Critics Are Saying ‘The Mummy’ Is Tom Cruise’s Worst Film Ever

I was going to start this post off by saying, “poor Tom Cruise,” but then I thought about his life, his money, his fame, and I realized no one should ever feel bad for Cruise .

But still, he must feel a bit shi**y today. The reviews for Universal’s monster movie, The Mummy, are coming in, and they are brutal. Critics claim it’s the worst Tom Cruise film ever. It currently sits at 18% on Rotten Tomatoes. It has 119 rotten reviews and just 27 fresh reviews.

Sara Stewart from the New York Post wrote this in her review:

“It’s hard to tell if it’s Cruise or the dragging weight of the movie, but he’s almost totally devoid of the star power that makes the “Mission: Impossible” movies compulsively watchable.”

And J.R. Kinnard from PopMatters offered up this great line:

“A wise man once said, ‘Only a fool would make a campy horror movie into a serious drama.’ Actually, no one ever said that, but they should have, preferably on Tom Cruise’s voicemail.”

It’s also bad news at the box office for the film. It brought home around $2.7 million during its Thursday night preview, which is a terrible start, and puts it on track to be the lowest opening in The Mummy franchise. Experts believe it will make $30 million this weekend. That’s below 1999’s The Mummy and The Mummy Returns.

The one bit of good news is that the film is performing well internationally…

“It opened in an additional 33 markets on Thursday with strong results in both Russia ($1.6 million and 62 percent market share for the biggest Tom Cruise opening day ever) and Brazil ($526,000 for the biggest Tom Cruise opening day ever). It also opened in China Friday, with early results indicating an strong $18.7 million (127.4M RMB) opening day, which would also make the biggest opening for a Tom Cruise film in that market. Early total for the Wednesday and Thursday openers are landing at $20.5 million.”

Reviews For ‘Wonder Woman’ Are Coming Out, And They Are Extremely Positive!

Hollywood could use some good news after the incredibly disappointing Memorial Day weekend. If you didn’t see the numbers, you can click on this link to check out the box office numbers.

But Wonder Woman is here to save the day, and possibly even the summer. The film, which opens June 2, is getting great reviews from critics. It currently sits at a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It has 63 fresh reviews and just 2 rotten reviews.

Comic Book Resources opened their review with this headline, “Wonder Woman Review’: Far And Away The Best DCEU Movie Yet”

“Tasked with the harrowing challenge of helming the first female-fronted superhero film of the genre’s latest boom, Jenkins delivers the full package, an enthralling journey with exhilarating and inventive action, a charismatic cast, moments of heartwarming levity and heart-wrenching drama, and — best of all — a protagonist we can clutch to, and want to follow on more and more adventures.”

Forbes’ Mark Hughes wrote this in his review…

“Wonder Woman is an electrifying, breathtaking cinematic achievement sure to win the hearts and minds of audiences around the world.”

And finally io9’s Germain Lussier had this to say about the movie…

“Gal Gadot’s Diana is her best performance to date, blending the kindness, power, and innocence needed for the iconic character. Her story is very clean and very aggressively paced, peppered with lots of action, just the right amount of mythology, and — for the first time in a DCEU film — a lot of humor.”

Sounds promising, yeah? It should dominate the box office this weekend. The positive reviews will help put a few more butts in the seats.

Of course this could be a case of critics afraid to speak their mind because it’s a female-focused superhero movie. We saw a similar thing happen with Jordan Peele’sGet Out‘ film. Critics were a bit excessive with their reviews because of the subject matter. We’re not saying Get Out was a bad movie. It was a good film.

But it was not 99% rating good. The same thing could be happening with Wonder Woman.

Wait, What? Adam Sandler Is Getting Outstanding Reviews From Critics For His Performance In ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ COULD HE BE NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR?

Adam Sandler is a tough nut to crack. For the past 5-10 years, every Adam Sandler film (put out by his Happy Madison Productions) has been awful. They have been so terrible that people have started to forget about his great movies in the ’90s and early 2000s. Kids today see Sandler as a joke.

And that’s really sad because we all know he has real talent. He showed off his acting skills in the 2002 drama Punch Drunk Love, but for some reason he didn’t continue down drama road. Instead, he went the opposite direction and started making movies like The Ridiculous 6.

But maybe, at the age of 50, Sandler is ready to turn things around. He stars in Noah Baumbach’s latest film The Meyerowitz Stories  (New and Selected). 

