Released in 2019, this action comedy—directed by Michael Dowse, who also directed Bautista’s recent film, Trap House—features Kumail Nanjiani as an Uber driver who unwittingly picks up Bautista’s character, a tough cop, while trailing a murderer. While the movie did reasonably well at the box office and received a positive audience score of 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, critics were much less impressed, giving it a “rotten” score of 43%.
The trailer for Michael broke records, gaining 116.2 million views worldwide in its first 24 hours, according to data from WaveMetrix reported by Screen Rant. This makes it the most-viewed trailer ever for a musical biopic or concert film. It outperformed the first-day view count of the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour trailer (96.1 million views), as well as trailers for Bob Marley: One Love (60.1 million views), Bohemian Rhapsody (57.6 million views), and A Complete Unknown (47.2 million views).
You can now watch Pain & Gain on Paramount+. This Michael Bay-directed film is based on the real story of a group of bodybuilders in 1990s South Florida, known as the Sun Gym gang. Mark Wahlberg plays Danny Lup, the gym manager who comes up with a plan to get rich fast through blackmail. He enlists the help of two fellow bodybuilders, Paul (Johnson) and Adrian (Mackie), and together they kidnap a wealthy man, hoping to steal all his money. Here’s what the movie is about:
There have been rumors for months that Sydney Sweeney would star in the film, and recently, Benson Boone was also reported to be joining the cast. When asked for an update, Sweeney simply stated:
While promoting her upcoming 2025 film, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, on The Graham Norton Show (according to People magazine), she shared that she found support from a surprising place: her Jack Reacher co-star, Tom Cruise. She explained that she…
I’m so excited! DiscussingFilm just dropped a behind-the-scenes photo from Orphan 3, and it’s official – they’ve started filming! Apparently, the movie is now called Orphans, and Isabelle Fuhrman is coming back as Esther, which is amazing. We don’t know who else will be in it yet, but the writer, Coggeshall, and director, William Brent Bell, are both returning. Check out the first look below!
As a big movie fan, I was really surprised to hear Robert Pattinson might be willing to revisit his role as Edward Cullen! He became a household name playing the teenage vampire in all five Twilight films between 2008 and 2012, and he’s recently suggested he’d consider stepping back into those sparkly shoes. It’s interesting to think about where he’d take the character now.
Released in 2023 and directed by Emerald Fennell, Saltburn is a film set in Oxford, England, exploring themes of excess, attraction, and wealth. The story follows Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) as he becomes captivated by the charismatic and privileged Felix Catton (Elordi), and spends a summer at the Catton family estate, Saltburn – a summer he’ll never forget.
With exciting new movies based on Super Mario Galaxy and The Legend of Zelda on the way, I’ve been reminiscing about classic games. That’s when I came across this amazing and accurate LEGO set, which you can buy on Amazon.
Want a fantastic show to watch all the way through this week? Here are 5 popular and highly-rated series from Paramount+ that people are loving around the world—one of them is even a massive, viral sensation!