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It’s a Thanksgiving Animation Showdown

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Thanksgiving has always been a big weekend for animated features. Even last year, during the first holiday season of the pandemic, DreamWorks’ “The Croods: A New Age” earned $14.3 million from Wednesday through Sunday in about half the number of theaters (2,200) it probably would’ve been in under normal circumstances. Pre-COVID, Disney often used the […]
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Well it’s ‘Ghostbusters’… Again

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“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is only about a week and a half away. Sony, hot-off the $200 million domestic success of “Venom: Let There Be Carnage”, is hoping this revival of an iconic franchise will do nearly as well, if not better. Question is: will the fandom, and a new generation, come-out in force? “Afterlife” (directed by […]
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15 Years of Paramount Family Films

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When you think of family films, the studio that probably comes to mind is Disney. But Paramount has had its fair share over the years too. From 2006 – 2012, Paramount distributed DreamWorks Animation movies. They topped the studio’s yearly box office results in 2006 (“Over the Hedge”), 2007 (“Shrek the Third”) and 2012 (“Madagascar […]
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Career of Kristen Stewart Leading into ‘Spencer’

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Kristen Stewart is receiving major Best Actress buzz for her performance as Princess Diana in the new drama “Spencer”. NEON is releasing the film in theaters on Thursday November 4th. As a younger actress, Stewart had roles in “Panic Room”, “Catch That Kid”, “Zathura”, “The Messengers” and “Into the Wild”. But her career skyrocketed in […]
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Wes Anderson Goes for Green and Gold Again

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Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” will open in 50 theaters on Oct. 22 before expanding nationwide one week later on the 29th. Anderson’s first release during my time as a film critic was 2007’s “The Darjeeling Limited”. I remember seeing the trailers for it before several films, but I didn’t actually go see “Darjeeling”. Not […]
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Favorite Movies Starring the ‘Dune’ Cast

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WB’s “Dune” opens on October 21st and features one of the most star-studded ensembles of the year. Here are my picks for my favorite films of each of the actors: TIMOTHEE CHALAMET He was fine in “Lady Bird” and “Beautiful Boy”, but my Chalamet selection has to be his Oscar nominated breakthrough performance in “Call […]
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Final Quarter of 2021 Box Office Preview

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Believe it or not, we’re entering the final quarter of 2021. So far, seven movies have crossed the $100 million mark at the domestic box office. One was released during the spring (WB’s “Godzilla vs. Kong”), the other six during the summer, including Paramount’s “A Quiet Place: Part II” and Universal’s “F9: The Fast Saga”. […]
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‘The Morning Show’ Season 2 Review

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I’ve screened all 10 episodes of Season 2 of AppleTV+ drama series “The Morning Show”. The first episode is now available on the streaming service, with a new episode dropping every Friday until November 19th. I watched the first three episodes of Season 1 in October 2019, about a week before they helped kick off […]
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Counting the Theater Counts

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The first major new release to open in theaters in the early months of this pandemic was “Unhinged”. The Russell Crowe action/thriller was in 1,823 theaters in its first weekend of wide release in August 2020. The next theater count high came the next weekend, with “The New Mutants” playing in 2,412 locations. “TENET” became […]
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Disney Played Summer Game Almost Perfectly

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This summer, many studios decided to finally release some of their big (and smaller) movies that had been stored in the vault for at least a year due to COVID. Paramount hit it big with “A Quiet Place: Part II” but struggled with “Snake Eyes”, and “Paw Patrol: The Movie” is falling in between. Universal’s […]
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