Inside Out provides emotional manipulation the whole family is meant to enjoy, but Jake Gyllenhaal struggles to make contact in a predictable boxing drama
August 2015
Box office analysis: UK
Hot Pursuit goes tepid as Mission: Impossible tops UK box office
Hot Pursuit: Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara cook a big turkey
The usually reliable Reese Witherspoon and Sofía Vergara produced their latest comedy vehicle themselves. So how did they make such a turkey?
May 2015
Box office analysis: global
Pitch Perfect 2 picks up women left in wasteland by Mad Max: Fury Road
‘Feminist’ blockbuster draws Mad Max faithful – but not women – while Avengers: Age of Ultron pulls $154m in six days in China – the country’s second-highest take ever
Box office analysis: global
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara stall in Hot Pursuit of female filmgoers
The stars’ mismatched-buddy comedy opens poorly, but the female-fronted Pitch Perfect 2 starts well in Australia
First look review
Hot Pursuit review – Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon’s winning chemistry
An uptight cop protects a glamorous gangster’s moll in a buddy movie that plays true to the format while injecting some snappily bitchy fun
