Monthly Archives: February 2015
Fifty Shades of Grey Still on Top Despite Huge Drop
Audiences remained all tied up with Fifty Shades of Grey this weekend despite the erotic drama's massive 73% plummet since its record-breaking opening last weekend.
Fifty Shades of Grey topped the North American box office again with an estimated $23.2 million. The film's domestic total so far is $130.4 million; its global cume stands at $410.6 million.
The weekend's most high-profile new release, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, was also its biggest bomb. The comedy sequel was dead on arrival with an estimated $5.8 million for a seventh place debut.
Michael Bay, Megan Fox “Winners” at This Year’s Razzies
The 35th Golden Raspberry Awards were held last night, honoring the very best of the very worst movies that somehow managed to make their way onto our screens the previous year.
Transformers 4 led the race with six nominations, but it was Kirk Cameron who proved to be the big winner, taking home four out of the ten Razzies doled out that night, including Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay.
Megan Fox, Cameron Diaz, and Michael Bay also received an award for their, ahem, efforts, and even Ben Affleck got his hands on a special Razzie.
Below is the full list of "winners" from last night's ceremony for 35th Golden Raspberry Awards:
Can The Walking Dead’s New Character Be Trusted?
It can't get any worse, right? That's a sentence no one should ever say about The Walking Dead. When the survivors are down, they almost always get kicked in the gut. Last week's episode saw a lightning storm hit Rick and his team while they were already at their lowest, and it's hard to say whether things will look up in "The Distance."
As the storm abates, the group meets someone who seems friendly. They haven't had much luck with trusting strangers in the past though so it's hard to imagine them being welcoming. Get a glimpse of Abraham in photos from tonight's new episode, as they debate whether they can trust this newcomer.
The Walking Dead: "The Distance" Photo Gallery:
Mad Men: Final Episodes Might Not Be Set in the 1960s
A trailer for AMC’s Mad Men: Final Episodes appears to be hinting at a jump ahead in the show’s time frame.
Diana Ross’ 1976 number one single “Love Hangover” plays over a montage in the teaser, showing an assortment of the show’s characters in a very 1970s aesthetic.
For six and a half seasons, the popular drama starring Jon Hamm as Don Draper has run its course through the 1960s, with the first half of season seven taking place in 1969. It has been assumed the show would conclude with the end of the decade. It is still possible of course, as Mad Men is notorious for keeping plot details secret.
At a recent press event, Mad Men creator Matt Weiner talked about season seven's production. He acknowledged purposely structuring “two premieres and two finales” due to the season's split over two years. He said the final episodes will “use the opportunities to advance the story in a different way” and “each one of them feels like the finale of the show.”
Report: Wonder Woman Movie to Film This Fall
Warner Bros. will reportedly begin filming the Wonder Woman movie starring Gal Gadot later this year.
According to Deadline, the Fast & Furious actress will finish filming her part in director Greg Mottola's Keeping Up With The Joneses before filming Wonder Woman in the fall.
Wonder Woman will be directed by Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead), with a script penned by Jason Fuchs.
Black Sails: Toby Stephens on the Big Flint Reveal
Note: Major spoilers for the latest Black Sails episode -- from February 21st -- follow!
All season on Black Sails we've seen flashbacks to the past of Captain James Flint (Toby Stephens) set in London, showing him when he was a very different man - a Royal Navy lieutenant named James McGraw. But this week's episode, "XIII", finally gave us the biggest reveal yet - that Flint was in a romantic relationship with his friend Thomas Hamilton (Rupert Penry-Jones), one that was known and accepted by Thomas' wife Miranda (Louise Barnes). This reveal about what Thomas truly meant to Flint puts an entirely new perspective on Flint and his actions since and how he was shaped by these events.
Daredevil’s Agents of SHIELD Villain Connection
A tweet from the official account for Marvel's Daredevil on Friday has fans speculating about a new connection to the bigger Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here's the tweet in question...
Be careful of the Murdock boys. They got the devil in them. #Daredevil pic.twitter.com/ycGOg5sQnz
— Daredevil (@Daredevil) February 20, 2015
Battlin' Jack Murdock is, of course, Matt Murdock/Daredevil's boxer father, but it's his opponent that has people talking - as Carl "Crusher" Creel is Marvel villain the Absorbing Man. What's interesting though is that we already met Creel/Absorbing Man just this past fall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as he was introduced via a two-episode stint on Marvel's Agents of SHIELD.
North American Retailers May Have Outed Disgaea 5’s Release Date
Disgaea 5: Allegiance of Vengeance for PlayStation 4 appears to have a North American release date based major retailers’ product listings.
The strategy RPG by developer and publisher NIS will be released on October 6, 2015, according to Amazon and Best Buy. The game will be available on retail shelves and as a digital download.
7 Things You Need to Know About the Final Fantasy XV Demo
The demo for Final Fantasy XV was shown off during a Japanese live stream on February 20, with director Hajime Tabata providing details. Here's what we know so far:
1: There's only one way to get the demo
We already know Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ducsae (the official name of the demo) will be included with Final Fantasy Type-0. However, we now know the demo will be limited to the Day One edition of the game. "We’re never going to release it as a stand-alone piece down the line," Square Enix told the PlayStation blog.
Ghastly New Character Teased for Killer Instinct
A ghastly figure has made an appearance in the latest Killer Instinct trailer.
Although it's an announcement trailer for the new character Aganos, a ghost-like female with dark hair, translucent skin, and a large knife walks slowly across a bleak, bone-covered environment before turning and facing the camera with a bloody shriek near the 2:10 mark.
No formal announcement about her has yet been made, but this appears to be an entirely new character for the Xbox One free-to-play fighting game.
Killer Instinct has been confirmed as one of the games in the fighting game tournament EVO 2015. It joins several other notable fighting games, including Mortal Kombat X, Tekken 7, and Super Smash Bros. Read IGN's review of Killer Instinct to learn more.