There is a running theme with many of these titles that while critics reviews were mostly mixed at best, regular cinemagoers clears don’t care that they are not about to see Shakespeare when they watch these movies.Ģ018’s Tomb Raider reboot was not a huge hit with critics when it was released, with Alicia Vikander taking over the role in the reimagined take on the character. The rest of the list includes 2021's Mortal Kombat at number four, 2017's Resident Evil: The Final Chapter at number five, 2017's Assassin's Creed at number six, 2020's Monster Hunter at number seven, 2019's Detective Pikachu at number eight, 2016's Warcraft at number nine and 2015's Hitman: Agent 47 at number 10. Falling just short of the top spot will be something that has gone down well with those behind the big screen outing of Sega’s best known platform icon, especially with the trailer having just dropped for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 that once again sees Sonic – voiced by Ben Schwartz – take on Jim Carrey’s Dr. While the Tomb Raider heroine dominated the top three, with the 2018 version gaining 33.2% of the votes and Jolie’s original nabbing a decent 19.5%, it is the little blue speedster Sonic that sits in between them at number 2 on the list with 29.5%. It seems that is not just the latest iteration of the iconic archaeological adventurer making her mark either, with Angelina Jolie’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider landing in third place in the table. cinemagoers who took part, 2018’s Tomb Raider reboot is the best of the lot, which is something that Sonic fans everywhere will have something say about. However, a new survey carried out by Compare The Market has revealed that from their 1001 U.K. being on one end of the scale and the recent Sonic The Hedgehog being at the other.
Local miniseries This is England ’90 won best TV series, beating the likes of Game of Thrones and Fargo, while Batman: Arkham Knight won best game.Everyone has an opinion on which video game movies work and which don’t, with the likes of 1993’s Super Mario Bros. Stanley Tucci was named Empire Hero, and Matt Damon was also on hand to pick up the best actor award for The Martian, and from his James Bourne director Paul Greengrass.įor the first time in the awards’ 21 year history, television and video g ame categories were included. The Hollywood Reporter sponsored the best British film award, which was won by Spectre and collected by Sam Mendes at the Grosvenor House hotel, while the late Alan Rickman won the Empire Legend award, the first time it had been awarded posthumously. “But I texted Daisy was like, ‘This is you!’ and ‘You need to get on that because you could be Lara Croft.’ She should be.”Īlongside Boyega and Ridley’s awards, The Force Awakens picked up three other honors Sunday evening at Empire magazine’s annual awards, including best director for J.J. “I played Tomb Raider the game it’s a new take and I think the movies are going to be based on that version,” he told THR. Ridley’s co-star John Boyega - winner of Empire’s best male newcomer award - admitted that he himself had eyed Ridley to play the iconic archaeologist-adventurer, who first appeared in video games in 1996 before Jolie took her to cinema screens in 2001. “Absolutely, I’m trying to fill up my calendar,” she said. Although currently filming the eighth episode of Star Wars, Ridley said she would have time to take on the additional role – and potentially a whole new franchise – given the opportunity.