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Chris Luckett
Despite a lot of interest in the project and strong reviews, Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot couldn’t quite overtake The Secret Life of Pets in its second weekend. Continue reading
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Chris Luckett
This time last July, Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me spinoff Minions opened to a whopping $116-million. Their latest effort, the new property The Secret Life of Pets, has now scampered into theatres, achieving nearly the same success without the aid of previous films. Continue reading
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Chris Luckett
The first weekend of July has always been a big one for box office, with the confluence of Canadian and American long weekends.
Steven Spielberg’s takes on the Roald Dahl tale The BFG, the threequel The Purge: Election Year, and David Yates’ reboot The Legend of Tarzan were all outpaced this holiday weekend by Finding Dory, Pixar’s latest behemoth. Continue reading
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Chris Luckett
Finding Dory blew newcomers Independence Day: Resurgence, Free State of Jones, and The Shallows out of the water in its second weekend. Continue reading
Artwork: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Chris Luckett
Independence Day: Resurgence‘s aliens may be a formidable force, but they’re no match for an animated fish. Continue reading
Artwork: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Chris Luckett
Every Pixar movie is compared to those immediately before it.
A Bug’s Life? “It’s good, but it’s no Toy Story.”
The Incredibles? “Even better than Finding Nemo and Monsters, Inc.!”
Brave? “Hey, at least it’s better than Cars 2.”
Finding Dory, the animated studio’s 17th feature and their fourth sequel in five years, isn’t as good as last year’s Inside Out. Compared to Pixar’s other recent efforts Brave, The Good Dinosaur, and Monsters University, however, the sequel succeeds adequately enough to make for a fun, forgettable film. Continue reading
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