Podcast: Talking THE INVISIBLE MAN, EMMA., INDIANA JONES 5, She-Hulk, GUNS AKIMBO & More

On this week's show, Travis and John review Blumhouse's THE INVISIBLE MAN, quickly give their thoughts on EMMA., and talk about the future of INDIANA JONES 5 without Steven Spielberg in the director's chair. Is James Mangold a step in the right direction, or what? Also, those She-Hulk rumors with Alison Brie, the Guns AKIMBO controversy, and more. Follow the Punch Drunk Critics and Cinema Royale! https://www.spreaker.com/show/cinema-royale_1 twitter.com/punchycritictwitter.com/punchdrunkjohntwitter.com/pdcmovieshttps://www.facebook.com/Cinemaroyaleshow/ Listen...

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Box Office: 'The Invisible Man' Opens Eyes With $49M Worldwide

1. The Invisible Man (review)- $29M Blumhouse and Universal's horror reimagining The Invisible Man made itself quite seen with a $29M domestic debut, part of a $49M worldwide weekend. That should help take some of the sting of Fantasy Island's lousy launch just a couple of weeks ago for Blumhouse. In my review, I asked the question what Universal's "Dark Universe" brand might've been if it had launched with this rather than the blockbuster dud...

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'Y: The Last Man' Series Adds 'Warcraft' Star Ben Schnetzer As Yorick Brown

FX's Y: The Last Man series, officially just-titled Y, has had its share of problems getting off the ground. The latest hurdle saw star Barry Keoghan drop out, leaving the show in the lurch for a few weeks. But now it's being reported that Warcraft actor Barry Schnetzer has been cast to replace him, taking on the role of Yorick Brown. Schnetzer joins the adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra's acclaimed comic book series, about a calamity...

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SyFy Expands Its Original Series Offerings With 'Day of the Dead' and 'The Surrealtor'

Everyone's got OC these days...if you don't have some serious scripted content of your own you just aren't running with the big boys. Sure, there's the Breaking Bad and Mad Men of the world but some of my favorite shows from the last 10 years have been rather offbeat type shows on specialized channels. The shows that you KNOW wouldn't have even made it past the pitch stage back in the days of the big 3. This funky wonderland of scripted cable...

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Review: 'EMMA.' Anya Taylor-Joy And Johnny Flynn Breathe Sexy New Life Into This Austen Classic

Handsome. Clever. Rich. Though those words were penned by Jane Austen to describe the titular character Emma in her beloved comedy, they certainly describe Focus Features’ newest adaption of the same work.EMMA. is certainly handsome with gorgeous costumes and set design, pops of color seem to fly off the screen. It’s clever, using sexuality as a way to bring out an unseen side of the classic. The film’s richness, however might be its downfall,...

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Review: ‘The Whistlers’, A Film Noir Where No One Is Clean As A Whistle

Mobsters and the police hunting them down. Corruption and deceit. Surveillance, backstabbing, robberies, and of course…whistling – what else would you expect from a modern-day film noir? Well writer/director Corneliu Porumboiu gives us all of this and more in The Whistlers. Cristi (Vlad Ivanov), a narcotics detective, gets pulled into a seedy web of crime – and at the center of it is a group of mobsters. He is taken to the island of La...

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'Radium Girls' Trailer: Joey King And Abby Quinn Expose A Radium Scandal

Worker rights is one of those issues we tend to take for granted, but the safe working conditions we have were earned by those who fought, and often died, to get them. One of these great American stories that has gone mostly unnoticed gets its due on the big screen with Radium Girls, which stars the promising duo of actresses Joey King and Abby Quinn. If you don't know, the "Radium Girls" were the female factory workers who contracted radiation...

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Alison Brie Give Awkward Denial Of Recent She-Hulk Rumors

Rumors are something that must be wade through like a thick bog every single day, but that goes double or even triple whenever Marvel has a new project in the works.  Most of those stories turn out to be crap, and you just gotta pick what sounds real and roll with it. One rumor that gained traction recently had Alison Brie being eyed for the role of She-Hulk in Marvel's Disney+ series, but according to the actress herself, there's nothing...

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Review: 'Disappearance At Clifton Hill', Kidnapping Mystery Fizzles Out Despite Strong Performances

A troubled young woman named Abby (Tuppence Middleton) returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls, where the memory of a long-ago kidnapping quickly ensnares her. Albert Shin's latest feature film Disappearance at Clifton Hill starts off with a bang. A creepy opening lets us in on an unnerving scene. A young child is with her family in the Niagara Falls area taking pictures with one another. So far, so normal right? However, right out...

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'The High Note' Trailer: Dakota Johnson & Tracee Ellis Ross Star In Music Comedy From 'Late Night' Director

Almost exactly one year after her comedy Late Night was a big festival darling, director Nisha Ganatra returns with another film centered on women in the entertainment industry. The High Note (formerly titled Covers) pairs up Tracee Ellis Ross and Dakota Johnson in a music world comedy about a superstar singer and her personal assistant with dreams of making it big. The dynamic between Ross and Johnson is pretty similar to that of Emma Thompson...

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