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INDEPENDENCE DAY EXTRAVAGANZA: Everything you need to know about the movies that couldn’t beat a three-week old cartoon about a talking fish

Posted on July 4, 2016 by reelentropy

It’s actually nowhere near as bad as we first thought. 2016 has been bad enough to finally cause Hollywood to re-examine the sequel-based business model, but this is the single weekend everyone will be pointing to. The biggest weekend … Continue reading →

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Was that a parody?

Posted on June 24, 2016 by reelentropy

Dusk is falling on the era of sequels, but even though Hollywood is repeating itself to the point of self-satire, Independence Day: Resurgence is still a great idea. Released almost 20 years to the day after the iconic first movie, Resurgence presented the promise … Continue reading →

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The Möbius strip: Finding Dory takes several animated film records, Hollywood mourns Anton Yelchin

Posted on June 21, 2016 by reelentropy

As expected, Finding Dory took over the record for opening weekend for an animated movie with $135 million. The other newcomer, Central Intelligence, got off to a modest $35.5 million and is looking at a domestic run of more than $100 million. None of … Continue reading →

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Finding Dory is fantastic, obviously

Posted on June 18, 2016 by reelentropy

Time for another Disney Pixar sequel that isn’t The Incredibles 2. Finding Dory takes us back to the Great Barrier Reef where Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) has made her home with Marlin (Albert Brooks) and Nemo (Hayden Rolence) for a year since their adventure in Finding Nemo. Dory … Continue reading →

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The Möbius strip: Conjuring soars, Warcraft disappoints domestically but smashes records in China

Posted on June 14, 2016 by reelentropy

While Hollywood’s sequel culture is under intense scrutiny, The Conjuring 2 did fantastic this weekend, opening at no. 1 with $40.4 million. Really the bigger story is Warcraft. After 10 years in Development Hell, the movie based on one of the most popular video … Continue reading →

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