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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
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?
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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Tagged #liam hemsworth, 20 years later, 3D is for idiots, aliens, awful movie romance, Big Willy Weekend, character is action, dialogue sucks, disaster movies, disaster movies' character structure is inherently flawed, finding dory, Fox didn't want to pay Will Smith's salary, Independence Day, Independence Day: Resurgence, independence day: resurgence is a sarcastic movie, Jeff Goldblum, July 4 weekend, maika monroe, Rolan Emmerich, sequelitis, Skype, spoonfeeding, the age of original moviemaking is returning, the era of sequels is over, too many characters, was this a joke?, was this a parody?
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