Action Hero of the Week: Will Rutledge
Meteorologist Will Rutledge gets drawn into helping Treasury agent Casey Corbyn when a group of thieves try to rob a branch of the Federal Reserve during a massive hurricane and kidnap Will’s brother, Breeze.
Review: Skyscraper
The Rock battles a raging inferno and a gang of dangerous criminals in the Towering Inferno/Die Hard mash-up Skyscraper.
It’s a Die Hard Disaster in Skyscraper (Trailer)
The Rock’s big summer blockbuster, Skyscraper, pits The Rock’s former soldier/FBI agent turned security consultant up against a massive skyscraper on fire that also has a crew of criminals looking to rob something from within the building.
Idris Elba and Kate Winslet Try to Survive the Wilderness in The Mountain Between Us (Trailer)
Idris Elba and Kate Winslet are strangers who book a charter flight together when their flights home are cancelled but they crash land in a remote area of the Rocky Mountains and have to rely on each other to survive.
Battle at the Box Office 10/24
Boo! A Madea Halloween had the best opening for the Madea series and the fourth best opening for Tyler Perry overall while Keeping Up with the Joneses is the second disaster in a row for Zach Galifinakis and Ouija: Origin of Evil couldn’t top it’s predecessor.
Musical Montage: Grace Jones “Storm”
Despite WB probably wanting a James Bond style franchise from their 1998 reboot of The Avengers, even hiring Sean Connery himself as the villain, the only thing that really feels Bondesque is the credits song by Grace Jones.
Mark Wahlberg Faces Another Real Life Disaster in Deepwater Horizon (Trailer)
Dramatizing the 2010 oil disaster, Deepwater Horizon stars Mark Wahlberg, John Malkovich and Kurt Russell as crew members of the titular doomed oil rig.
Action Hero of the Week: Teri Halloran
As if flying into a Class 6 storm with no pilots wasn’t bad enough, flight attendant Teri Halloran also has to deal with a psychotic serial killer who is loose on her plane.