twelve box office movies of this year are all sequels as are fifteen of the top twenty. It’s a shame new original content rarely breaks through but for the most part that’s the story in Hollywood. “Gladiator II” is somewhat of a surprising sequel since the original Oscar winning film came out almost a quarter of a century ago, but given how movies are performing in 2024, it’s sure to be a hit.
Moviegoers has been experiencing a bad case of marvel fatigue. Ever since phase 3 ended with “Avengers: Endgame” the offerings from Marvel Studios have been plentiful between films and their TV shows on Disney+, but the quality has mostly been lacking. When it was announced the third Deadpool movie would now feature huge Jackman reprising his role as Wolverine for a team up, there was a glimmer of hope and a light at the end of the tunnel
Of all the movie monsters there have probably been more stories told about vampires than any other. The challenge is to find new ways to tell these tales to an audience who has pretty much seen it all. The guys at Radio Silence, who brought us the film “Ready or Not” and the last two “Scream” movies are ready to give it a shot with “Abigail. A group of criminals are hired to kidnap a twelve-year-old girl and hold her for ransom. Little do they know that it was all a set up and this “little girl” is a deadly vampire who just likes to play with her food.
The summer movie season is here again! For almost 20 years a Marvel movie would be the first offering out of the gate, but thanks to the writers and SAG-AFTRA strike last year a comic book adaptation is not how we are going to start. Instead, we are seeing an old television show get the big screen treatment, “The Fall Guy.”
Summer is the biggest season in Hollywood. It’s the time of year studios look to release their larger budgeted movies in hopes that they become blockbusters. However, it used to be a shorter time as Memorial Day weekend used to be the starting point. That ended when Marvel Studios started taking over the first weekend in May (“The Fall Guy” took that slot this year with no new comic book move ready for release yet). However, in 1996 one movie got the summer started a little early, “Twister!”
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