The movie, which is about an estranged, dysfunctional New York family, received a four-minute standing ovation after it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

And do you know which cast member is getting the most praise? Adam Sandler. And that’s saying a lot because this movie also stars Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller and Emma Thompson. In the film, Sandler plays the oldest son of a cranky “and memory-challenged New York sculptor Harold Meyerowitz, played by Hoffman.”

Sandler is getting legit Oscar buzz for his performance. Several critics say Sandler deserves a nomination for his performance. Variety wrote this in their review…

“Perhaps that’s why Netflix, which is in the Adam Sandler business, scooped up this relatively high-brow Scott Rudin production just weeks before its Cannes film festival premiere. Still, it’s odd to think that the company responsible for Sandy Wexler and The Ridiculous Six could conceivably earn Sandler his first Oscar nomination — and his best role since Punch-Drunk Love played Cannes in 2002.”

I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to watch this movie.

Critics Are Slamming Amy Schumer’s New Movie With Goldie Hawn, Check Out What They’re Saying Inside!

Oh, Goldie. What happened? Goldie Hawn hasn’t been in a movie since 2002. That’s a long time, you know? And she has decided to make her grand return with Amy Schumer?

Snatched hits theaters this weekend, but you probably don’t want to watch it. It looks like your typical Amy Schumer comedy, which is depressing because it shows she hasn’t grown at all. Imagine if Jonah Hill was still playing his same character from Superbad. That’s where Amy is at right now.

And it’s a shame she dragged Hawn into her pool of unnecessary raunchiness. Critics are slamming this film, and it’s clear they are tired of Schumer’s act.

Time Out’s Tom Huddleston had this to say about Schumer…

“Can Amy Schumer play something other than a directionless, oversexed thirtysomething who drinks too much but learns a few valuable life lessons before the credits roll? Um, no.”

Amy Rowe, from the New York Daily News, wrote this in her review:

“Amy Schumer ‘Snatched’ up Goldie Hawn, an Oscar winner who hasn’t made a movie in 15 years, to costar in her new comedy. Hawn deserves better, and so do audiences who are likely to find themselves losing interest in the kidnapping movie’s runaway plot. A few jokes the writers trot out also seem slightly recycled, or maybe just stale.”

And then you have this line from Business Insider’s Jason Guerrasio

“The movie, opening Friday, has such a dull and unoriginal story that even two comedy pros like Schumer and Hawn can’t salvage it.”

Find Out What The Critics Are Saying About ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ You Might Be Surprised…

The reviews are coming in for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2‘ and on the surface it all looks good for the sequel. Most of the reviews are considered “positive,” and it sits at a comfortable 85% on Rotten Tomatoes.

But if you dig a little deeper, you’ll see that almost all critics agree the original film was better. Some reviews claim the sequel has lost the bit of charm that made the first movie so special. And while the sequel is entertaining, it doesn’t offer anything new to the franchise.

Entertainment Weekly’s Chris Nashawaty wrote the following…

“Is it possible to be disappointed by a film and still manage to have a good time watching it? Absolutely. And Guardians Vol. 2 is Exhibit A of that. It’s smarter than most films, but not as smart as the first one. It’s funnier than most films, but not as funny as the first one. And it still probably belongs in the upper tier of Marvel movies, but nowhere near as high up as the first one. Guardians Vol. 1 was so original and unpredictable and irreverent and silly and sublime that Guardians Vol. 2 can’t help but feel like a step backwards.”

And we could show you more reviews, but most critics agree with Chris, he just did the best at explaining the feeling. The good news is that all critics say the film is entertaining, and the ending is reportedly incredible.

Birth.Movies.Death’s Dave Schilling wrote that the film’s final battle is a “world-shattering finale that ranks with the best climaxes in Marvel’s oeuvre.”

It will hit a theater near you May 5, 2017.

Chris Pratt Claims He Was Surprised By The Negative Reviews For ‘Passengers’

May is going to be a really good month for Chris Pratt. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is set to be released May 5, and you can bet it’s going to grab the top spot at the box office.

But we’re not here to talk about Guardians of the Galaxy. Instead, we’re going to focus on Passengers, the movie he co-starred in with Jennifer Lawrence.

