Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World Might Be A Big Box Office Gamble

January was a pretty quiet month at the box office, even by January standards, which are not particularly high. (That is, unless you live in China where films like “Ne Zha 2” exploded and shattered records, but I digress.) But as is customary in the 2010s and beyond, Marvel is here to save the day … hopefully. “Captain America: Brave New World” is hitting theaters next weekend, and it’s a lock to deliver 2025’s first blockbuster opening, which theaters could sorely use. The question is, can it be a big success like a pre-pandemic superhero film? Or is Marvel Studios rolling the dice with this one?

Heart Eyes Has A Fun Post-Credits Scene Worth Sticking Around For

This post contains major spoilers for “Heart Eyes.” One part rom-com, one part slasher movie, all bloody good fun, “Heart Eyes” is in many ways the perfect Valentine’s Day entertainment. It’s got a masked killer themed around the holiday, a genuinely fun “will they, won’t they” romance at the center of it between Olivia Holt’s Ally and Mason Gooding’s Jay, and it plays expertly with two well-trodden genres. Credit to director Josh Ruben, who previously helmed the acclaimed video game movie “Werewolves Within,” and screenwriters Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon (“Happy Death Day”), and Michael Kennedy (“Freaky”).