Jackson Weaver is a Senior Writer at CBC's entertainment news team in Toronto. He covers a range of topics within the arts and entertainment realm, including film and cinema, music, theater, and the fashion industry. Jackson's work has been featured in VICE Media, CBC, and the Philippine Canadian Inquirer.
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The Odyssey hasn't finished its dominant run at the box office, as it pulled in $1.1 billion US following its July 17 release as of this weekend.
While The End of Oak Street is at times genuinely fun and somewhat original, there does seem to be something missing from what's been widely crowned the summer blockbuster we've all been waiting for.
By: Jackson Weaver
The End of Oak Street gives dinosaurs a scientific makeover, from feathers to mating behaviour. CBC News asks paleontologists what the movie gets right — and what remains a prehistoric mystery.
By: Jackson Weaver
Insidious: Out of the Further stumbles, falters and fails the longer it wears on — showing its age and flimsiness as its various and incompatible tones clash, all over a plot that feels just a little too rote to sustain our interest when combined with an intentional lack of actual fear.
The Dog Stars is about the same thing as every other post-apocalypse film you've seen, but this time without the guts or energy to make it believably harrowing.
The Dog Stars is about the same thing as every other post-apocalypse film you've seen, but this time without the guts or energy to make it believably harrowing.
The Dog Stars, 20th Century Fox's post-apocalypse blockbuster blunder, bombed at the box office this weekend, earning just $19.3M US — a dismal start for the Ridley Scott directed, Jacob Elordi-led feature that cost an estimated $80 million US to make. It was one of the most underwhelming openings for a mainstream Hollywood release in a year that hasn't exactly been short of disappointing films.
By: Jackson Weaver
The Dog Stars, 20th Century Fox's post-apocalypse blockbuster blunder, bombed at the box office this weekend, earning just $19.3M US — a dismal start for the Ridley Scott directed, Jacob Elordi-led feature that cost an estimated $80 million US to make. It was one of the most underwhelming openings for a mainstream Hollywood release in a year that hasn't exactly been short of disappointing films.
It would be depressing for a movie like Mayday to work, given that it's really just a form of propaganda. Which makes it all the more difficult to admit that Mayday, starring Kenneth Branagh and Ryan Reynolds, actually does completely work.
The Debut is a movie that blends comedy, horror and drama so effectively it's impossible to define it as one. And it's a movie that does so by showcasing one of the most incredible, and endearing, acting tour-de-forces of a lifetime from Julianne Moore.
