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HOLLYWOOD—It was a big weekend for dinosaurs at the box-office. The sequel to the 2015 hit “Jurassic World” did big numbers at the box-office, but not as big as its predecessor. “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” claimed the top spot earning $150 million during its opening weekend. That’s about $60 million less than what “Jurassic World” did. However, the fifth...

HOLLYWOOD—She was the breakout movie star of 2017 and it seems she is riding that success into 2018 with a bevy and I mean a bevy of films to come. Who am I referring to? I’m referring to Tiffany Haddish, who hosted the 2018 MTV Movie and TV Awards. For the consecutive year, the ceremony has chosen to eliminate...

HOLLYWOOD—It was Father’s Day this weekend, and the multiplex was a popular place to be. The highly anticipated sequel, “Incredibles 2,” nearly 14 years in the making took audiences by storm. I touted last week there was a lack of animated flicks at the multiplex in the past month (which it really was), but this flick totally made up...

HOLLYWOOD—I have not been this eager to see a horror flick in years. As a fan of the genre, which crafted my interest in the cinematic world as a child, it just seems the genre has been dead for years. Till this day, the 80s was the death of the genre as we know it because so many flicks...

HOLLYWOOD—Hey, what if I told you that a new female caper heist was coming to the big screen. Would it be something that would tantalize you as a lover of cinema? Perhaps, but don’t get your hopes too high for “Ocean’s 8,” an all-female version of the popular “Ocean’s Eleven” franchise that starred George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Be...

HOLLYWOOD—The “Ocean’s” franchise is back, but instead of George Clooney and Brad Pitt in the driver seat, Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett are in control. “Ocean’s 8” dethroned “Solo: A Star Wars Story” from the top spot at the box-office taking in $41.5 million during its debut weekend. Not a bad opening for the flick that many critics have...

HOLLYWOOD—If you’re looking for a movie to deliver some laughs for an audience of an older generation, than look further than “Book Club.” This is not to say that I hated “Book Club” because that is not the case, it’s that I expected more from a film of this caliber with such talented actresses in the forefront. It is a...

HOLLYWOOD—I have been eagerly, and I mean eagerly awaiting the release of the upcoming “Halloween” trailer after it was unleashed at Cinema Con in Las Vegas in April. Well, after nearly 6 weeks of waiting, fans of the horror genre were treated with this first look of the upcoming reboot, sequel, remake (I’ll be honest, I’m not sure what...

HOLLYWOOD—I had a hunch months ago that “Solo: A Star Wars Story” would not be the success so many expected it to be at the box-office. Well, I can officially say I was right. I noted last week that “Solo’s” success would be a direct result of how it performed during its second weekend in theaters, and man did...

HOLLYWOOD—Sometimes there are those flicks that are so grand with expectation that they crash and burn so big it leaves you asking just how in the world did that transpire? I knew there were trouble for “Solo: A Star Wars Story” when the film switched directors mid-way through shooting. That is never a good sign in the cinematic universe....