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Inconsequential sequels sweep through cinemas
In an era of long-awaited sequels, remakes and “soft reboots” that roll into theaters decades after their corresponding media, Disney’s and Sony’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and Zombieland: Double Tap were the least long-awaited, releasing five and 10 years after … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy, White Noise
Tagged #adventureland, #angelina jolie, #cinderella, #Disney, #james cameron, #jesse eisenberg, #snow white and the huntsman, #terminator 2, Abigail Breslin, aliens, Emma Stone, maleficent, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Superbad, woody harrelson, Zombieland, Zombieland: Double Tap
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The bubble bursts- on Moviepass and the rise of monopoly-class movies
When I started doing these Labor Day summer wrapups five years ago, what I identified — and what plenty of other people identified — was a crashing bubble at the domestic box office, and after a rebound year in 2018, … Continue reading
Posted in White Noise
Tagged #3D, #avatar, #Avengers, #black panther, #Disney, #george lucas, #iron man, #lucasfilm, #marvel studios, #pixar, #the lion king, Aladdin, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Endgame, Business Insider, Captain Marvel, Crazy Rich Asians, Dark Phoenix, Endgame, Frozen II, Incredibles 2, Infinity War, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Labor Day, Men in Black International, Midsommar, Monopoly class movies, MoviePass, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, Toy Story 4, Us
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I wanted to see what an R rated abortion looks like
There was a small furor a few weeks ago when members of the Christian Right, including the slimeball my local newspaper insists on paying to syndicate even though they have perfectly good opinion writers on staff, were up in arms … Continue reading
Posted in White Noise
Tagged #mpaa, #pureflix, #sexism, abortion, Hays Code, homosexism, John Oliver, misogyny, Planned Parenthood, The Denton Record Chronicle, Unplanned
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