Weekly Box Office Movies in US, Singapore and Malaysia (#21-20120826)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies for the week ending 26th Aug 2012 (Sun).

SPECIAL NOTE : The Expendables 2 continues its good run and top the charts in all box offices.   What surprises me is the new release, Premium Rush (by Joseph-Gordon-Levitt aka The Robin) didn't even make it to the Top 5. So, there is no new releases in this week's top 5 (US). 

I personally like non-stop action thriller and will sure to give it (Premium Rush) a go when it is released in Singapore.    

USA: 

1. The Expendables 2

2. The Bourne Legacy

3. ParaNorman [3D]

4. The Campaign

5. The Dark Knight Rises

  SINGAPORE:

1. The Expendables 2 (New)

2. The Watch (New)

3. Brave

4. The Apparition (New)

5. The Bourne Legacy

MALAYSIA:

1. The Expendables 2

2. The Dinosaur Project [UK] (New)

3. Premium Rush (New)

4. Step Up Revolution

5. ParaNorman [3D]

Cheers!

Resident Evil - Retribution (Sep 2012)

Resident Evil - Retribution, the highly anticipated 5th installment of the popular Horror/Sci Fi movie franchise is finally coming to the theatre near you. Once again, Mila Jovovich reprises the lead role as Alice to fight against the undead. And yes, it will be in IMAX 3D

Before proceed, you may want to check out my earlier posts on this movie:

Sneak Peep: Resident Evil - Retribution (Fall 2012) 

Resident Evil - Retribution  : 40 Just Released Movie Posters/Banners

Official Release Dates of Resident Evil - Retribution:

USA           : 14 Sep 2012

Singapore  : 13 Sep 2012

Malaysia    : NA

Enjoy...

 

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Writers: Paul W.S. Anderson

Stars:  Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory and Michelle Rodriguez

Genre: Action, Horror, Sci Fi 

Synopsis: Alice fights alongside a resistance movement in the continuing battle against the Umbrella Corporation and the undead.

Official Trailer #1:

Official Trailer #2:

Clip #1:

Clip #2:

Clip #3:

Clip #4:

Following are the new posters/stills, for the earlier posters (40 of them), please check out : Resident Evil - Retribution  : 40 Just Released Movie Posters/Banners

#1: Official Site: Resident Evil - Retribution

#2: The Internet Movie Database Link: Resident Evil - Retribution

#3: Rotten Tomatoes Link: Resident Evil - Retribution

Cheers!

3 End Of World Movies To Expect After 2012 (Supposedly The Year Of "End Of World")

If the Mayan prophecy is true, we will be doomed by 21/12/2012, so why bother creating movies scheduled to be released after 2012? So, think about it.

In any case, when is the real "end of world" is not the topic to be covered here, as it is, we can't even predict our own future, how can we predict the future of the whole world? What I am going to share here are movies with End Of World related theme (3D and non-3D) to be released in 2013 (Summer). 

Ok, maybe the following comic strip does provide some valid and practical clue towards this Mayan Prophecy phenomena:

Source : http://www.bizarrocomics.com/

Right, here you go, the End Of World theme movies scheduled to be released in 2013:

1. After Earth (June 2013):

Director: M Night. Shyamalan

Stars : Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Isabella Fuhrman

Brief Sypnosis : After a crash landing, a father and son explore a planet that was evacuated by humans 1,000 years earlier.

2. The End Of World (Jun 2013):

Director: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen

Stars : James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel

Brief Sypnosis : While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.(the casts are playing themselves in the movie)

3. Pacific Rim (Jul 2013):

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Stars : Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi

Brief Sypnosis : When an alien attack threatens the Earth's existence, giant robots piloted by humans are deployed to fight off the menace.

Cheers! 

Guest Review : Bourne Legacy (non-3D)

"Bourne Legacy", the forth installment of the Bourne franchise, same director (Tony Gilroy) different cast (Jeremy Renner instead of Matt Damon; Aaron Cross instead of Jason Bourne). So, this is one of those movie without the titular character, Jason Bourne in this case. 

As usual, my friend Ben has kind enough to provide his take on this Bourne movie that without Bourne. Check out his casual, frank and detailed review below.

Oh ya, before the review, maybe you would like to take a look on the trailer of Bourne Legacy and the previous installments below:

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007):

The Bourne Supremacy (2004):

The Bourne Identity (2002):

Ben's Review on "The Bourne Legacy":

"WHAT? A bourne movie without Jason Bourne?" That's the 1st impression everyone had when we saw the trailer. So did Jeremy Renner fill in the big shoes that Matt Damon left? 

Sadly no. Though not really fault of his. The Bourne Trilogy wrapped the stories nicely with little room to maneuver, the greed of men prompted the studio to do 4th movie and the writer had to spin another un-related program to justify this movie existence, hence the hard sell of "There was never One" 

This kinda made the movie rather redundant, and it didn't help that the 1st half was boringly complex. It was only after the 2nd half, that I could piece the information to form what happen in the 1st half, not a good way to introduce a new character for a old franchise. I would have think a better way is to re-tell the Bourne project but this movie required a good understanding on what happened during the 2nd and 3rd Bourne movies, which was not an easy feat considering it was almost 5 years ago when the 3rd movie was released.

The action picked up at the 2nd half, which was a little too late for the average summer action movie goers. With the good on-screen chemistry between Jeremy and Rachel, it was a shame that the story felt flat on them.

Looking at the underdevelopment of the villains (yes Edward Norton was largely unused), there should be a sequel in the making. Who knows, if Matt Damon needs $, we will see his Jason Bourne VS Jeremy Renner in the next Bourne movie. 

Cheers!

Weekly Box Office Movies in US, Singapore and Malaysia (#20-20120819)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies for the week ending 19th Aug 2012 (Sun).

SPECIAL NOTE : The much anticipated sequel, The Expendables 2 literally exploded into the top spot of US and Singapore box offices this week. The other new release, ParaNorman (animation) opened in the third place. As for the other much anticipated last movie by Whitney Houston, Sparkle didn't do so well and managed to get up to the 5th place.  

USA: 

1. The Expendables 2 (New)

2. The Bourne Legacy

3. ParaNorman [3D] (New)

4. The Campaign

5. Sparkle (New)

  SINGAPORE:

1. The Expendables 2 (New)

2. Brave

3. The Bourne Legacy

4. The Dark Knight Rises

5. Total Recall 

MALAYSIA:

Note: No information is available for the Malaysia Box Office as at 19/08/2012, following chart is for the prior week ended 12/08/2012.

1. Total Recall

2. Step Up Revolution

3. The Bourne Legacy (New)

4. The Dark Knight Rises

5. The Three Stooges (New)

Cheers!