When 2022 is over, we’ll look back at Top Gun: Maverick as one of the year’s biggest box office successes. The Tom Cruise-led sequel is entering its fourth weekend in theaters, and having collected $806.4 million worldwide at the time of this writing, it stands as the second highest-grossing movie of the year across the
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Indiana Jones is one of the most iconic action/adventure protagonists of all time. Harrison Ford embodies the character with insane high-level stunts and humor to further entertain audiences. The Legend of Zorro’s Antonio Banderas may be a memorable actor himself for playing a masked, sword-slinging hero, but it doesn’t mean seeing Indiana Jones right in
It’s been almost three full years since the last time we saw sisters Elsa and Anna have another adventure together in a Frozen movie. Considering the weekend box office of Frozen II was considered the highest opening for an animated film the month it came out, as well as once being the tenth highest-grossing film
The next Hunger Games movie, a prequel film called The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, has been lining up its cast for the past month with exciting new talent, and that continues with the latest announcement. Alongside Billy the Kid’s Tom Blyth as a young President Snow, West Side Story’s Rachel Zegler stars as another
For most of his career, Denzel Washington wasn’t an actor who did sequels, but he eventually made an exception for the Equalizer movies. Following his first outing as Robert McCall in 2014, Washington reprised the role four years later, and back in January, the actor revealed that The Equalizer 3 is moving forward. Now Washington’s
The legal battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has come to an end, at least until Heard files her promised appeal. However, the results of the recent defamation case are still a major topic of conversation. Depp has publicly stated his happiness with the result and Heard has stated her disappointment. And yet, through
Since Pixar’s Lightyear was first announced nearly two years ago, not only was it surprising to hear that Andy’s favorite toy had an origin story beyond being, well, a toy, but that the spinoff would star Captain America actor Chris Evans rather than Tim Allen. As the upcoming movie gets ready to reach theaters this
One of the most memorable roles Idina Menzel played on the Broadway stage was as Elphaba in Wicked. She’s otherwise known as the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West who became unlikely friends with Glinda before the events of The Wizard of Oz. With Wicked getting the film-adaptation treatment, the movie musical has cast its
Barbie is the long-time “golden standard” for what some people think women should look like. While the unrealistic expectation that Barbie has set for women has been under scrutiny for quite some time, what people rarely talk about is the perfect Ken body, and apparently Barbie star Ryan Gosling is trying pretty hard to meet
Julie Andrews is a true icon. Over the years, she’s entertained us with her outstanding acting and voiceover roles in Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music and the Shrek movies. Of course, she’s also known for playing Queen Clarisse alongside Anne Hathaway’s Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries and its sequel, The Royal Engagement. The
Helen McCrory made quite the impression in the Harry Potter films, in which she played Narcissa Malfoy, mother of Draco and wife of Lucius. She had an acting career that expanded through television, movies, and stage productions, producing memorable work over the years. Unfortunately, McCrory passed away at 52 last year following a battle with
The six-week defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is over, but that doesn’t mean the dust has settled just yet. Since the jury delivered its verdict almost two weeks ago, many of the key players in the case have been speaking out. (Depp himself joined TikTok, and his first message garnered a response
Just a couple of days ago, Rebel Wilson took to social media to share an update about her personal life: she’s in a relationship with designer Ramona Agruma. Wilson made the sweet announcement by sharing a picture of her and her girlfriend together, saying she thought she was “searching for a Disney Prince” but maybe
2021 was a dynamite year for Simu Liu. Sure, it wasn’t great that his TV series Kim’s Convenience was canceled, but between making his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, starring in Women is Losers and lending his voice to projects like Bright Samurai Soul and Star Wars:
Remember Duke Nukem? The original video game and its two sequels were all the rage in the early-mid ‘90s, and along with a variety of spinoff games that followed at the end of that decade and into the 2000s, the property made a major comeback in 2011 with Duke Nukem Forever. Additionally, a Duke Nukem
Anthony Edwards took part in 1986’s Top Gun as a key character in the life of Tom Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell: Nick “Goose” Bradshaw, Pete’s RIO and best friend. Unfortunately, Goose met a tragic end in Top Gun, but his spirit is most certainly felt during the events of Top Gun: Maverick through both Cruise’s
Jennifer Lopez has been climbing to the top of the ladder of success since her early 20s, between her career in movies, pop music and business pursuits. Nowadays the “Jenny From The Block” singer is making more headlines than ever regarding her romantic rekindling with Ben Affleck. Per recent words from Lopez, her love life
The spirit of the original Ghostbusters returned (figuratively and literally) this past fall when Ghostbusters: Afterlife hit theaters and became both well-received critically and a surprise box office hit. Following that success, writer/director Jason Reitman plans to keep telling stories about the Spengler family with an officially announced Afterlife sequel is in the works, a
Star Trek 4 has been shrouded in mystery since it was officially announced that Chris Pine and the Kelvin timeline gang are returning. It hasn’t been any better for the cast, as they are in the dark about the sequel. There have been few updates on the film, including what the story will be about
After years of whispers about Hollywood’s interest in making a biopic about Madonna, it’s happening with the iconic singer herself set to direct a movie about her life. Since the announcement was made in late 2020, the big question that has lingered has been about the actor who would play the “Material Girl.” Now it