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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
Between May 12 and May 15 in Indianapolis, IN, three men were shot and killed in cold blood. Jonathan Cruz, a 19-year-old Indianan, was arrested on May 16 on other felony charges, including robbery and intimidation, and subsequently charged with their murders.
Court documents now reveal that Cruz allegedly told a witness he was “purging,” during the three-day period Billy Boyd, Jay Higginbotham, and Jose Ruiz were murdered. Continue reading
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Chris Luckett
This week’s new releases are Earth to Echo, The Purge: Anarchy, Sex Tape, and Snowpiercer. Continue reading
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Chris Luckett
If you liked last year’s The Purge, you’ll like The Purge: Anarchy. Best to just state that right off the bat. If you’re one of the many who vicariously loved the senseless violence, the gratifying gore, and heartless torture of the original, the sequel has even more of all of that. If, however, you felt the original had a great premise that ultimately devolved into a gleeful showcase of the violence it claimed to denounce, you’re going to find The Purge: Anarchy even worse. Continue reading
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