Well, ‘Dark Phoenix’ is officially a flop with a franchise-low opening of $33 million, and dismal reviews. (Audiences– as small as they are–…
Déjà vu. Call it “franchise fatigue” or “sequelitis,” but for the second weekend in a row, American audiences weren’t compelled to head to…
‘Dark Phoenix’ did not open well. At a 22% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a $33 million in its opening domestic box-office, the…
Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ cast a sci-fi-skewered eye on race, while ‘Us’ dealt with nature versus nurture, but for ‘Candyman’, the reboot of…
You almost have to feel bad for any new actors cast in ‘Dark Phoenix‘ with the fact that they’ll likely never reprise their…
A longtime ‘X-Men’ movie producer wants to make sure that the stench of ‘Dark Phoenix’s failure doesn’t taint her own career, even though…
‘Dark Phoenix’ had a dismal opening weekend though we’ve learned that things could have originally ended very differently for the film. Well, at…
Rather than going out in a blaze of glory, 20th Century Fox’s ‘X-Men’ franchise has been snuffed out like a cigarette. The franchise…
I haven’t used the term “franchise fatigue” in a while, but this weekend saw its effects, as the top two movies came up…
We all know that Matthew Vaughn left the “X-Men” franchise after ‘X-Men: First Class‘ but now have learned it was due to massive…
Famke Janssen has a few thoughts on ‘Dark Phoenix.’ As the original Jean Grey for Fox’s Mutant-filled Marvel films, the actress had been…
When marketing a film in a franchise, you need to show off why it is relevant today as well as showcase what made…
As Wolverine, we’ve seen Hugh Jackman become one of the cornerstones to Fox’s “X-Men” franchise and it might surprise some that he doesn’t…
When you watch ‘Dark Phoenix’ and end up feeling disjointed, it could be that the script was constantly being rewritten while in production.…
There are few film franchises with a more convoluted storyline than the fabled X-Men of comic book lore. The films don’t really work…