Tag: Richard Brake

Sisu: Road to Revenge Box Office Prediction

Writer-director Jalmari Helander reunites with leading man Jorma Tommila for the Finnish action sequel Sisu: Road to Revenge on November 21st. Following up on the 2023 original which performed decently stateside, Stephen Lang and Richard Brake costar in the Sony distributed World War II era shoot-em-up.

Back in April of 2023, Sisu opened to $3.3 million on just over 1000 screens and ended with $7.3 million in its domestic coffers. The follow-up is slated to double the venue count at approximately 2000. That should mean a higher gross though the per screen average might be lower. Mid single digits is the probable result.

Sisu: Road to Revenge opening weekend prediction: $4 million

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Wicked: For Good Box Office Prediction

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Rental Family Box Office Prediction

Oscar Predictions: The Last Stop in Yuma County

Francis Galluppi appears to be a writer/director to watch based on reaction to his debut The Last Stop in Yuma County. The crime thriller is out in limited fashion and on streaming services this weekend. Critics are praising the tight B-movie with an effective albeit familiar script, according to various write-ups. The cast includes Jim Cummings, Jocelin Donahue, Sierra McCormick, Nicholas Logan, Michael Abbott Jr., Connor Paolo, Alex Essoe, Robin Bartlett, Sam Huntington, Barbara Crampton, Gene Jones, Faizon Love, and Richard Brake.

With a sturdy 98% on RT, this could be a cult classic in waiting. It’s doubtful that the genre exercise will flex any muscle with awards branches. My Oscar Prediction posts will continue…

Barbarian Review

Zach Cregger’s Barbarian is really three movies in its 100 minutes and you won’t see two of them coming. You won’t find this Blu-Ray laying around at an Airbnb for your viewing enjoyment (I realize there’s probably not many Blu-Rays laying around anyway). Your viewing enjoyment may depend on your tolerance for gross out scares and if that’s up your alley, this offers some genuine surprises.

Tess (Georgina Campbell) pulls up to a bad Detroit neighborhood to stay at the aforementioned company’s property. She has a job interview the next morning and is shocked to find someone else trying to catch some shuteye. Keith (Bill Skarsgard) is just as confused until they discover the property has been double booked.

For a little while, we’re led to think this could be a meet cute heading down rom com territory. Not so much. It’s hard to forget that Mr. Skarsgard donned creepy makeup recently as Pennywise in the It parts. The couple is instead heading down to the basement where there’s plenty of dank discoveries to uncover.

This is about where spoilers come into play and I do suggest watching Barbarian cold. We do have Justin Long in the mix as a sitcom actor going through a Me Too moment and other cast members whose house appearances shall remain a secret.

I give credit to Cregger, a sitcom actor himself and comedian, for a screenplay that veers into unexpected places. It also tackles some dark subjects while keeping the primary objective in focus. That’s to provide a frightening stay at this setting that wouldn’t merit many stars. On that note, just how were the reviews from previous guests? This creation does merit a referral for horror fans.