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‘The Morning Show’ Season 4 Review

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I’ve been with AppleTV+’s flagship drama series “The Morning Show” from the beginning. Watched the first three episodes in Fall 2019. Reconnected with the rest of Season 1 at the start of the COVID pandemic. And then close to two years later came Season 2. Another two years later was Season 3. And now two […]
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Paul Thomas Anderson: One Film After Another

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“One Battle After Another”, in theaters September 26th, is the 10th narrative directorial feature film from 11-time Academy Award nominee Paul Thomas Anderson. It’s kinda crazy that Anderson has yet to win an Oscar considering he’s regarded by many as one of the great filmmakers of our time. A year after his first movie “Hard […]
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Summer 2025 Box Office Summary

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As Summer 2025 winds down, it’s time to analyze the box office, with the hits, the misses, the surprises and more: Spring leftovers “A Minecraft Movie” and “Sinners” kept the party going into the early weeks of May, stealing some attention away from Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*”, which only managed $190 million domestically. “Final Destination: Bloodlines” scored […]
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Directorial Highlights of Ron Howard

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Ron Howard directed the highest grossing movie of 2000, the live-action adaptation of “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” starring Jim Carrey. He followed it up with the Best Picture Academy Award winner of 2001, “A Beautiful Mind”. I had the chance to meet Howard last year at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards. He […]
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Jamie Lee Curtis Continues to be ‘Everywhere’

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It really seems like Jamie Lee Curtis has been “everywhere” over the past seven years, beginning with the reprisal of her most iconic character, Laurie Strode, in the 2018 “Halloween” revival. It’s a performance that should’ve earned her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination, but of course, she would get on the ballot — and […]
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30 Years of Sandler On-Screen Success

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It’s been 30 years since the release of “Billy Madison”, the comedy that put Adam Sandler on the quick path to big screen stardom. He followed that up with 1996’s “Happy Gilmore”. The highly anticipated sequel is debuting July 25th on Netflix. It’s the latest in a string of Sandler releases on the streamer. All […]
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‘Jurassic’ is Reborn… Again

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One of Universal’s tentpole Summer 2025 releases is “Jurassic World: Rebirth”, which opens nationwide on Wednesday July 2nd. Ever since Steven Spielberg directed the original, visually groundbreaking “Jurassic Park” in 1993 (which was re-released in IMAX 3D in 2013, which is how I saw it for the first time), the studio can’t get enough of […]
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A Second Life of Stoick with Gerard Butler

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Gerard Butler is doing something pretty unique: reprising the role of an animated character he voiced… in live-action form. He will once again play Hiccup’s father Stoick in the new live-action version of the iconic DreamWorks animated movie “How to Train Your Dragon”. This is one of Universal’s tentpole releases for the summer, opening on […]
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Paramount’s Mission: A Successful ‘Impossible’ Finale

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1996’s action adaptation of the TV series “Mission: Impossible” was the highest grossing film of that year for Paramount, with $181 million at the domestic box office. It was the studio’s second biggest release of the 1996-1999 period, only behind “Titanic”. Sequel “Mission: Impossible II” was the Paramount winner for the year 2000, with an […]
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Summer Blockbusters Bonanza

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“A Minecraft Movie” is the first gigantic release of 2025, with well over $300 million and counting at the domestic box office. “Captain America: Brave New World” got to $200M, but half of that was in its initial Thursday through Monday Presidents’ Day weekend stretch. They’re the only two films to earn at least $100M […]
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