Everyone thought it was going to be a huge hit. I mean, how could it not with Pratt and Lawrence starring in it? And while it made over $300 million at the worldwide box office, it did not perform well with the critics. In fact, Paul Blart: Mall Cop has a better rating on Rotten Tomatoes than Passengers.

So how does Pratt feel about this? Well, he recently admitted that he was surprised to see how the critics reacted to the film…

“I was really caught off guard by that. It was definitely a lesson. I personally think the movie is very good, I’m very proud of it. I’ll be curious to see if it holds up — the criticism and the movie. I’m proud of how the movie turned out and it did just fine to make money back for the studio. I never want to be in a situation where I’m blaming critics for not liking a movie. So I’ll just stop talking. It is what it is and I’m proud of it.”

You can tell he was really holding back there. What he really wanted to say was…

Early Reviews For ‘Passengers’ Is About What You’d Expect, The Film Would Be Nothing Without Jennifer Lawrence And Chris Pratt

If you’ve seen the trailer for Passengers (and you probably have) then you’ll know the film looks a bit messy. If you take away the allure of Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt starring in a movie together, then you’re left with a story that wouldn’t attract attention otherwise.

Basically, it’s like the studio just said, “Let’s put Pratt and J-Law in a movie together. It doesn’t matter what the movie is about. They will promote the sh-t out of it.” And that’s exactly what they’re doing. The video of them insulting each other on BBC 1 has gone viral, and we’ve seen multiple “hilarious” moments from them on their press tour.

Now the early reviews are coming out for the film, and they are confirming our fears. Out of 17 reviews, only four have been positive, and those four were only positive because of Pratt and Lawrence’s performances.

Most all critics agree the film is a disaster. Take a look at a few (spoiler free) reviews below…

Variety’s Owen Gleibrman:

“Passengers is the tale of a lonely guy in space, the drama of an ethical conundrum, a love story featuring two of the hottest actors on the planet, and a turbulent sci-fi action-adventure — and for all of that, it manages to be not a very good movie. The two stars, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, are both intensely gifted and easy on the eyes, and the film takes off from a not-bad idea, but the setup is way better than the follow-through.[“The Imitation Game” director Morten Tyldum] turns out to be the wrong filmmaker for an amorous space opera.”

The Guardian’s Andrew Pulver:

“On the positive side, Lawrence’s apparently boundless screen charisma survives pretty much intact: she is an unmistakably vivid presence here in a way that few current performers can match. Pratt is a less radiant presence but offers a natural decency that offsets [his character’s] creepiness. But neither can do much with [the film’s] fateful initial premise: it means that Passengers, unfortunately, has suffered irreparable damage to its own engine casing.”

EW’s Chris Nashaway:

“The signs to be hopeful were all there: A pair of dependable movie stars, a bullish Oscar-season spot on the release calendar, a director hot off of an Oscar-nominated film. But alas, Passengers is not very good. In fact, it’s pretty bad. The studio is positioning this new Chris Pratt-Jennifer Lawrence sci-fi flick as a sort of Adam-and-Eve riff on The Martian… That’s the way the trailer makes it seem, at least.  And I’ll be honest, that’s a movie I’d kind of want to see. But that’s not what we get. Not even close. Passengers is way stupider than that.”

So yeah, don’t be fooled. Watch a movie that’s actually worth your money and time. You know, like Collateral Beauty…oh wait, that movie sucks too?

Maybe you should stay home this Christmas and watch some old favorites.

The First Reviews For ‘La La Land’ Are Coming In, And It Looks Like Fans Of The Traditional Musical Will Fall In Love With This Film

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As your local movie theater turns into a playground for comic book movies, sequels, and comedies featuring Kevin Hart, one unique musical will attempt to find a safe place to hang on the jungle gym.

We showed you the first teaser trailer for La La Land last month. The trailer was simple, but still extremely effective because it painted such a beautiful picture. It promised to bring the Hollywood musical back home. A home that isn’t filled with rowdy teenagers singing Katy Perry covers. No, this home is filled with responsible adults who realize Katy Perry songs should only be performed in the shower.

La La Land, directed and written by the talented Damien Chazelle, won’t hit theaters until its limited release in December, but it opened the Venice Film Festival, which means critics were treated to an early screening. The reviews coming in have been overwhelmingly positive. So far, only 7 officials review have been counted on Rotten Tomatoes.

