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Was it the pandemic or are audiences sick and tired of gory games? Plus, Netflixs Army of the Dead gamble pays off and more from the weekend box office of May 14-16, 2021.

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard Almost eleven years ago, in the mysterious land of Toronto, Canada, Scott Pilgrim almost had his ass handed to him by Ramona Flowers’ seven evil exes throughout the entirety of director Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. While each and every one of these adversaries is evil in their own special way, they’re certainly not all created equal. In fact, some of them have some valid baggage when it comes to their relationship with the woman who s...

‘Mortal Kombat’ & ‘Demon Slayer’ Continue Gritty B.O. Fight For No. 1; But Both Pics Hit The Mat Hard In Weekend 2 Deadline 3 hrs ago Demon Slayer, which had very notable openings and further revived the domestic B.O. last weekend, dropped precipitously this weekend, respectively at -73% and $6.4M for No. 1, with a running total of $32.2M, and New Line’s Mortal Kombat is at No. 2 with a weekend 2 of $6.2M and a $34M 10-day total. No one was expecting this type of tumble. What ...

Las Vegas Weekly Army of the Dead (May 21; exclusively on Netflix) Photo: Netflix Photo: Courtesy Army of the Dead Plot:  A team of mercenaries attempt to heist a fortune from a zombie-infested Las Vegas. Why go:  Snyder’s an old hand with zombies, and it looks like he had some fun with this Dawn of the Dead/ Ocean’s Eleven hybrid. And we can tell out-of-town friends it’s a documentary. Spiral: From the Book of Saw (May 14) Photo: Lionsgate Photo: Courtesy Spiral Directed by Darre...

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World does, and with good reason. Beloved by nerds the world over, Scott Pilgrim was not a mainstream or box office success. But like its scrappy underdog hero, the 2010 film has remained culturally relevant, with many considering it to be one of the best comic book adaptations of all time. And for the tenth anniversary (pandemic notwithstanding), Universal Pictures is granting the film a second life, with a new theatrical re-release in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos versi...

Fort Worth Weekly Is that top still spinning? Youll never know. I didn’t run this piece in January like I wanted, for reasons involving file conversion that are only going to bore you silly. The more important point is that I finally accessed the list of 2010 films and re-ranked them with the passage of 10 years. You can click here and here if you want to reference what I thought at the time. While the movies at the top of my lists of fiction films and documentaries have remained ...

Edgar Wright Likely To Direct Stephen King's The Running Man

Stephen King’s The Running Man is racing back to theaters, with an all-new film adaptation directed by Scott Pilgrim’s Edgar Wright and producer Simon Kinberg.

Former Ant-Man director Edgar Wright & Marvels Kevin Feige make amends February 4, 2021 by: Edgar Wrights Scott Pilgrim vs. the Worldmade him a prime and unique candidate to lend his directorial talents to the MCU when he was set up to him 2015s ANT-MAN. The MCU has found great success rallying behind directorial talent that doesnt necessarily have big budget sensibilities but differences arose between Wright and Marvel boss Kevin Feige which caused the director to walk away from the project...

Former Ant-Man Director Edgar Wright Buries the Hatchet with Marvel Boss Kevin Feige Former Ant-Man Director Edgar Wright Buries the Hatchet with Marvel Boss Kevin Feige Edgar Wright and MCU showrunner Kevin Feige have finally buried the hatchet after the director infamously walked away from Ant-Man. When it comes to comic book adaptations, one of the most imaginative and beloved movies in Hollywood is Edgar Wrights Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. For a long time, Wright was set to lend his direc...