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There was a time when singer Brian Johnson might have felt better crashing into a wall at 180 mph than living the rest of his life without being able to perform anymore with legendary rock band AC/DC. The cover of singer Brian Johnson’s new memoir, “The Lives of Brian.”(Dey Street Books / Associated Press) After Johnson was forced to leave the band — and its large-venue performances — in 2016 due to a risk of total hearing loss, the “Back in Black” singer turned to the second love of his life after…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDwayne Johnson has said that he’s far more interested in playing James Bond than a villain in the action franchise.The actor’s grandfather Peter Maivia, who was also a wrestler, played a “bad guy” opposite Sean Connery in the 1967 Bond film You Only Live Twice.In a new interview, Johnson was asked what film series he’d most like to appear in, when he recalled his family connection to…

via Warner Bros. Dwayne Johnson has got to be regarded as the biggest hype man in Hollywood, with the actor’s endless charisma and boundless enthusiasm becoming one of the strongest weapons in his arsenal. The Black Adam star could sell just about anything to anyone, but he may not have to try very hard when it comes to a sequel to the DCEU box office chart-topper. Critics may have burned Jaume Collet-Serra’s superhero blockbuster to the ground, but audiences loved it more than twice as much, and The Rock has…

Black Adam has collected an impressive $140 million (about Rs. 1,157 crore) at the global box office on its opening weekend. Out of that figure, $73 million (about Rs. 603 crore) were pulled from overseas markets, including India, which saw an early release on October 20. The DC Comics film also serves as lead Dwayne Johnson's career-best opening outside the Fast and the Furious franchise — as a solo star. Black Adam had a production budget of $195 million (about Rs. 1,611 crore), and is now out in cinemas, in English,…

Brendan Fraser ruled the box office in the latter part of the '90s and early 2000s with hits such as George of the Jungle, Bedazzled, and two of the best action movies of all time, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. But in the 2010s, Fraser wasn't being offered the same types of leading roles, and his star seemed to fade. Well, he's finally back and starring in a role that appears to be career-defining; Darren Aronofsky's The Whale. Fraser's performance has been getting a lot of praise, including an emotional six-minute…

Warner Bros. As expected, Black Adam has roared to the top of the box office both at home and abroad, setting a new record for star and producer Dwayne Johnson in the process. The latest estimates have the DCEU blockbuster coming in at a robust $67 million, which makes it the highest-grossing opening weekend for a feature film with the 50 year-old action icon front-and-center in the lead role. Globally, the introduction of the Man in Black has already brought in $140 million, so things are off to a flying star…

Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images It goes without saying that Dwayne Johnson doesn’t make movies to appeal to critics, with the A-list superstar having built his brand almost entirely around crowd-pleasing blockbusters, so it’s no surprise that Black Adam has become the latest to split opinion down the middle. What’s interesting, though, is the sheer size of the discrepancy. If we look at the actor and producer’s last three major starring roles, it’s eye-opening to see the vast difference in opinion between…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDwayne Johnson has hit out at Black Adam’s critics in a post celebrating the film’s commercial success.The film, in which Johnson play the DC antihero, was mauled by reviewers in the week before the film’s release on Friday (21 October).Consequently, Black Adam has a 41 per cent critic score on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, which at the time of writing was based on 209…

As the 2023 awards season approaches, Brendan Fraser seems to be the current frontrunner for the Best Actor race at the Academy Awards, due to his performance in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale. On the festival circuit, the movie has received massive praise and standing ovations and, at TIFF, Fraser was honored with an award -- and the crowd had an emotional reaction to seeing him on stage. The actor’s The Mummy Returns co-star, Dwayne Johnson, has also been watching his buddy's comeback and is all in on Fraser reaching…

via Warner Bros. Though The Rock’s champion of Kahndaq is the supposed star of the show, a deluge of DCEU devotees seem to have decided that another character is the actual best part about Black Adam, which is now finally out in theaters. Fans were delighted when former James Bond Pierce Brosnan was announced to be part of the movie as cult favorite Justice Society hero Doctor Fate, and now that we’re getting to see the film everyone’s overjoyed that he’s just as awesome in the role as we expected. Dwayne…