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What Does Quantumania’s Box Office Drop Mean for Marvel?
Ant-Man and the Wasp are being squashed like bugs. In its second weekend, Marvel’s latest superhero outing, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, dropped from its $106 million domestic opening to just under $32 million, according to The Numbers. This is a 70% drop, the worst in the MCU’s history. I...
Read MoreREVIEW: Cocaine Bear (2023)
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Feb 25, 2023 | 1
Unlike the majority of movies and television discussed on this site, Universal Pictures’ Cocaine Bear is an incredibly difficult movie to review. Cocaine Bear is not an intelligent movie. It is not well-acted, well-written, or well-done, and the script is utterly atrocious. But hot damn if it isn�...
Read MoreWas Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Almost a Good Movie?
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has been out for a week – with no apology to moviegoers forthcoming, it would seem – so it’s time to get into the nitty-gritty of the film and why it doesn’t work. As luck would have it, screenwriter Jeff Loveness did an interview with The Hollywood Reporter...
Read MoreWarner Bros. Will Make More Lord of the Rings Movies
Shadowfax, show us the meaning of haste! Today, news broke that more Middle Earth-set films are on the way at Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, and Embracer Group AB’s Middle-Earth Enterprises. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav announced this on today’s earnings call. Check out some statement...
Read MoreHalle Bailey Responds to Little Mermaid Racism
Halle Bailey appeared on the cover of The Face magazine’s latest issue and gave an interview regarding her starring role in The Little Mermaid. Check out the cover here: And read some of Bailey’s input on racist backlash here: “As a Black person, you just expect it and it’s not really a shoc...
Read MorePixar “Soul-Searched” after Lightyear Bombed
Pixar CCO Pete Docter recently spoke with The Wrap about Pixar’s Lightyear underperforming at the box office. Check out an excerpt here: “We’ve done a lot of soul-searching about that because we all love the movie. We love the characters and the premise,” Docter told The Wrap. “I...
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