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The most important movies of 2019
Annual top 10 lists are dumb and arbitrary and I hate them, even as I’ve started doing them. We can do better here. Instead of a static list of 10 favorites, 10 peanuts with which to pack the year away … Continue reading
Posted in White Noise
Tagged #Disney, #martin scorsese, #quentin tarantino, #robert eggers, #spotlight, #star wars, #the lion king, 21 Bridges, A Hidden Life, Aladdin, Ari Aster, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Bird Box, Black and Blue, Box Office Mojo, Captain Marvel, Dark Waters, Dumbo, Frozen II, It: Chapter 2, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Jordan Peele, Josh and Benny Safdie, Maleficent 2, Midsommar, Official Secrets, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, Queen and Slim, Roma, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Disney Empire, The Irishman, The Lighthouse, The Mandalorian, The Report, Toy Story 4, Uncut Gems, Us
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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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Low-rent ‘Crawl’ doesn’t live up to spectacular story
6/10 Despite a ton of talent behind and in front of the camera, Crawl ends up not being worthy of its wonderful story. As a category five hurricane prepares to march straight up the middle of Florida, University of Florida … Continue reading
‘Midsommar’ a top-level work, disturbing in several ways
9/10 Midsommar is such a strong example of film craft, is so viscerally affecting and executes its ideas with such commitment that it can only be seen as a masterpiece, but that isn’t to say it’s perfect. Near the summer … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #horror, Ari Aster, Cannibal Holocaust, Daylight Horror, Florence Pugh, Hereditary, Jack Reynor, Midsommar, Sweden, The Wicker Man, Will Poulter
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