Pacific Rim and Grown Ups 2

Pacific Rim

In the near future, giant monsters known as “Kaiju” have risen from a portal in a crevasse beneath the Pacific Ocean, resulting in a war that takes millions of lives and consumes humanity’s resources for years on end.

To combat the Kaiju, massive robots, piloted by humans, called “Jaegers” are developed to fight off the menace. But even they prove vulnerable against the giant monsters. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes to make a final stand.

Robbie Collin of The Telegraph says, “At first, watching Pacific Rim feels like rediscovering a favorite childhood cartoon – but del Toro has flooded the project with such affection and artistry that, rather than smiling nostalgically, you find yourself enchanted all over again.” Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter writes, “Guillermo del Toro’s imaginative sci-fi epic is everything that monster movies since the beginning of time might have wished they could be.” Angela Watercutter of Wired writes, “Pacific Rim is literally the most awesome movie of the summer.”

Boxoffice.com is predicting that Pacific Rim opens at  around $38M this weekend. I’m going to put my prediction out there and guess $52M+.

07/17/2013 Edit: I was most certainly wrong. Pacific Rim opened at almost $38M on the dot.

Rating: PG-13 // Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi // Runtime: 2 hr. and 11 min. // Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi // Directed by: Guillermo del Toro // Written by: Travis Beacham & Guillermo del Toro // Produced by: Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures // Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Grown Ups 2

The all-star comedy cast from Grown Ups returns for more summertime laughs. Since the end of the first film, Lenny (Adam Sandler) has moved his family back to his hometown where the kids can ride bikes to school, and he gets to hang out with pals: Eric (Kevin James), Kurt (Chris Rock), and Marcus (David Spade).  What quickly becomes obvious is that between old bullies, new bullies, schizophrenic bus drivers, drunk cops and costumed party crashers, sometimes crazy follows you.

Boxoffice.com predicts that Grown Ups 2 will open at $47M.

Grown Ups 2, Bravo Design Inc.

Rating: PG-13 // Genre: Comedy // Runtime: 1 hr. and 41 min. // Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello // Directed by: Dennis Dugan // Written by: Fred Wolf, Adam Sandler, Tim Herlihy // Produced by: Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) // Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing