Original US release date: May 2, 2003 Production budget: $110,000,000 Worldwide gross: $407,711,549 Not too long ago, I did a #ThrowbackThursday column that took a look back at the original X-Men film. Now I'm back to reflect upon the much-lauded follow up, X2: X-Men United. This sequel saw Bryan Singer return to the director's chair to continue... Continue Reading →
#ThrowbackThursday – House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Original US release date: October 29, 1999 Production budget: $37,000,000 Worldwide gross: $65,090,541 Remaking a Vincent Price classic from forty years prior, 1999's House on Haunted Hill from director William Malone (Feardotcom) was a bit outside the norm for a horror movie in the nineties. Scream rejuvenated the slasher film craze, and it was then followed... Continue Reading →
#ThrowbackThursday – X-Men
Original US release date: July 14, 2000 Production budget: $75,000,000 Worldwide gross: $296,339,527 Ahh, the good old days. Don't get me wrong. I thoroughly enjoy the landscape of comic book movies, these days. But when Bryan Singer's original X-Men was released in 2000, the film was the realization of a lifelong dream for comic book... Continue Reading →