King Kong is here and he is angry! I am one that loved the 2017 film Kong: Skull Island movie. It is a rehashed story line and isn't very original but King Kong is one of those characters that is just iconic enough to not matter. With one of the next Godzilla films being King […]
We're very much enjoying watching the continuing friendship blossom between Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson from their time together on Kong: Skull Island all the way up to Captain Marvel. The pair have bonded, and its pretty obvious through the numerous press junket interviews, soundbytes, and videos that there is a true camaraderie between the two actors. Perhaps our [new] […]
King Kong is leaving Skull Island and taking over your toy collection. Mezco Toyz is putting out a new seven-inch version of the massive ape. The figure will also come with interchangeable hands and face portraits, and it will feature over 25 points of articulation. There is even a Ann Darrow figure for him to […]
Kong has a ridiculously awesome statue coming from Prime 1 Studios. Shipping next spring/summer, this thing is a massive rendition of a battle between King Kong himself and one of the critters from Kong: Skull Island. The skull crawler looks really gnarly. There will be two versions of the statue to order, a regular release […]
An expedition reaches Skull Island, looking for an uninhabited place to "civilize" and resources to mine and profit from. It's led by a man named James Copland, who discovered the island months earlier when his plane went down. They find people who worship a god named Kong, and they run into trouble when they realize […]
There are some people that really like Cinema Sins, and there are some that can't stand them. For the record, the people who do Cinema Sins don't seem to care one way or another whether you like them or not. If anything, they seem to be more amused when directors get angry over their videos. […]
Showing that bestiality-themed family movies have incredible staying power at the box office, Disney's Beauty and the Beast held onto its box office crown in its second week, despite a challenge from the live-action Power Rangers movie. The Emma Watson/Dan Stevens musical more than doubled Power Rangers' domestic take this weekend, earning an estimated $88 million […]
Surpassing expectations by tens of millions of dollars, Disney's Beauty and the Beast earned over $170 million this weekend, making it at least the seventh biggest opening of all time, though we'll have to wait for final numbers to see if it can top Iron Man 3's $174 million take. As predicted, Beauty and the […]
This week we kick off a new retrospective that will review King Kong through the years, starting with the fresh reboot called Kong: Skull Island. The podcast talks about where Skull Island fits in with previous giant apes, and why this movie manages to find freshness by going back in time to the Vietnam War. Listen here: […]
Monkey business proved quite profitable this weekend as Kong: Skull Island took the top box office spot in its debut, bringing in $61 million in North America and $142.6 million globally. Warner Bros and Legendary's giant ape pic dethroned previous box office king Logan, which earned an additional $37.5 million this weekend to bring its […]
Kong: Skull Island is a refreshingly new take on the story that gives us a re-imagining that is a fun action adventure mixed in with various cherry-picked elements of the original story. Three parts Apocalypse Now, two parts classic King Kong, and one part Lost, it might be many things, but a rehash isn't one […]
Kong: Skull Island is still a few days from its worldwide release date but screenings have been going on since last week and the embargo is up. My review of the movie is right here and it is, overall, pretty positive. There are no spoilers in the review but there is mention that there is […]
Kong: Skull Island is far from perfect as it suffers from a few pacing issues and is overall devoid of any deeper meaning, but has plenty of giant monsters fighting a giant ape to make up for it. When Legendary announced that they were not only making another King Kong movie but that it will […]
Kong: Skull Island starring Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, and Samuel L. Jackson has given us a lot of trailers, tv clips, and featurettes. Feels like we've seen a lot of footage from this film, and the special effects have certainly been shock-and-awe caliber, but there's also plenty of references to the original 1933 film in the […]
Feels like there's been an awful lot of trailers, tv spots, featurettes, etc for Kong: Skull Island. And it's all been some very impressive-looking stuff, for sure, but I have to say I do think they saved the best for last with this final trailer. Kong: Skull Island hits on March 10, 2017, starring Tom Hiddleston, […]
Marvel changed the game with their after credits scenes which now forces audiences to watch those long lists of names go by for possible look at a sequel or upcoming movie. (Note: you should always stay through the credits regardless. Every name on there is a person who worked hard and the least we can […]
Kong: Skull Island has not been hiding the fact that it is taking heavy inspiration from Apocalypse Now and it continues its homage in this new IMAX poster released by Entertainment Weekly. Kong: Skull Island is directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and stars Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Goodman. It will released […]
Compassion has always been a big part of the King Kong story. Kong's relationship with ann Darrow is iconic, and shows that there is more to the beast than jumping around on buildings and killing dinosaurs. Thus far, we haven't really seen that in marketing for Kong: Skull Island, however, it seems it is going to […]
Kong: Skull Island is shaping up slowly but surely. It's about time we got another film featuring the big man (or ape), and the novel concept here, setting it around the Vietnam War, is making it feel pretty distinct. We got some new footage today too. This is the Japanese trailer for the film, and […]
Kong: Skull Island is taking the creature out of his usual time frame and putting him somewhere unique. Instead of the turn of the 1900s, the film is set to take place in the Vietnam war era. But how and why did that choice get made? Speaking with Empire, director Jordan Vogt-Roberts explained how that came to be. […]
