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40 years of ‘Star Wars’
Forty years ago today, 20th Century Fox dropped Star Wars off into the 32 theaters they could convince to screen it. It was a Wednesday. The studio was worried the movie would be swallowed by other summer releases, so they … Continue reading
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Tagged #20th Century Fox, #Disney, #george lucas, #jaws, #jurassic park, #return of the jedi, #star wars, #the empire strikes back, #the force awakens, Attack of the Clones, ET, Heir to the Empire, Revenge of the Sith, rogue one, The Last Jedi, The Other Side of Midnight, The Phantom Menace, You think God is in control here?
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The most important films of 2016
Annual top 10 lists are boring and dumb and arbitrary and full of movies nobody’s ever heard of. A big goal of this site is to try and extrapolate the future of movies, so, instead of talking about the year’s … Continue reading
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Tagged #10 cloverfield lane, #batman v superman, #DC, #deadpool, #Disney, #ghostbusters, #hail caesar, #jared leto, #johnny depp, #jungle book, #margot robbie, #mcu, #pixar, #rotten tomatoes, #ryan reynolds, #sony, #star wars, #suicide squad, #the force awakens, #the witch, #warcraft, #warner bros., #zootopia, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America, captain america: civil war, Chinese New Year, comic con 2015, Darth Vader made a pun, DCEU, Disney made $7 billion this year, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, finding dory, Fox, gareth edwards, his name rhymes with Pullverine, Hunger Marketing, Lights Out, Logan, Marvel, now you see me 2, rogue one, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Ryan Reynolds crossed with a Shar Pei, Scientist Man, Secret Life of Pets, Shut down Rotten Tomatoes, Sing Girls, Steven Chow, The Ghostbusters cinematic universe, The Mermaid, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Zach Snyder
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A less chaotic state: 1959’s Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur holds a unique place in cinematic history for a wide variety of reasons. It’s a movie you’ve definitely heard of, but it’s only on the fringe of what I’d call an enduring classic. It’s highly emblematic of the time it was … Continue reading
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Tagged #fury road, #lord of the rings, #mad max, #star wars, #the force awakens, #the revenant, 70mm, Ben-Hur, Charlton Heston, Fury Road was the best thing ever, the Ben-Hur remake is going to be a disaster, the chariot race, Titanic, ye uninitiated heathens
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The Möbius Strip: Jungle Book easily repeats, Dredd 2!!!
Leopold Knopp Facing weak competition, Jungle Book easily repeated last weekend with $61.5 million. Main challenger The Huntsman: Winter’s War didn’t even top $20 million- Box Office Mojo The success of Disney’s Jungle Book — Jon Favreau’s eighth feature film — and its announced sequel puts even more … Continue reading
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Tagged #Age of Ultron, #andy serkis, #ang lee, #anna kendrick, #beyonce, #brewvies cinema pub, #chris hemsworth, #deadpool, #Disney, #dredd, #dredd 2, #green room, #james franco, #jay z, #jeremy saulnier, #jj abrams, #jon favreau, #joss whedon, #jungle book, #karl urban, #knight of cups, #kristen stewart, #lemonade, #marvel, #prince, #rian johnson, #ryan reynolds, #simon pegg, #snow white and the huntsman, #star trek beyond, #star wars, #terrence malick, #the force awakens, #the hobbit, #tribeca film festival, #warner bros., #winter's war, The Avengers
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If Oscar nominated films were presidential candidates
Ex Machina — The Ted Cruz campaign IMDB * Rotten Tomatoes * our review Nominated for Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) and Best Visual Effects Were not made in America. Aren’t entirely sure women aren’t sadistic, artificially intelligent sex toys waiting … Continue reading
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Tagged #ben carson, #bernie sanders, #bobby jindal, #bridge of spies, #brooklyn, #carly fiorina, #carol, #chris christie, #donald trump, #ex machina, #feel the bern, #fury road, #hillary clinton, #house of cards, #inside out, #jeb!, #joe biden, #john kasich, #mad max, #make america great again, #marco rubio, #martin omalley, #rand paul, #rick santorum, #ron paul, #room, #sicario, #spotlight, #star wars, #steve jobs, #ted cruz, #the big short, #the danish girl, #the force awakens, #the hateful eight, #the martian, #the revenant
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