Alaska’s last two Blockbuster video stores are calling it quits, leaving just one store open in the U.S.
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On July 15, 1988, Bruce Willis burst onto movie screens as John McClane, the lone hero trying mightily to save his wife from inside a tall building, in “Die Hard.”
Tab Hunter, the blond actor and singer who was a heartthrob for millions of teenagers in the 1950s and received new attention decades later when he revealed that he was gay, has died. He was 86.
Despite its heroes’ diminutive size, “Ant-Man and the Wasp” opened with typical Marvel might at the box office, with an estimated $76 million in ticket sales.
A little Ant-Man goes a long way.
The “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” dinosaurs ruled the box office for a second weekend in a row, but also left a little room for more modest newcomers like “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” and the basketball comedy “Uncle Drew” to over-perform in the crowded marketplace.
One of the least likely sequels since “Weekend at Bernie’s 2,” “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” seems engineered for maximum confusion.
Some films adapt classic works of literature. Others stem from original ideas fashioned by revered auteurs.
“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” surpassed expectations to open with $150 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canada theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Han Solo’s Blaster from the “Return of the Jedi” has sold for $550,000 at a Las Vegas auction.
A heist took place in the Silverton casino in the summer of 2017. It had all the basic ingredients of a Hollywood movie: spy gadgets, angry pit bosses and henchmen carrying firearms.
“Bandstand,” the Broadway-fashioned show conceived in Las Vegas that actually made it to Broadway, lives on.
Chris Pratt’s having a big summer with “Avengers: Infinity War” hitting it big at the box office, and now “Jurassic World: Hidden Kingdom” opening this weekend.
It’s been three years since the theme park was destroyed, and now Isla Nublar itself is in danger. There’s an active volcano on the island, ready to erupt at any minute, that will kill every last remaining dinosaur.