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The Martian keeps the rescue coming, while Pan walks the plank. Story by Matt Cummings As discussed in our Inside the Bucket podcast this weekend, the US box office proved once again that legitimately bad press can kill a movie long before it gets released. Meanwhile, Ridley Scott's newest film continues to impress. Leading the box office for the second consecutive week is The Martian with a very good $37.01m haul, dropping only 32% from its release. That's better than 2014's Interstellar , which dropped 40% in its second week. Riding high on critical and popular praise, the Matt Damon survival film has already made a stunning $108.72m by emphasizing friendly teamwork and no manufactured drama. Remaining at a distant No. 2 was Hotel Transylvania 2 , with an estimated $20.42m, dropping only 38% in its third week. The Adam Sandler/Selena Gomez animated follow-up is really the only game in town for families, but that's not the only reason why it...

The Ridley Scott film could be the biggest October opening ever. Story by Matt Cummings If August 2015 broke all kinds of box office records for infamy, October 2015 could do the same but in the more preferred direction. The beginning of the Oscar season kicked off with two very good showings, even though the specter of serious disappointment has already claimed one hopeful submission. Coming in at No. 1 was Science-Fiction epic The Martian with a stunning $55m haul, which nearly doubles the performance of the No. 2 film. Martian is only $700,000 behind the Oscar winner Gravity , which is also about an American astronaut stranded in space and needing a rescue. Director Ridley Scott is back in a big way with The Martian , which tells of astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) surviving on Mars until a rescue mission can reach him. We loved the movie (read our review HERE ), so it was no surprise it resonated with both fans and critics. The impressive performance is jus...

This week's episode of Inside the Bucket is online! Revel in the digital mastery! This week's edition of Inside the Bucket arrives without a hitch and ready to throw down this week's juiciest movie and television news and reviews upon your ears. Matt is joined by Brandon as they break down the best movie and television news from our website SANDWICHJOHNFILMS.COM . As usualy, the show begins with all the style of a bull and full of greasy attitude, as the boys discuss this week's hottest TV and movie news. Topics include Director Ridley Scott's announcement of the title for Prometheus 2 (which interestingly is NOT the title), Actress Sigourney Weaver's appearance in the new Ghostbusters movie, and Actor Tom Hiddleston's possible future in the MCU. They also discuss the slowly-recovering box office, while Matt geeks out at the arrival of The Avengers: Age of Ultron on Blu-ray this week. After a raucous musical interlude, they return to th...

The sappy dramedy The Intern gets the new man so horribly wrong. Review by Matt Cummings In Director Nancy Meyers' dramedy The Intern , the retired widower Ben (Robert DeNiro) seeks to give new meaning to his life when he applies for a senior intern program with a fashionable clothing website. At first, the 70-year-old is seriously out of place among an overwhelming amount of hipster men, none of whom seem to have their fahsion or personal games together. But the most difficult person in the office is his boss/owner Jules (Anne Hathaway), who doesn't think she needs the insights of a seemingly old-school tie-wearing retiree. But soon, challenges to her business and home life force Ben into action as the two form a bond that reveals all sorts of unexpected results, with Ben as the indispensable asset and Jules the tough negotiator. Director Meyers seems to think that the modern man can be divided into hipsters and older gentlemen who still wear a tie to work....