Crazy, Now Richer Asians

by Nathaniel R

The past two years have definitely been a huge wakeup call to Hollywood -- American audiences are demanding more diversity onscreen. It wasn't just the sleeper smash of Get Out, or the bigger than Batman/Superman numbers for Wonder Woman, or the record-breaking figures for Black Panther. Add Crazy Rich Asians to the increasingly large stack of hits proving to the powers that be that people value representation onscreen and movies that reflect the ethnic diversity of real life and the fact that the human race is 50% female. 

Weekend Box Office Estimates (August 17-19)
W I D E 800+ screens	PLATFORM / LIMITED excluding prev. wide
1. 🔺 CRAZY RICH ASIANS  $25.2 (cum. $34) *NEW* Review, Michelle Yeoh	1. THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS $498k on 276 screens (cum. $10.5) Review

2. THE MEG $21.1 (cum. $83.7)  Review	2. 🔺  PUZZLE $217k on 108 screens (cum. $733k)

3. 🔺  MILE 22 $13.6 *NEW*	3. 🔺  THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST $138k on 72 screens (cum. $404k)  Podcast, Interview

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Sharp Objects: Episode 6 "Cherry"

by Nathaniel R

As you may have noticed we've been passing Sharp Objects around baton style amongst the team. I'm offended, offended I say, that Chris didn't spend 1000 words and nearly as many screen caps or gifs on that filthy filthy sex scene between Amy Adams and Chris Messina in the previous episode "Closer". In truth I nearly abandoned the series after my second episode duties were done but then I began to feel guilty that I was abandoning my teammates without commenting on their pieces so I binged the past four episodes back-to-back and finally perked up once, ahem, Messina did...

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Go See "The Wife"

by Nathaniel R

TFE's Blurb Whore triumphs are few and far between -- we don't seek them out and Rolling Stone we are not -- so I was surprised and delighted to see my quote on the poster for The Wife  in the top right under her above her eye. The quote is from our TIFF review last fall

She's spectacular. Put simply, it's the best work Close has done in over 20 years. 

Sadly I've been unable to find this particular poster online, but for snapshots from screenings that people have drawn my attention to...

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"the air is humming..."

...and something great is coming. 🎵"

Two Miracle Workers