Marvel Studios has accomplished the unthinkable over the past decade by methodically creating an entire cinematic universe, loosely based on their decades of comic book source material. They have successfully managed to cater to both the most rabid superhero historian, as well as the average moviegoer who has never read a comic from front page […]
Disney’s year continues to impress with a list of blockbuster releases that would make a typical movie studio’s decade. Zootopia, Captain America: Civil War, and The Jungle Book are just some of this year’s hits and with next month’s pending release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, things will only go up for the Mouse House. It was […]
Since 2001, any movie connected with J.K. Rowlings World of Wizardry has been a ticket to print money for Warner Bros. This past weekend marked a new time period, as the franchise moved past the Harry Potter phase and into the era of Fantastic Beasts. The new start, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, came in first place […]
October is here and the movie season is starting to warm up its engines once again. Every year this month gives audiences a movie that they never saw coming, yet somehow still lands up in discussions at the end of the year. In the past we have gotten movies like The Martian and The Social Network, so although October is […]
Every season there is a movie that pops out of the shadows and dramatically takes hold of audience’s attention. The latest surprise hit is Don’t Breathe. The horror-thriller took control of first place at the box-office over the weekend with an estimated $26.1 million dollar debut, which more than doubled the second place finisher’s pull. It […]
Without a doubt, one of the most anticipated movies of 2017 is the reboot of Sony/Marvel’s most prized franchise, Spider-Man: Homecoming. There was a long road getting the wall-crawler into the extended boundaries of the Marvel cinematic universe, but now that Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have worked out a deal, the future is bright for the web-slinger. […]
Welcome back to the PoG’s monthly Media Round Up, where we line up every movie for the month of August that will inevitably make you laugh because your childhood dreams have been vindicated. Or cry because your adult life has been marred by another adaptation gone awry. Are you ready for tears either way? Great! So let’s do […]
The Superbowl of the geek world, San Diego Comic Con, turned southern California upside down this past weekend as thousands of fans flooded the San Diego Convention Center. The showcase features a showroom floor with hundreds of artists and vendors bringing the best in comic book art, movie props, collectibles, interactive experiences, and a lot […]
This year is the 50th anniversary of Star Trek and Paramount Pictures made a point to get their latest installment, Star Trek Beyond, into theaters in celebration. The third chapter in the reboot of the film series is enjoying rave reviews after having a bumpy pre-production period. The movie opened to an estimated $59.6 million dollars in its first […]
While the general audience wasn’t afraid of any ghosts, there wasn’t enough people who wanted to see them busted, for Ghostbusters to capture first place at the box-office over the past weekend. The Secret Life of Pets ultimately had the last laugh, as it held on to first place while making an additional $50 million dollars in its second week of release. The […]
This winter the Star Wars universe will expand in ways that long-time fans could only previously dream of. LucasFilm kicked off the third trilogy in the saga, with last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. However, the common moviegoer may not be aware that a slate of spin-off films are coming down the pipeline beginning with this December’s Rogue One. The […]