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'Devil' Slays 'Kombat'
Andy Gorham, self-titled gentle giant and vanilla gorilla of “Action Twitter,” joins to discuss, obviously, Mortal Kombat II. What went right (an actual Mortal Kombat tournament), what went wrong (the return of Kano meant Cage was redundant...
‘Obsession’ Review: I Like It, but Only as a Friend
Curry Barker’s ambitious, clever morality tale offers a showstopping Inde Navarrette performance amid some engrossing ideas, a sense of melancholy and grimly witty pay-offs.
Obsession (2026)
Box Office: 'Devil 2' and 'Michael' Lord Over Busy Mother's Day Weekend
For the second time since December, a James Cameron movie has only opened “pretty well,” partially as a symptom of an uncommonly healthy theatrical ecosystem.
In all of the (copious) weekend box office news that wasn’t about Mortal Kombat...
Weekend Box Office: 'Mortal Kombat II' Opens, At Least Domestically, Like A Breakout Sequel
The R-rated video game-based follow-up opened to nearly double that of its 2021 predecessor while nearly matching the previous ‘Mortal Kombat’s lifetime domestic totals, but overseas is a different story.
I’m less concerned about Warner Br...
Friday Box Office: Devil (Who Wears Prada) and Michael Jackson Top Billie Ellish, Sheep Detectives
In non-'Mortal Kombat’ news, ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft 3-D’ will mark James Cameron’s first movie to not open atop the weekend charts since ‘The Abyss’ in 1989.
Mortal Kombat II was not the only game in town. The weekend will total $161 millio...
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Scott Mendelson got his industry start in 2008 with a self-piloted film blog titled “Mendelson’s Memos.” In 2013, went to Forbes.com where he wrote for nearly a decade specializing in box office punditry. He then spent a year at The Wrap.
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