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Simpering, cowardly ‘Rise of Skywalker’ grovels its way to saga’s end
2/10 In the aftermath of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, so many disillusioned fans were demanding deep and specific revisions that the proposal to make a different version of the installment for each individual viewer became a running gag. It … Continue reading
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Tagged #adam driver, #daisy ridley, #Disney, #harrison ford, #john boyega, #lord of the rings, #mark hamill, #Oscar Isaac, #star wars, #star wars: the force awakens, Avengers: Endgame, Carrie Fisher, Disney’s unholy facial animation technology, Ian McDiarmid, J.J. Abrams, J.J. Abrams and his fucking mystery boxes, Kathleen Kennedy, no one has done more damage to 21st century storytelling than J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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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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The Möbius Strip- All ‘Captain Marvel’ all the time, ‘Us’ premiers at SXSW
Captain Marvel zoomed in to save the 2019 box office with a $153.4 million debut and $456.7 million worldwide. That ranks for the third highest March opening, the fifth highest international opening and the sixth highest worldwide opening on the … Continue reading
Posted in The Möbius strip
Tagged #black panther, #brie larson, #china, #mcu, #michael jackson, #oscars, #rotten tomatoes, #samuel l jackson, 2019 Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, Grammies, Jordan Peele, Kong: Skull Island, Leaving Neverland, Peanut Butter Flacon, Shia LaBeouf, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Us
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Putting ‘Aquaman’s’ success into context with the DCEU
Two weeks ago, Aquaman became the first DCEU movie to make $1 billion. In an era of film history that is completely dominated by comic book movies, the franchise so incompetent it couldn’t make financial hay even by putting Batman … Continue reading
Posted in White Noise
Tagged #ant-man, #Avengers, #batman v superman, #black panther, #Dawn of Justice, #entourage, #jurassic world, #justice league, #man of steel, #mcu, #suicide squad, #the force awakens, #warner bros., #wonder woman, aquaman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, captain america: civil war, Glass, Iron Man 3, Mission: Impossible -- Fallout, Venom, Will Aquaman save the DCEU?
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