A quiet weekend at the box office with ‘The Beekeeper’ on top and some Oscar boosts
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Amazon MGM Studios’ Jason Statham actioner earned $7.4 million to take the No. 1 spot, according to studio estimates Sunday
‘How can someone from drama school learn what you’ve learned?’: How Jason Statham rose from the streets to stardom
The 56-year-old Briton confirms with ‘The Beekeeper’ that he is a true, authentic action hero who gives viewers what they want: beautifully choreographed violence and little dialogue
‘Os Reviento’: The ‘Spanish Statham’ leads guilty pleasure punch-em-up that has triumphed in the US
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Kike Narcea’s movie, currently screening at the Sitges Film Festival, won the audience award at the Fantastic Fest in Austin and best feature film at the Buried Alive Film Festival in Atlanta
From bears on drugs to giant black sharks: This is how B-movies have gone mainstream
Films like ‘Cocaine Bear’ and ‘M3GAN’ are examples of how what used to be cheap, tacky productions for a hardcore niche, has become popular, high-budget commercial cinema
Sylvester Stallone: A legend of classic action cinema becomes a modern superhero
At 76, the star of ‘Rocky’ and ‘Rambo’ produces and features in ‘Samaritan,’ where he gives in to the digital conventions of the superhero genre