Patriots Day

Hidden Figures,’ ‘patriot’s Day’ In Tight Race, ‘monster Trucks,’ ‘live By Night’ Brace To Flop

... sales with “Patriot’s Day” having a slight edge. “Bye Bye Man,” a PG-13 horror film, and “Sleepless,” an action-thriller with Jamie Foxx, are eyeing debuts of $10 million and $8 million, respectively. STX backed “Bye Bye Man,” which focuses on the discovery of a shadowy figure responsible for evil acts, while Open Road is distributing “Sleepless,” the story of a morally compromised detective whose family is threatened. The weekend’s other new release, Paramount’s “Monster Trucks,” is shaping up to be a huge bomb. The studio has already taken an $115 million write-down on the family film and is eyeing a debut of between $8 million and $10 million. That’s a disastrous result for a film with a $125 million price tag. “Monster Trucks” focuses on a high school student (Lucas Till) whose truck gets taken over by a CGI monster. The studio will also expand “ Silence ,” a religious epic that Martin Scorsese has labored for two decades to bring to the screen. The story of Jesuit priests in feudal Japan ...

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross On ‘patriots Day,’ New Nine Inch Nails Ep, And How Social Media Creates A ‘toxic Environment’ For Music

... there is a certain tried-and-true formula. To me, I think of the big, banging tympani drums and the swelling emotional orchestra, which works. But I think the idea of being in service to a story like this — being able to be honest with ourselves in terms of where we lie musically and what we think’s best — involved finding a process that was interesting to us so we could spend the next three months having fun and learning. It is delicate. It is a story of humanity, at the end of the day. You’ll notice when the bombs go off, we’re not blasting with drums or whatever. And there’s a number of interconnected storylines. We’re tracking five different stories, so there are five different themes in terms of music. What was the greatest challenge. REZNOR: There was a backdrop of having a pretty hectic pace. It always felt like we were sprinting, as ...

Live By Night, Patriots Day

... Till, Jane Levy, Barry Pepper, Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe) - Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp, a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend. The Bye Bye Man (Horror, Suspense/Thriller, PG-13, Starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Faye Dunaway, Douglas Smith, Cressida Bonas, Lucien Laviscount) - People commit unthinkable acts every day. Time and again, we grapple to understand what drives a person to do such terrible things. But what if all of the questions we're asking are wrong? What if the cause of all evil is not a matter of what.but who? When three college friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, they discover that there is only one way to avoid his curse: don't think it, don't say it. But once the Bye Bye Man gets inside your head, he takes control. Is there a way ...

Patriots Day,' 'hidden Figures' To Lead Tight Mlk Weekend Box Office

... runs. Paramount’s “Monster Trucks” is looking at a $15 million four-day weekend, easily a disappointment given it’s production cost of a reported $125 million. In September, the studio’s parent company Viacom reported a $115-million writedown for a movie believed to be “Monster Trucks.” The studio is being a little more conservative with an $8 million to $10 million opening weekend estimate. Also Read: Martin Scorsese's 'Silence,' 'Patriots Day' Lead Indie Box Office. “Monster Trucks” stars the voices of Lucas Till, Rob Lowe, Danny Glover and Jane Levy. Directed by Chris Wedge, the movie will also play in 3 D and has a score of 26 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Ben Affleck’s “Live By Night” is expanding wide in 2,700 plus locations this weekend. Warner Bros. is expecting around $10 million for the four-day ...

Jimmy O. Yang Gets Serious In ‘patriots Day

... Especially getting to work with Pete and Mark and then getting to meet the real guy. “I met Danny about two weeks before filming. I had asked for his number and we’d spoken on the phone. At first I was super careful and didn’t want to ask anything too deep or upsetting. So the first phone call was just me getting to know him, and it turned out we have a lot of stuff of common. We both speak Mandarin. We’re both big foodies. We’re both the same age. He’s literally the nicest guy. “The funny thing is, he hadn’t watched ‘Silicon Valley’ yet but he’d seen me on ‘2 Broke Girls,’ which was my very first job. I only have two lines on that show but I guess there aren’t many Asian people on TV so he remembered me. It’s also one of the most popular shows in China. “He made himself so available to answer all my questions. I was bugging the hell out of him. He even came to the set. Nobody will really catch this but in the scene where I’m talking to the girl at the pizza place, he’s an extra sitting right next to me at the next table. “Each piece he gave me really helped with the character. We talked about his state of mind when he ran into that gas station, which is a pivotal ...

Patriot's Day'; 'sleepless

... (No review). “Passengers” (PG-13): Norwegian director Morten Tyldum follows up his brilliant features “Headhunter” and “The Imitation Game” with a disappointing entry that tries to graft a solid love story on top of a weak, badly-conceived sci-fi adventure. Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt have great chemistry as two passengers on a 120-year intergalactic flight whose hypersleep pods malfunction. The only two people awake on a ship of 5,000 they embark on a troubled romance that gets all wonky when they have to save the ship from blowing up. “Office Christmas Party” (R): Hoping to close a sale and save their jobs, two co-workers (Jason Bateman, T. J. Miller) must rally their colleagues to throw an epic Christmas party. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (PG-13): Director Gareth Edwards (“Monsters”) delivers a passable minor prequel to 1977’s “Star Wars” featuring Felicity Jones as a reluctant rebel hero who takes on the Empire to save her scientist dad (Mads Mikkelsen), who happens to be the guy who built the Death Star from the 1977 masterpiece. Costarring Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna and Donnie Yen, this would have been a fun, effective ...

Gloucester Woman Wins Speaking Role In 'patriots Day

... commercialized. It was really emotional and educational because there was a lot in the film about what went on behind the scenes during the search for the bombers,” O’Connell said of the movie. She believes the film will give viewers a better understanding of what went on during the manhunt. “I think it’s what America needs right now. It gives a sense of community, and urgency that when a person is in trouble, everybody jumped to help, especially with the cops in such bad light recently with all the shootings,” O”Connell said. “In this film, the police are portrayed in a heroic fashion.”. O’Connell also said she thought the film was groundbreaking for male Asian actors. “It’s been great for Jimmy Yang. He was an Asian American actor portraying a heroic role. A lot of times Hollywood tends to portray Asian males as comedic or nerdy and this movie was different,” she said. “He was awesome to work with. It was all just so natural.”. When asked if she met Mark Wahlberg, she said he had left by the time she was filming. “I think I saw Kevin Bacon at one point. I just didn’t know who he was. He played the role of an FBI special agent,” she added. Mom Joy ...

Patriots Day,’ ‘hell Or High Water’ Production Designer Strives For Accuracy

... the Boston Marathon bombing of “ Patriots Day ,” yet production designer Tom Duffield approached both stories the same way: He strove for accuracy. This story first appeared in the January 11, 2017 issue of Variety. Subscribe today. See more. Scottish director David Mackenzie looked to Duffield to supply a dusty decor for the modern Western, telling the designer he “didn’t know much about the American West” and was relying on him to “make it right.”. “We actually went on a scout through West Texas to see where Taylor Sheridan based the script,” says Duffield, “but due to a limited budget, producers wanted to shoot in New Mexico [to take advantage of the tax rebate]. I had to figure out how to deliver that same look in an entirely different state.”. The crew shot in a handful of New Mexico ...