All the reviews seem to agree on one thing: this movie will delight fans of classic musicals. Variety’s Owen Gleiberman writes that it’s the most daring big-screen musical in a long time because it’s the most traditional.

“The most audacious big-screen musical in a long time, and — irony of ironies — that’s because it’s the most traditional. In his splashy, impassioned, shoot-the-moon third feature, Chazelle, the 31-year-old writer-director of “Whiplash,” pays meticulous homage to the look and mood and stylized trappings of the Hollywood musicals of the ’40s and, especially, the ’50.”

And Todd McCarthy from The Hollywood Reporter had a similar reaction to the movie…

All the same, for Chazelle to be able to pull this off the way he has is something close to remarkable. The director’s feel for a classic but, for all intents and purposes, discarded genre format is instinctive and intense; he really knows how to stage and frame dance and lyrical movement, to transition smoothly from conventional to musical scenes, to turn naturalistic settings into alluring fantasy backdrops for set pieces, and to breathe new life into what many would consider cobwebbed cliches.

Check out the teaser trailer below, and go support this film when it hits theaters in December.

 

Seth Rogen’s ‘Sausage Party’ Is Getting Some Great Reviews From The Critics, Find Out What They’re Saying Inside!

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When the first trailer for Sausage Party was released, the internet ate that sh-t up. You had teenagers/college kids sharing it because they genuinely found it funny, and then you had parents sharing it on Facebook to warn other parents that this animated comedy wasn’t made for children.

It was the perfect storm and Seth Rogen has to be feeling great just days before his film hits theaters on Aug. 12. The early reviews coming in have been overwhelmingly positive.

Sausage Party sits at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes at the moment. There have only been 10 reviews counted, so expect the numbers to change, but it definitely looks like it’s going to be a hit with both the critics and audience.

John DeFore from The Hollywood Reporter seemed to be surprised by just how funny the movie was…

“The laughs barely let up after that first scene, in fact, in a film that proves to be not just more than a boundary-stretching exercise but one of the funniest arguments for the non-existence of God in some time. (Ricky Gervais and Bill Maher could take a lesson.) Fans of This is the End and similar Rogen & Co. outrages will eat it up.”

And this review from Devin Faraci for BirthMoviesDeath gives Seth Rogen a virtual stroke of the sausage by saying this film could be the best of the year.

Not only is it hilarious, but it also has an important message…

“I laughed and laughed throughout Sausage Party, but more than that I walked out stunned at how smart and subversive the movie is, and shocked at how absolutely f–king bananas (no, not the actual fruit, although they do come into play) the ending is. Sausage Party is a great comedy because it’s willing to go too far to land a joke but it’s still interested in doing more than making you laugh. I didn’t see this coming, but Sausage Party might be one of the great films of the year.”

Sounds like it’s worth the ticket. We’ll post the trailer below, even though you’ve probably already seen it multiple times.

 

The First ‘Jason Bourne’ Reviews Are Coming In, And It Looks Like Fans Might Leave The Theater Disappointed

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There are a few things in life that should never come back: Mullets, Soulja Boy, Taco Bell’s seafood salad, and according to some critics, The Bourne film series.

Jason Bourne will be released this weekend, but will it be worth the ticket? As always, it depends on who you ask. As of right now, the film currently has a 60% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but that number has been dropping as more reviews come in.

Let’s start off with the positive reviews though. Peter Travers from Rolling Stone enjoyed the sequel, and wrote in his review…

“Through it all, Damon keeps us glued to the war going on inside Bourne’s head. It’s a brilliantly implosive performance; he owns the role and the movie. It’s a tense, twisty mindbender anchored by something no computer can generate: soul. “

Sounds great, right? But not everyone agrees with Peter. Some critics are slamming the movie. Stephen Whitty from NJ.com gave the film a miserable 1.5 rating, and had this to say about the nine year gap between the films…

“If this is the best ‘Bourne’ this team can deliver after nine years away – maybe it’d just be better next time if they forgot the whole thing.”

Of course, we’re showing you the extremes here. You have the most positive review and the most negative review. If you look at every review coming in, it’s pretty easy to see the truth sits comfortably in the middle. The sequel offers nothing new. It’s just another version of a dish you’ve already had multiple times before.

So if you’re looking for something new and exciting? Skip the film. If you want to reunite with an old friend at a restaurant you know and love? Go buy a ticket right now.

Check out the trailer below…