DVD & Blu-ray: THE MULE (2018) - Directed by and Starring Clint Eastwood

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Product Description: Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well—so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn’t the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the mysterious new drug mule has also hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates. And even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl’s past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it’s uncertain if he’ll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement, or the cartel’s enforcers, catch up to him.

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Weekend Box-Office: AQUAMAN Still King for a Second Consecutive Weekend

Not surprisingly, "Aquaman" is still the top movie at the box-office in the last weekend of 2018, while "Mary Poppins" and "Bumblebee" continue to perform well. New releases "Vice" and "Holmes and Watson" failed to make much of an impact against such tough competition.

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THE MULE Trailer, Music Video, Featurettes, Images and Poster

"The Mule" is a crime drama directed and produced by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by Nick Schenk ("Narcos", "Gran Torino") based on the New York Times Magazine Article "The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year Old Drug Mule" by Sam Dolnick.

In his first starring role since 2008's "Gran Torino", and his first big screen appearance since 2012's "Trouble With the Curve", Eastwood stars in "The Mule" as a 90-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran who becomes a "mule" for a Mexican drug cartel in order to avoid financial ruin. The film also stars Bradley Cooper, Taissa Farmiga, Alison Eastwood, Michael Pena, Dianne Wiest, Andy Garcia, Laurence Fishburne and Clifton Collins Jr..

"The Mule" opened in theaters on December 14, 2018 and received mixed reviews from critics. It opened in second place at the box-office, grossing $17.2 million from just 2,588 theaters.

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Weekend Box-Office: SPIDER-MAN - INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Largest December Animated Debut

Yet another Marvel property dominates the box-office this weekend. Sony's animated film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" managed to top the charts and score a December record. Meanwhile, Clint Eastwood's "The Mule" made a solid debut, while the Peter Jackson-produced fantasy adventure "Mortal Engines" tanked.

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In Theaters: SPIDER-MAN - INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, MORTAL ENGINES, THE MULE and More

After a couple of quiet weeks, we have some interesting high-profile releases in theaters. The first is the Sony-Marvel animated film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse", which is an extremely imaginative entry in the Spider-man franchise that has already picked up an extremely enthusiastic response from both critics (98% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and moviegoers (94% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes). Even though it has "Ralph Breaks the Internet" and "The Grinch" to contend with, pundits are predicting a debut between $40-50 million.

Another major release is the post-apocalyptic adventure film "Mortal Engines" based on the novel of the same name by Philip Reeve. The film is produced by Peter Jackson and boasts a pretty huge reported budget between $100-150 million. Reviews for the film have been terrible, so far, and moviegoers seem to agree. Predictions for the film indicate a modest $11 million debut from 3,103 theaters, which would set it back quite a bit.

The last of the new wide releases is the drug trafficking drama "The Mule" directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The film is based on the New York Times article "The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year-Old Drug Mule" by Sam Dolnick. The critical reception has been lukewarm, but it's got a 100% Audience Reception score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film is expected to open with around $17 million from 2,588 theaters.

In limited release, we have Barry Jenkins' romantic drama "If Beale Street Could Talk" based on James Baldwin's novel of the same name, and "Once Upon a Deadpool", the PG-13 theatrical reissue of "Deadpool 2", which is also billed as a charity event of sorts as Fox is donating $1 of every ticket sale to the F--- Cancer organization. How generous of Fox to double-dip while also trying appear magnanimous.

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New Trailers: THE MULE, MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, ORIGIN and More

Today we have new trailers for:

• The crime drama "The Mule" directed by and starring 88-year-old Clint Eastwood. Bradley Cooper, Michael Pena, Laurence Fishburne, Dianne Wiest and Andy Garcia co-star.
• The historical drama "Mary Queen of Scots" starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie
• YouTube's upcoming original sci-fi series "Origin" starring Tom Felton ("Harry Potter") and Natalia Tena ("Game of Thrones").
• The third season of Marvel and Netflix's "Daredevil". The new season is based on the 1980s comic book arc "Born Again" and will feature a new villain, the deadly assassin Bullseye, played by Wilson Bethel.
• Netflix's new docu-series "Medal of Honor" from Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis and Oscar and Emmy-winning documentarian James Moll ("Survivors of the Holocaust").
• The vacation thriller "Welcome Home" starring Aaron Paul and Emily Ratajkowski.

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DVD & Blu-Ray: THE MULE Starring Angus Sampson, Hugo Weaving and Leigh Whannell

Product Description: It's 1983. A naive man with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach is detained by Australian Federal Police. Alone and afraid, ‘the Mule’ makes a desperate choice; to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence...literally. And by doing so becomes a “human time-bomb,” dragging cops, criminals, lawyers and his mother into his impossible escapade. Inspired by true events.

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