Movies

I just saw the latest trailer for the movie "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" starring Tom Cruise and yep, there's Judd!

The Blair Witch Project was such a success partly because of the film’s marketing-- even though we all know it’s not, a lot of it’s popularity came about because of the insistence that it was all real. Now it looks like the surprise sequel Blair Witch might be capitalizing on that phenomenon with a new viral marketing plan.

I remember a time when Lafayette had an abundance of movie theaters. There’s 5 right off the top of my head that I can remember going to as a little school child. Let’s get nostalgic, people! Here’s 5 movie theaters that Lafayette used to have, and the stories that go with them.

Despite receiving overwhelmingly negative reviews, Suicide Squad opened with record-smashing numbers, obliterating the record set by Guardians of the Galaxy back in 2014. And yet, the box office of summer 2016 has taught us one thing: anything can happen after that opening weekend and it probably will. This certainly looks like a huge victory for Warner Bros. and their DC Extended Universe right now, but who knows what next week will bring?

This has been one of the strangest summers in recent memory when it comes to box office analysis, not because so many high profile movies have disappointed (although that has certainly been interesting), but because so many new releases are hanging out in the grey zone between hit and misfire. In an era where the success of so many movies is determined purely by opening weekend numbers, we’ve spent the past few months watching as movies has defied expectations after a weak opening or rode a solid opening into oblivion. The cut-and-dried successes can be counted on one hand.

It took a movie about adorable talking dogs and cats to dethrone the movie about the adorable talking fish. The Secret Life of Pets dominated the box office this weekend, making it the third 2016 family movie about chatty animals to make a huge splash. If this concept wasn’t as old as the animation medium itself, we could call this a trend.

Although the holiday weekend brought out a slew of new releases to compete for the top spot at the box office, this week’s top 10 was, once again, dominated by Finding Dory. The Legend of Tarzan, The Purge: Election Year and The BFG ultimately couldn’t quite match up to Pixar’s forgetful fish, but the final results were all over the place. This chart is very much a roller coaster of expectations being met and missed.

There are six movies coming out soon starring Hollywood big shots like Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg, Academy Award nominee John Malkovich, Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey, Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate, Tom Cruise and many more.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Finding Dory opened at number one at the box office this week and did enormous business, but the folks at Disney and Pixar must be breathing a sigh of relief. After all, last year’s The Good Dinosaur was the first film to come out of the venerable animation studio that could be considered a legitimate box office disappointment, especially since it came in the wake of the massively successful Inside Out. The massive opening weekend for the sequel to Finding Nemo repositions Pixar in its rightful place on the top of the animated movie food chain.

The documentary about former New Orleans Saints player Steve Gleason will be in select theaters July 29th.

Action star Hugh Jackman is in Louisiana filming the latest Wolverine movie.

Real superheroes don't wear capes. They wear socks with sandals! Here's to fatherhood and a really unique way to describe the job.

The Grand Theatre on Ambassador is hooking up the kiddos this summer with their Summer Kids' Flicks series!

Hostess Brands and Sony Pictures have teamed up for a limited-edition flavor, key lime slime.

Are we really that surprised? Of course Captain Jean-Luc Picard enjoyed his first po-boy ever. He didn't specify what kind of po-boy he had, but he did post a picture of where he tried it.

If you're a Disney fan, here's a bit of news that you're going to love. Netflix has just announced they are now the exclusive streaming provider of Disney's films. That opens the door for a bunch of new possibilities, like finally being able to stream Star Wars!

Acadiana's own James James Dupré and Randy Travis will be coming to Opelousas on May 21 for the premiere of their inspirational film 'The Price'.

A little movie called Captain America: Civl War came out this weekend and made the exact kind of money you’d expect it to make. The thirteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe didn’t have the biggest opening in the series’ history, but it was close enough. It’s easily the biggest opening for a Captain America solo movie (albeit ballooned by a co-starring role for Iron Man) and it managed to open bigger than its chief rival this year, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. That’s certainly a win.

We're taking a look back to when actor Christian Kane and the cast of the film '50 -1' the Movie (about Acadiana's own Calvin Borel) stopped by to talk about this awesome Kentucky Derby film.

Here are the top 5 most popular actors and actresses from Lafayette according to IMDb.